System/Policy
Alaska Public Media to expand broadcast reach through acquisition of TV station
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The station, previously a CBS affiliate, reaches more than 85,000 viewers in southern Anchorage.
StoryCorps’ union rallies for reversal of layoffs
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The CWA unit representing StoryCorps workers is challenging how management handled recent layoffs, alleging retaliation.
Programs/Content
WNYC, MPR to launch call-in show with rotating co-hosts
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“Indivisible” will offer a forum for listeners to discuss the first 14 weeks of Trump’s presidency.
Programs/Content
‘Marketplace’ to recast itself as multimedia enterprise
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A new strategic plan calls for adding dozens of employees and digital ventures.
Programs/Content
Missouri’s KCUR expands public media coverage of Kansas
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With reporters from the Topeka-based Kansas News Service, public stations in the region will boost coverage from the state capital and other communities.
Development
API publishes guidelines for philanthropic funding of news
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The ethical framework, which offers best practices for ensuring editorial independence, emerged from two years of work with grant-makers and leaders of nonprofit media outlets.
Programs/Content
Hosts familiar to public media filling ‘PBS NewsHour’ co-anchor slots
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NPR’s Steve Inskeep joins Judy Woodruff on tonight’s broadcast.
NPR
How a podcast pitch became a casting call for NPR announcer
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When university instructor Chioke I’Anson began talking, NPR’s Izzi Smith was “dumbstruck” by his voice.
Programs/Content
Rocky Mountain PBS partners with Weather Channel for local news and weather
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The video service adopted by RMPBS provides short segments of hyperlocal content.
Programs/Content
South Dakota station takes ‘next step’ in state reporting with portal and app
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Viewers and listeners can access live webcasts, news, meeting minutes and agendas for more than 100 boards and commissions.
Programs/Content
Indianapolis station expands health reporting
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WFYI’s newsroom will grow from 11 staff to 15.
Obituaries
Rich Conaty, host of WFUV’s ‘Big Broadcast,’ dies at 62
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Conaty hosted the show for more than four decades.