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
State funding dip prompts job cuts at Prairie Public Broadcasting
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The $400,000 drop affects 13 full- and part-time positions.
Programs/Content
‘Best of Car Talk’ keeps running as stations rethink weekends
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Nearly three-quarters of public radio stations carrying the show will drop it in October.
Programs/Content
Meet the finalists in our Local That Works contest
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Watch our Facebook Live of presentations by the competition’s four finalists.
People
Joaquin Alvarado leaves The Center for Investigative Reporting
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Longtime CIR leader Christa Scharfenberg will serve as acting CEO.
Quick Takes
Several Florida counties to get public radio news for first time in WMFE deal
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Daystar Public Radio will sell jazz station WKSG-FM in Cedar Creek, Fla., to WMFE for $900,000.
People
Ashley Montgomery: Serving all Americans means finding unfamiliar voices
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Public media helped Ashley Montgomery make sense of the world in her youth. Now, as a CPB fellow, she’s making sense of the system.
About Current
How we’re working to attract new talent to pubmedia
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Through our jobs site and career fairs, Current is committed to connecting job-seekers with diverse opportunities in public media.
Quick Takes
Chicago station considers channel-share after selling spectrum in auction
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WYCC would continue to broadcast by sharing spectrum with WTTW.
Programs/Content
CPB-backed diversity project draws close scrutiny
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Participants question the structure and leadership of a collaborative reporting project on race, ethnicity and culture that aims to bring more people of color into local newsrooms.