Tech
The potential of AI voices: transforming news delivery and engagement
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With advancements from OpenAI and Meta, newsrooms may adapt and build new features to enhance the reader and listener experience.
Kentucky Public Radio’s recipe for a statewide voter guide success
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It takes some planning to create a voter guide that geolocates users, but the payoff is entirely worth it.
Programs/Content
Why KPBS developed guidelines for public safety coverage — and why your news organization should, too
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Reporting on public safety without thoughtful consideration can lead to diminished accuracy and lack of depth that may leave audiences with a biased perception of which issues are truly important to communities.
Programs/Content
How classical stations can compete against AI-powered streaming services
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Today’s media environment requires us to engage with audiences in as many ways as possible with content that welcomes them to the music.
Programs/Content
Current Crossword: ‘Space Travel’
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Fans of Carl Sagan will win the space race when it comes to solving this month’s crossword.
System/Policy
Judge rejects motion to dismiss lawsuit alleging PBS violated digital subscribers’ privacy
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The class-action case examines PBS’ role in sharing digital subscribers’ personal data with Facebook.
Obituaries
UETN field engineer Stroh DeCaire dies at 51
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“Stroh was an outgoing and lively part of our dedicated Field Operations team,” said UETN CEO Spencer Jenkins.
System/Policy
NPR asks Twitter to remove ‘state-affiliated’ label
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“This must be a mistake as it contradicts Twitter’s own guidelines,” said an NPR spokesperson.
Programs/Content
Remembering a ‘Cinco de Mayo miracle’ in the 30-year history of ‘Latino USA’
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For the show’s 30th anniversary, a founder of “Latino USA” recounts how President Bill Clinton helped the show make a splash at a 1993 Public Radio Conference.
Programs/Content
Public TV builds footprint on FAST channels in bid to reach younger audiences
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Bob Ross and Julia Child are among the stars of yesteryear whom cord-cutters are discovering on ad-supported streaming services.
Programs/Content
Adriano Schmid starts a ‘new chapter in the story’ of PBS Kids
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“I love different animation styles, different storytelling styles — live-action, multimedia and all those things,” says the network’s new VP of content. “This diversity in content is something I feel public media can achieve.”
System/Policy
Georgia Public Broadcasting faces funding cut
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“GPB is thankful for the current and past monetary support we’ve received from the state,” a spokesperson said.