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.
Programs/Content
With focus on black culture, public TV’s ‘Soul!’ pushed the envelope
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“There was always a sense that Soul! was ‘out there’ for public television, that it was doing things and saying things that made some people uncomfortable.”
Obituaries
Elsie Hillman, avid WQED supporter and longtime philanthropist, dies at 89
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Hillman “was part of the WQED family since before its inception,” said President Deborah Acklin.
Tech
Youth Radio partners with MIT program to create new app
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The app seeks to broaden Youth Radio’s audience and increase engagement with its stories.
Quick Takes
NPR to launch new podcast, ‘Hidden Brain’
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The new podcast from NPR’s Science Desk aims to “reveal patterns that drive human behavior.”
People
How a militant Puerto Rican activist group influenced public media
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After raising hell in the streets of Spanish Harlem, several of the Young Lords got into broadcasting and journalism.
People
NPR book critic Alan Cheuse dies at 75
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“In two minutes every week, Alan paid his respects to good writing in his soft, intense, passionate voice.”
System/Policy
Kentucky radio stations look to expand collaboration on programming, development
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“The people that will gain the most from this are our listeners.”
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #30: Mike Pesca on life after NPR
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“I loved NPR, I still do. I kind of love it for its flaws, as well.”
Programs/Content
Texas stations launch newsroom collaboration
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The initiative grows out of the stations’ partnership on producing the daily newsmagazine Texas Standard.
Greater Public
Greater Public President Doug Eichten to retire
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Eichten began leading the organization, then known as Development Exchange Inc., in 1997.