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Pipeline addendum: more public TV productions in the works for 2015
This list supplements Current’s Pipeline 2015, published in November 2014 and based on responses to our annual survey of public TV producers. Programs ...History Detectives can’t solve its own mysterious lack of underwriters, ends production
The program, produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting with partner Lion TV, had dwindled from 11 episodes per summer run to just four ...Our new podcast The Pub is open for business
Adam Ragusea hosts our weekly podcast about news and trends in public media, posting every Thursday.PBS taps ‘serious journalist’ to elevate public affairs as v.p. of news
Marie Nelson arrives at PBS a time of transition and challenges.New York’s WNET delays plans to move documentary showcases out of primetime
New York’s WNET is reversing its decision — at least temporarily — to shift independent documentaries from primetime on its main channel ...New York’s WNET to pull documentary showcases from Monday nights on main channel
The station later delayed its plans.Public TV stations face challenging wait for arrival of ATSC 3.0 standard
Broadcast TV in the U.S. will undergo two big changes in the next few years, and a clash in the timeline for ...After NPR, Jacki Lyden plans podcast that takes fashion seriously
The veteran host and reporter sees a chance to "rescue fashion from frivolity and rank consumerism."Gates funding spurs doubts over pubmedia’s impartiality in education reporting
Public radio journalists find themselves navigating an ethical gray area as they receive funds for reporting on education from the Bill and ...With Localore expansion, AIR’s Schardt looks to spread culture of R&D, mission of inclusion
The Association of Independents in Radio is preparing to roll out its next iterations of Localore, the innovation initiative that paired indie ...Koch protester takes stage at PBS meeting, gets handcuffed and shown out
PBS staff asked Current to stop photographing as Brant Olson was put against a wall and handcuffed.NPR names media exec and venture capitalist Jarl Mohn as new CEO
Philanthropist, investor and former cable TV executive Jarl Mohn will join NPR as its new c.e.o. July 1, the network’s board announced ...A report from “outside”: takeaways from AIR’s Localore
Lessons learned from 10 station-based multimedia productions that tested new models of community service and engagement.Localore project Black Gold Boom gets funding for 2014 documentary, transmedia work
The grant will fund a film focusing mainly on the oil boom's effects on Native tribes.Localore backs crowdsourcing, collaborative doc projects
The projects will help reimagine how local public broadcasters serve and engage their communities.
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