Programs/Content
New preschool series aims to teach coding skills
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“Mia & Codie,” a public TV show from the creator of “WordWorld,” combines computational thinking and socioemotional learning.
American Public Media Group shuffles leadership
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Chandra Kavati is now SVP of business development and president of American Public Media.
System/Policy
Journalists at Third Coast reflect on Trump’s first year
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A conference session followed up on an at times contentious panel discussion at last year’s event.
"Made Possible By..." Podcast
‘Made Possible By…’ #2: Ruth Seymour on KCRW’s days as a scrappy innovator
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The station’s former GM says public media’s mission statement should be “To be important.”
Programs/Content
Podcast ‘super listeners’ are big public media consumers — but are they loyal?
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Nearly one-third of podcast “super listeners” told researchers they had donated money to their local public radio stations in the last year, according to a new report.
Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
How a CPB task force advanced a prescient vision for diversity in public radio
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In the late 1970s, the critiques by CPB’s Minority Task Force pushed NPR to increase minority employment and training programs and served as a case study in why racial diversity in decision-making bodies matters.
Quick Takes
New AIR initiative supports experiments with live events
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The Localore Live initiative will provide eight to 10 microgrants.
Quick Takes
NPR realigns digital news and desk editors
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The change are aimed at enabling digital editors to work more closely with reporters and editors in their coverage areas.
Programs/Content
Empathize, brace yourself, and other advice for journalists of color on hostile turf
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Journalists and safety experts offer advice about staying safe and mentally healthy in situations where a reporter may be verbally or physically harassed.
Programs/Content
Journalists of color facing racism head-on: ‘It kind of rips you apart’
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White nationalists and rowdy Trump supporters have targeted all kinds of media figures at rallies, but journalists of color say they encounter particular challenges when encountering racist attitudes face to face.
Quick Takes
Maine Public adds station to classical network
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The broadcaster aims to reach the entire state with its classical service.
Programs/Content
Letter to the editor: Great care went into design of ‘Flight to Freedom’
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WNET responds to our recent article about a Phoenix school district ending use of the history game.