System/Policy
WAMU announces resignation of GM JJ Yore
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Yore’s handling of employee misconduct had drawn widespread criticism from staff and prompted calls for his departure.
Programs/Content
Public media campaign on mental health launches with focus on youth
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WETA is partnering with the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Call to Mind and stations to provide training and produce content in 24 cities.
System/Policy
Chicago Public Media examines WAMU turmoil to ‘inform how we move forward’ with CEO hire
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Staffers are asking for more transparency about the hiring of Andi McDaniel to lead the station.
Tech
Public Media Group partners with tower owner for bigger single-frequency network footprint
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A new alliance with American Tower gives PMG access to more than 40,000 towers around the country where it could potentially locate booster transmitters for future SFN systems.
System/Policy
How to find a pubmedia job in a pandemic
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Hiring has dropped off, but there are signs of hope for public media job-seekers.
Programs/Content
TikTok grants help pubmedia get creative with short-form videos
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Producers are using the popular platform to test ideas while also reaching new and younger audiences.
People
Comings and goings: Kathryn Washington named CPB VP, Nine Network reorganizes leadership …
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Washington, who joined CPB in 2009, began her career in public broadcasting producing for KQED.
System/Policy
Report for America named finalist in $100M grant competition
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Six finalists are competing for the grant from the MacArthur Foundation’s 100&Change competition.
System/Policy
NPR, advocacy group call on Congress to give university stations access to PPP
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University stations have been shut out of applying for the relief loans.
Programs/Content
‘All Creatures’ revival expands women’s roles while staying faithful to original TV show
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Debuting in January, the “Masterpiece” revamp of the long-running classic features a more contemporary sensibility.
People
Comings and goings: Nikki Jones named VP at NPR, Cameo George named EP of ‘American Experience’ …
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Jones joined NPR last year after working for SiriusXM Radio.
System/Policy
PBS programming returns to South Texas after two years without over-the-air service
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PBS started broadcasting national programming through a commercial station in the region June 30.
Programs/Content
Turn around radio’s audience losses by being ‘Fringe-friendly’
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The recent decline in listening has been staggering, but so is the opportunity lying right behind it to make infrequent listeners more loyal.
Programs/Content
‘Resettled’ podcast engages collaborators in storytelling to capture refugee experience
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“One of the biggest things for me was to know that we would be treating these stories with justice and presenting them in the most honest and effective way possible,” says host and producer Ahmed Badr.
System/Policy
WAMU appoints DCist editor-in-chief to lead newsroom
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Rachel Sadon is stepping into the role of interim news director as the station seeks a permanent successor to Jeffrey Katz.
Programs/Content
With in-person events on hold, organizations turn to ‘next best thing’ in virtual gatherings
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The pandemic has forced nonprofit and public media to rethink their events strategies.
System/Policy
WAMU licensee investigates editor blamed for departures of women of color
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Five women of color have left WAMU since January 2019, an exodus that prompted a series of tweets on the subject last month by current staff.
System/Policy
Giovannoni: Listening dynamics of core NPR News listeners ‘are shifting in the wrong direction’
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Three full months into the COVID-19 pandemic, listening to NPR News stations remains only 80% of what it was a year ago. Full recovery of the lost listening is nowhere in sight despite a few changes in the margins.
Featured in Category
Local that Works contest opens with bigger cash prize, database of ‘ideas worth stealing’
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To put your station in the running for a $20,000 grand prize, tell us what you’re doing to become more engaging, relevant and responsive to your community.
People
Comings and goings: Francene Blythe-Lewis to lead Vision Maker Media, Ben Godley announces next job …
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Blythe-Lewis has held positions at several cultural institutions that work with Indigenous communities.