Programs/Content
Why it’s a big deal that the latest episode of NPR’s ‘Embedded’ includes audio from a Maryland courtroom
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A narrow challenge to a law banning broadcasts of criminal proceedings may help expand journalists’ ability to cover trials.
Programs/Content
WMRA podcast reveals stories behind band’s fan-inspired songs
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The Virginia station teamed up with The Steel Wheels, a locally based Americana band, on “We Made You a Song.”
Programs/Content
‘Anything could go wrong’: A longtime programming exec remembers the tightrope act of producing pledge specials
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“In working with musical artists, I learned that egos are enormous, and concerns are varied and unpredictable,” writes Larry Rifkin in his new memoir, “No Dead Air: Career Reflections From the TV Executive Who Saved Barney the Dinosaur From Extinction.”
Programs/Content
How serendipity, the 1986 World Series and believing in possibilities changed my filmmaking career
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When Henry Hampton called, “I was unemployed and living in New Orleans with no money for another film, no prospects at all. Everything changed after that.”
System/Policy
Public broadcasters ask FCC to update forms with nonbinary gender options
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Law firm Foster Garvey PC has seen “an increasing number of licensees” that have “expressed concerns with the binary options provided to answer the question of gender” on some FCC forms.
Development
These stations are adopting new strategies to attract more diverse donors
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“We spend a lot of time thinking in the clouds and being a little more highbrow and not coming out of those offices and coming down to the people,” said Nikki Swarn, GM and PD at The Drop. “So many public media stations don’t make that entry point as simplistic as it could be.”
System/Policy
New NPR SAG-AFTRA contract expands parental leave, includes DEI provisions
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Unit members overwhelmingly approved the three-year deal.
System/Policy
Carlos Watson resigns from NPR board
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The Ozy Media CEO stepped down as the governance committee prepared to reconsider his role on the board.
Programs/Content
New ‘NewsHour’ initiative deepens reporting on diverse communities
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“The misery from a local perspective continues even after some of the national media has left. But the unique thing with The Communities Initiative is we’re still here. We’re still recording.”