Programs/Content
Retooled KUER news show returns from hiatus with less airtime, more narrative flair
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After a summer break, “RadioWest” is back with a style inspired by long-form podcasts.
As ‘Retro Report’ prepares for PBS debut, stations step out of comfort zone to produce local stories
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With grants from PBS and editorial support from series producers, eight stations are testing new approaches for connecting with local audiences.
Programs/Content
World Channel pursues role as early-stage co-producer of independent films
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By providing more support to emerging filmmakers, EP Chris Hastings aims to bring more exposure to their documentaries and to World.
System/Policy
NPR staffers of color call out news chief on comments on race coverage
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Nancy Barnes’ remarks during the Public Radio Program Directors Association conference left staffers feeling “uncertain about the direction of this newsroom,” they wrote in a letter to Barnes.
Featured in People
Kyle Cunningham takes top job at Colorado’s KRCC
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Cunningham has held the position on an interim basis since January.
System/Policy
NPR names government broadcasting exec John Lansing as CEO
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Former NPR President Kevin Klose told Current the new hire will be “perfect for NPR.”
Local That Works
We announce the four finalists in our 2019 Local That Works contest
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For the first time, a nonprofit news organization and a statewide public TV collaboration advance to the winner’s round.
Programs/Content
Like the rest of Burns’ oeuvre, ‘Country Music’ offers ‘an opportunity to understand who we are’
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Premiering on PBS Sept. 15, the documentarian’s latest film follows the evolution of country music from 1923 to the mid-1990s.
Featured in Category
Comings and goings: The Current names first managing director, NPR’s Schmitz heads to Berlin …
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David Safar previously worked as head of music, artist and label relations for the Minnesota Public Radio station.
Programs/Content
WGBH challenges Twitch audience to participate in live escape-room experience
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Escape Lab, a social video series from WGBH, is designed to connect younger audiences with public media.
Programs/Content
NPR’s news chief says priority is ‘owning the audio space’
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“Commercial radio has seen that there’s a lot of revenue here, and they’re all crowding our lane,” said Nancy Barnes at the Public Radio Program Directors Association conference.
People
Playing with sound at work and on the side: Electronic tracks from our pubmedia playlist
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These tunes have a glitchy vibe that only professional sound nerds could come up with.