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
WHYY and the case for infrastructure for equitable journalism
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A new book examines the Philadelphia station’s efforts to address structural racism and how a newsroom leader’s departure affected those initiatives.
Programs/Content
Film recounts first movement to advocate for full civil rights for Black Americans
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APT will distribute “The Niagara Movement,” a one-hour documentary from Lawrence Hott and WNED, for national broadcast.
Programs/Content
13 tips for facilitating youth media programs with teens who are incarcerated
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Young people’s voices and perspectives are often left out of news coverage. One way to address that? Pass the mic.
Programs/Content
Are public media podcasts facing a ‘Moneyball’ moment?
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In an era where the “easy money” is gone, celebrity sluggers are beyond reach, and commercial outfits are pulling back, public radio organizations can win by leaning into data and ideas.
Programs/Content
With return of ‘Lost Notes,’ KCRW reinvests in limited-run podcasts
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The next season looks at L.A. as a “prismatic reflection point” in artists’ development, says producer Myke Dodge Weiskopf.
Programs/Content
How public radio’s ‘The Middle’ seeks overlooked perspectives between the coasts
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Host Jeremy Hobson returns to his roots to highlight America’s geographic, political and ideological middle.
Programs/Content
Marfa Public Radio podcast turns dull documents into bedtime fare
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“Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep” featured somnolent readings of the Public Broadcasting Act, NPR’s style guide and more.
People
Comings and goings: NPR board elects Jennifer Ferro as chair, network names chief arts editor …
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Ferro succeeds Jeff Sine in the role.
Development
October CDP Index: Encouraging trends continue in membership growth, new donors
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Radio stations, however, persist in showing a “consistent and concerning downward trend” in new donor acquisition.
Obituaries
Samuel C. O. Holt, author of seminal study on public radio, dies at 87
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Public radio “might not have been if the Public Radio Study had not been done.”