Programs/Content
Connecticut Public lands Knight grant for Puerto Rico partnership
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Connecticut Public and Puerto Rico newspaper publisher GFR Media are adding two reporters.
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.
System/Policy
NPR, union reach late-night labor agreement
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The agreement will need to be ratified by union members.
Programs/Content
What America do public TV’s documentaries represent?
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A new study finds that documentaries co-produced and funded by the Independent Television Service are made by women and people of color more often than other forms of media.
System/Policy
NPR union employees ramp up campaign as contract deadline nears
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A temporary contract expires at midnight.
People
This senior retired to Florida to … work?
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Michael Hirsh may be the most overqualified journalism intern working today.
System/Policy
CPB director accuses public broadcasting of ‘identity politics’ in latest op-ed
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Howard Husock continues his public criticism of CPB and federal funding for pubcasting.
System/Policy
House Appropriations Committee recommends $445M for CPB in 2020
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The bill does not include funding for public broadcasting’s interconnection project or public TV’s Ready To Learn.
People
APM retools upper ranks, WGBY gets new GM and other comings and goings
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New hires at American Public Media include an audience development SVP.
People
Longtime D.C. pubcasting law firm dissolves, two attorneys move on
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Schwartz, Woods & Miller helped many public broadcasters secure their first FCC licenses.
People
Art Ellis: Failing out of freshman engineering got me hooked on public media
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If WHYY’s Art Ellis hadn’t failed some of his core courses in college, he may not have discovered purpose and a new direction at WRUW-FM in Cleveland.
Development
PMDMC features honors for departing CEO, awards for stations and leaders
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Conference attendees bid farewell to outgoing Greater Public CEO Doug Eichten.