Programs/Content
CPB awards $2.25M to bolster statehouse reporting
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Grants to seven stations and NPR aim to “fill gaps” in public media’s statehouse reporting.
Programs/Content
How a new generation of listeners interprets public radio’s core values
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Recent research found that most of PRPD’s Core Values of Public Radio resonate strongly with today’s young listeners. But study participants defined some values differently.
Tech
How a radio reporter let go of his gear envy and guerrilla electronic hacks
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Reflections on a career that started with a “poor man’s Nagra” and a nutcracker.
People
Comings and goings: CCO Andrew Golis leaves NYPR, Bob Boilen vacates the Tiny Desk …
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Golis joined NYPR in 2019.
Programs/Content
PRX to distribute WUNC program ‘Embodied’
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The hourlong program discusses sex, relationships, health and other themes that get into “taboo territory.”
Development
New position paper argues for including public media in upcoming wave of foundation support
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The paper responds to the recent announcement that foundations plan to direct more than $500 million toward local journalism in coming years.
Programs/Content
WBEZ’s ‘Prisoncast!’ returns to create radio for incarcerated people and their families
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“We in public media signed up for this work because we believe it can be a communal experience and connect people to communities,” said criminal justice reporter Shannon Heffernan.
System/Policy
New alliance helps rural stations make a case for more funding, support
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The Alliance of Rural Public Media is bringing together station leaders to share ideas and educate lawmakers.
Programs/Content
Maryland Public Television builds bigger profile for HBCU Week
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A regional showcase of special programming is growing through CPB-backed partnerships with World and three stations.
System/Policy
Four men indicted for alleged vandalism targeting New Hampshire Public Radio journalists
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The indictment links the incidents to the subject of an NHPR investigation.
People
Comings and goings: APTS promotes staffers, PBS Reno adds two hires …
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Kenneth Blunt, Jennifer Kieley and Stacey Karp were promoted to senior director positions at America’s Public Television Stations.
System/Policy
Former St. Louis Public Radio GM Tim Eby sues university for defamation
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Tim Eby is suing the station’s licensee over articles published by STLPR.
People
White House renominates Miriam Hellreich to CPB board
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Hellreich has served on CPB’s since March 2019, and her term expires in 2024.
Programs/Content
How a WAER collaboration with young musicians spawned original content and a ‘haunting’ tune
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The station’s “Salt City Mashup” brought together Syracuse talent for a recording project that other stations can replicate in their communities.
System/Policy
NPR plans conservative budget following down year in revenue
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NPR is “budgeting conservatively as we get past some of the economic uncertainty that’s happening right now,” said CFO Daphne Kwon.
People
NPR CEO John Lansing to retire
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“John has faced the highs and lows with grace and equanimity,” said NPR Board Chair Jeff Sine.
System/Policy
All-digital PBS Appalachia Virginia taps into regional pride for programs and funding
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The startup delivering PBS and local programs to southwestern Virginia aims to build a new model for public media in rural areas.
System/Policy
CapRadio cuts staff, citing financial challenges
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The station said work on three projects over the past five years coincided with “economic uncertainty.”
Programs/Content
TED teams with Detroit Public TV to explore responses to climate change
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The city where car culture began stars in a documentary about how to get out of “this mess we find ourselves in,” says David Biello, TED science curator.
System/Policy
NPR will merge news and programming divisions
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CEO John Lansing said the move will ensure NPR is “more united than ever in our efforts to strengthen our network and succeed in our mission to reach our current and future audiences wherever they consume NPR content.”