Programs/Content
WGBY community texting program champions early childhood literacy
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Text 413 Families brings innovative educational experiences to parents’ fingertips.
‘We needed to work to change the culture of media organizations’
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Jill Geisler and Cathy Trost, co-creators of the Newseum’s training program for media leaders, describe their approach for building a workplace culture of respect, trust and integrity.
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Quick Takes
WBUR’s BizLab receives Knight grant for revenue innovation project
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The grant will support BizLab’s work with stations on revenue experiments.
Tech
In FCC comments, NPR backs industry plan for reallocating satellite spectrum
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NPR said the proposal by the C-Band Alliance “offers a workable, if yet unproven option” for resolving the matter.
Quick Takes
Bomb scare prompts evacuation of KPCC headquarters
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Police detonated a suspicious device found near the station Monday.
System/Policy
Licensee of Illinois’ WSIU to acquire Springfield TV network
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WSIU and Network Knowledge have been discussing a partnership for nearly three years, according to WSIU Executive Director Greg Petrowich.
People
Lin joins CPB as journalism VP, NY Public Radio hires COO and other comings and goings
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Joy Lin previously worked as a White House producer for Fox News during the Obama administration.
Programs/Content
Series of conversations between prisoners and community members wins Current’s Local That Works contest
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Alaska Public Media’s “Community in Unity” initiative aims to “get people who wouldn’t normally interact in the same room.”
Quick Takes
Arizona’s Cronkite School will manage CPB’s editorial leadership training
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The two-year project will train 100 editors to “strengthen their ability to lead public media’s growing newsrooms,” CPB said.
Programs/Content
Get inspired with our huge list of local content and engagement projects
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Stations and nonprofit news organizations have submitted more than 200 projects to our Local That Works competitions. See what they’ve been up to and steal their ideas.
1A
WAMU to take ‘1A Across America’ with CPB grant
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The two-year collaborative initiative, unveiled Thursday, establishes an editorial partnership between WAMU and six public media stations across the country.
Quick Takes
Idaho PTV objects to Republican remix of gubernatorial debate
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The clips were “augmented with a mocking laugh track,” according to a local newspaper.