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Alexia Partouche, Former Editorial Intern | WXPN’s “Artist To Watch: Black Opry Residency” podcast is part of the station’s growing focus on artist development.
Julian Wyllie, Reporter | Seattle-based filmmaker Dru Holley produced and directed an hourlong film on the complex history of all-Black Army regiments who came to be known as buffalo soldiers.
The show worked with Knology, a social science research institute, to gather feedback from experts, professionals and formerly incarcerated people themselves.
Julian Wyllie, Reporter | Produced by GBH Kids, the show offers lessons on important life skills.
Julian Wyllie, Reporter | In creating “Refugee’s Daughter,” Christina Le followed her boss’ advice to “start with something you know.”
“The weight of coverage shouldn’t have to fall on the shoulders of a select few, but rather on the organization as a whole. I am here to make sure of that.”
“Clearly, the path to diversifying audiences for our organizations involves a robust digital strategy in addition to making our radio programming welcoming to listeners from all backgrounds and ethnicities,” writes the leader of Classical KING FM.
“‘If you build it, they will come’ isn’t really a strong strategy in an era of competing algorithms and news consumption silos,” said News Director Jenna Dooley.
Julian Wyllie, Reporter | The grants were announced Thursday during BPM’s PitchBLACK Awards.
Leila Fadel, Michel Martin, Ayesha Rascoe and Juana Summers have taken over host chairs at NPR’s flagship news programs. They’re thinking holistically on how to lead when it comes to representative news.
Julian Wyllie, Reporter | In addition to rethinking its editorial workflow, the newsroom aims to build a staff that closely mirrors the demographics of Boston by 2027.
“Chicanas who stepped up to the microphone for the first time were not only hearing their own voices audibly broadcasted over public airwaves, they also were announcing the arrival of a sonically distinct Chicana public sphere.”
For the show’s 30th anniversary, a founder of “Latino USA” recounts how President Bill Clinton helped the show make a splash at a 1993 Public Radio Conference.
Tyler Falk, Reporter | “Native America Calling” captures “the vastness of the Native American life and its profound impact on the country,” said President Joe Biden during the ceremony.
When news organizations say they support diversity efforts but their actions don’t match, teams and communities lose faith.