Programs/Content
Maine Public addresses ‘new urgency’ with video newscasts created for immigrants
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The station began offering news in French, Spanish, Somali and Portuguese to deliver public service information amid the pandemic.
Programs/Content
DJ with ‘killer music taste’ mixes knowledge of native language, history into new Hawai‘i Public Radio show
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Gabe Ferris, Former Editorial Intern |
The goal for “Hawai‘i Kulāiwi” is “to help the audience just see Hawaii the way that Hawaiians do,” says Paige Okamura, known to listeners as “DJ Mermaid.”
Programs/Content
Louisville Public Media podcast explores experiences of Asian Americans in Kentucky
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Ben Morse, Former Editorial Intern |
Created in the wake of the Atlanta shootings, “Where Y’all Really From” became the station’s fastest-growing podcast.
Programs/Content
How a public broadcasting system ‘asleep at the transmitter’ has overlooked Latino listeners
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Research “was designed to cultivate a listening audience that would support the network financially. This strategy has, in turn, informed how NPR conceives of, and pursues, its ideal Latinx listener.”
System/Policy
Pubmedia’s failure to retain people of color needs a closer look
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“Sometimes we decide not to ask questions when we’re afraid of what the answer may be. I suspect that may be the case when it comes to why people of color leave the industry.”
Diversity
How to sustain source diversity tracking in your organization
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You’ve started tracking the diversity of your sources. Hooray! Now, there are a few things you and your newsroom can do to make sure that source diversity tracking becomes a lasting habit.
Programs/Content
In a new NPR podcast, Jay Williams hopes to take his guests to ‘The Limits’
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Tyler Falk, Reporter |
The former basketball star turned ESPN commentator Williams will ask his guests “how they continue to build their own businesses and hustle to the point of their own personal brand … because that’s exactly where I am in my life.”
Programs/Content
‘Alma’s Way’ outreach reflects heritage for young Latino viewers in rural Tennessee and beyond
By Gabe Ferris, Former Editorial Intern |
Stations and their community partners are welcoming the show’s social and emotional curriculum with virtual events and interactive in-school workshops.
System/Policy
KUOW shares hiring toolkit aimed at increasing staff diversity
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The Seattle station received a CPB grant to distribute the toolkit, which details every aspect of the recruitment process.
Programs/Content
Erika Aguilar sees ‘appetite for change’ as she steps into EP role on ‘Morning Edition’
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“The big challenge is going to be thinking about where Morning Edition goes as a show, in five years and 10 years.”
Programs/Content
New funding expands reach of public radio’s hip-hop/R&B format
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Mike Janssen, Digital Editor |
Stations in Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Jackson, Miss., will join the CPB-supported Urban Alternative format with the goal of reaching new listeners.
System/Policy
Public broadcasters ask FCC to update forms with nonbinary gender options
By Tyler Falk, Reporter |
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.
Programs/Content
New ‘NewsHour’ initiative deepens reporting on diverse communities
By Ben Morse, Former Editorial Intern |
“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.”
System/Policy
New podcast hosted by Grace Lee examines public TV’s track record on DEI
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Julian Wyllie, Reporter |
The podcast follows months of criticism directed at PBS and public media about the system’s DEI initiatives and lack of transparency.
System/Policy
Seeking objectivity in journalism is getting in the way of speaking truth
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The pursuit of objectivity has been used for decades to silence the voices of women and people of color. But many newsroom leaders are beginning to come around on the issue.