PRI, PRX merge to form new organization
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PRX’s Kerri Hoffman will run the new organization, while PRI’s Alisa Miller will move into a board leadership role.
APT contest will award production funds for new pledge shows
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APT hopes to present the winners of the APT PitchFest to client stations in fall 2019 or spring 2020.
System/Policy
More than 40 NPR employees join peer group to help with harassment issues
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Speaking at a Freedom Forum Institute event Tuesday, members of a core organizing group described how they’re vetting and training the volunteer network.
Programs/Content
APM eliminates three jobs from ‘Live from Here’ as it plans ‘new experiences’ for listeners
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Three longtime “A Prairie Home Companion” employees lost their jobs.
Programs/Content
Bill Littlefield, host who took ‘Only A Game’ far beyond the field, prepares to sign off
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A talented writer with a knack for getting at the human side of sports, Littlefield was always able to “capture a moment.”
People
PBS fills new post of arts adviser, Pittsburgh exec leads national Emmy academy, and other comings and goings
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PBS has hired Jane Chu, former head of the National Endowment for the Arts.
System/Policy
KPBS joins stations scaling back reading services as digital alternatives expand
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The station has ended locally produced readings from California newspapers, which relied on a part-time employee and more than 100 volunteers.
System/Policy
WHYY efforts focus on increasing racial diversity of staff, audiences
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WHYY is undertaking several projects to better understand itself and its audiences so that it can expand its reach to people of color.
System/Policy
Fargo building poses problems for public broadcaster’s signal
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The 18-story development will interfere with a Prairie Public Broadcasting transmitter.
System/Policy
WBAI hip-hop host quits following Lopate hiring, Twitter quarrel
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“This is incredibly painful, despite all their efforts to make the decision easier,” said host Jay Smooth.
System/Policy
Phoenix’s KJZZ opens second bureau south of the border
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The bureau’s reporting aims to help listeners “better understand economic globalization and its impact on the Southwest.”