Development
Stations report higher gifts as door-to-door canvassing resumes
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With pandemic restrictions easing, stations that have relaunched canvassing have seen a 10% increase in average new sustainer gifts.
Programs/Content
#PBSForTheArts campaign documents how arts have survived pandemic
By 
Stephanie Mirah, Former Editorial Intern |
#PBSForTheArts is examining how arts organizations are working to “stay around, stay relevant and then fight back,” said WNET Group CEO Neal Shapiro.
Programs/Content
Without a live audience, this variety show had to find a way forward
By Stephanie Mirah, Former Editorial Intern |
“It really was just a process of us starting and stopping and having to reassess,” said a co-EP of public radio’s “Live From Cain’s.”
System/Policy
New York Public Radio lays off 14 staffers, including newsroom leaders
By 
Tyler Falk, Reporter |
“We cannot achieve our goals and meet our commitments while shouldering a fourth year of losses,” said CEO Goli Sheikholeslami.
Programs/Content
Shuttered by COVID, theaters find new audiences in pivot to radio dramas
By Stephanie Mirah, Former Editorial Intern |
“It’s been a happy accident that we were kind of forced into this, but we’ve really enjoyed doing it.”