“We spend a lot of time thinking in the clouds and being a little more highbrow and not coming out of those offices and coming down to the people,” said Nikki Swarn, GM and PD at The Drop. “So many public media stations don’t make that entry point as simplistic as it could be.”
October 7, 2021
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https://current.org/2021/10/these-stations-are-adopting-new-strategies-to-attract-more-diverse-donors/
“If new donors continue declining overall, that means retention of those donors is going to be more important than ever.”
September 23, 2021
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https://current.org/2021/09/stations-look-to-increase-retention-as-trends-for-new-donors-cause-concern/
Filmmakers who search high and low for production money say public media must find ways to increase support for their work.
August 5, 2021
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https://current.org/2021/08/why-independent-documentary-filmmakers-want-new-and-improved-funding-models/
The station has doubled its content staff, increased its digital traffic sevenfold, attracted new members and grown general revenues.
June 8, 2021
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https://current.org/2021/06/how-wfae-transformed-in-5-years-a-case-study/
Greenlit as the COVID pandemic accelerated, “Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer” suddenly found itself “right in the middle of history.”
May 10, 2021
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https://current.org/2021/05/pbs-series-on-life-expectancy-aims-to-give-200-year-view-of-the-present-moment/
How to sustain local journalism is one of the great challenges of American media.
April 30, 2021
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https://current.org/local-that-works-webinars/
With newsrooms based in New York and Michigan, the initiative is the first interstate project to be supported by the Solutions Journalism Network.
March 26, 2021
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https://current.org/2021/03/multimedia-journalism-collaborative-explores-caregiver-issues-through-solutions-reporting/
Event organizers in public media see a future for digital events even when groups can gather again.
March 22, 2021
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https://current.org/2021/03/with-venues-closed-event-planners-create-virtual-experiences-to-connect-with-audiences/
Downturns were substantial last year, but stations have attracted new clients and are hopeful for the return of top clients.
March 16, 2021
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https://current.org/2021/03/stations-are-cautiously-optimistic-that-underwriting-will-rebound-next-year/
Each of the nonprofits that fund and support public TV content by and for diverse communities will receive an additional $500,000.
February 22, 2021
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https://current.org/2021/02/cpb-increases-annual-funding-to-public-tvs-multicultural-alliance/
During the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour, President Paula Kerger cited gains in stations’ membership revenues and the Biden administration’s focus on education as bright spots.
February 3, 2021
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https://current.org/2021/02/pbs-execs-upbeat-about-financial-outlook-new-arts-programs/
“The mix of public media messages that I’m needed, but only to a hierarchical point, is a confounding conundrum.”
January 28, 2021
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https://current.org/2021/01/to-bipoc-colleagues-what-is-public-media/
Retiring this week after 33 years at the network, Cole tested journalists’ patience but stood out as a devoted advocate for their work.
January 22, 2021
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https://current.org/2021/01/he-drove-them-crazy-but-reporters-will-miss-unstoppable-npr-arts-editor-tom-cole/
By inviting people who appear on air to share their demographic data, WPR created a way to accurately measure the diversity of sources in its news and talk programs.
November 10, 2020
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https://current.org/2020/11/how-wisconsin-public-radio-is-using-surveys-to-track-diversity-of-its-sources/
“It starts shattering the monolith of Latinos or youth,” says a contributor to Every 30 Seconds.
October 5, 2020
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https://current.org/2020/10/collaboration-explores-diversity-of-young-latino-electorate/
“The power dynamic is off in a way that doesn’t account for the world that we’re in today.”
September 28, 2020
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https://current.org/2020/09/with-disputes-going-public-creators-ponder-ownership-stakes-in-their-podcasts/
Alcindor is the first public media reporter and first Black woman to win the White House Correspondents’ Association Aldo Beckman Award, presented annually to a journalist who demonstrates “overall excellence.”
August 19, 2020
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https://current.org/2020/08/with-a-focus-on-civil-rights-yamiche-alcindor-rises-to-the-top-as-a-white-house-correspondent/
A journalism school professor argues that NPR’s emphasis on unaccented English “undermines NPR’s original mission of engaging listeners civically.”
June 25, 2020
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https://current.org/2020/06/when-one-way-of-speaking-dominates-who-gets-to-tell-their-stories-on-public-radio/
By providing more support to emerging filmmakers, EP Chris Hastings aims to bring more exposure to their documentaries and to World.
September 9, 2019
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https://current.org/2019/09/world-channel-pursues-role-as-early-stage-co-producer-of-independent-films/