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As public media heads into its next 50 years, shifting strategies to focus on content “will require a hard turn and painful decisions that affect finances, people and structures.”
Trainers Judith Smelser and Michael Marcotte offer tips on everything from time management to planning for crisis coverage, all while dealing with challenging personality types in the newsroom.
David Sweeney leads NPR newsgathering with the new title of chief news editor.
The pilot hubs could be in place as early as this year.
The Empire State Realty Trust sued Pacifica and WBAI over unpaid transmitter rent.
WLRN GM John LaBonia said repaying the funds “would be catastrophic” to the station and “would likely result in significant cutbacks.”
Vice Chair Bruce Ramer suggested starting with “a blank slate” on determining station CSGs.
The Democracy Fund, the Knight Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation are collaborating to match contributions to nonprofit news organizations through the end of the year.
Should public media be offering more help to its greener employees to avoid creating a class barrier?
GroundTruth started the project to expand its support for coverage of social justice issues.
Some institutional licensees are hitting snags in accurately calculating the value of indirect support.
American Public Media, the recipient of the grant, will help stations with training and other resources.