Programs/Content
More than just ‘the song and dance app’: Public media stations leverage new audiences on TikTok
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Stations are using TikTok to connect with local audiences and expand their reach to younger viewers.
System/Policy
KVCR receives $4M investment from California state legislature
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The funds will help KVCR pay for PBS and NPR programming, which it had previously proposed cutting to offset budget deficits.
Programs/Content
Station town halls on racial justice go virtual amid coronavirus concerns
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With social distancing making in-person conversations difficult, stations are turning to online platforms to engage with audiences around issues of race and policing.
Development
Membership fundraising held its own in first weeks of coronavirus lockdown
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CDP’s analysis of early 2020 fundraising shows sustainers are living up to their name.
System/Policy
Kansas, New Mexico stations will add content to pubcasting archive
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Grants are supporting a digitization project involving stations in the states and the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.
System/Policy
At APTS Summit, Butler says FEMA grant program would be government’s ‘best investment’ in public safety
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CPB has asked the Department of Homeland Security to set aside funds for public broadcasting emergency communications.
System/Policy
Trump budget again proposes zeroing out public broadcasting funds
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The proposed budget also seeks to zero out Ready To Learn.
System/Policy
Senate approves first CPB funding increase in a decade
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The appropriation for the Ready To Learn grant program also increased.
System/Policy
WLRN friends group accuses South Florida PBS of violating state law with appeal to members
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A petition filed by Friends of WLRN also alleges the Miami school district was biased in recommending South Florida PBS to manage WLRN.
System/Policy
Why the Public Broadcasting Act needs an update to save local public media journalism
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A former CPB board member argues that the funder’s Regional Journalism Collaboratives “are based on priorities set by Washington, not localities.”
People
Music by your colleagues: lovesickness, crucifixion and stoner rock operas
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If you like your rock ‘n’ roll with “witchcraft, a high-speed motorcycle chase and lions taking over the circus,” we’ve got a song for you.
People
Comings and goings: New NPR digital VP comes from Microsoft, SCETV appoints assistant GM …
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Noelle LaCharite also co-founded the AI Leadership Institute and worked on the development of Amazon’s Alexa.
Exit Interviews
Nancy Dobbs: ‘We’re in the business of getting people to care about and engage in their community’
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“There needs to be a change of mindset about how we collectively serve the public,” says the outgoing CEO of Northern California Public Media.
System/Policy
WHYY employees file NLRB petition for union election
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Staffers said they are “still open to voluntary recognition” of their union by management.
System/Policy
New directory of diverse talent aims to boost ‘POC in Audio’
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Frustration with the lack of racial diversity in the audio industry drove the founders of POC in Audio to develop the resource, which features hundreds of profiles.
People
Feel the angst: Moody music from public media people
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A seasonally appropriate song leads off our latest Public Media Rocks roundup.
People
CPB’s new inspector general comes from D.C.’s Metro
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Kimberly Howell has been with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority since March 2018.
People
Hear synth-heavy submissions to our Public Media Rocks playlist
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Float away with a dreamy batch of tunes by your public media colleagues.
System/Policy
KQED renovation aims to create state-of-the-art ‘people’s station’
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The San Francisco public broadcaster’s expanded and redesigned headquarters will operate as a public square where there is “civil as well as civic engagement,” said President Michael Isip.
People
Comings and goings: Denny exits in Wisconsin, ‘NewsHour’ staffs Ariz. bureau …
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Garry Denny has worked for Wisconsin Public Television for 33 years.