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Storytelling series unites Southern stations with regional collaboration
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“The best stories are universal. It doesn’t matter where they’re set,” said Arkansas PBS CEO Courtney Pledger.
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“The best stories are universal. It doesn’t matter where they’re set,” said Arkansas PBS CEO Courtney Pledger.
Through a content-sharing partnership that launched in 2013, OPB’s newsroom is helping newspapers deliver valuable coverage to their readers.
“This is a story for anybody who cares about justice and cares about … holding people to account,” said Holly Edgell, managing editor for the Midwest Newsroom.
The collaborative based at WUSF in Tampa will provide reporting to 12 local public and commercial outlets.
The station in Fort Myers, Fla., turned its TV studios over to a local Fox affiliate and relied on an auxiliary radio transmitter to stay on the air.
The Dallas station is looking to expand its portfolio of news collaborations.
The two outlets will share content and plan to co-host events.
The Ohio Newsroom, a project among the state’s public radio stations, already has four CPB-funded freelancers on board assisting with reporting and editing.
As part of our “In This Together” series, we spoke with Ideastream Public Media’s Kevin Martin and Scott Finn of Vermont Public Radio/Vermont PBS.
“It’s BIPOC filmmakers telling stories from their own communities,” said Nick Price, series producer with Reel South. “It’s not people who are from outside the South coming in and telling what they conceive of the South.”
The collaborative ended its show “Next” last month to focus on new priorities.
“Television and radio should be getting together. Joint licensees have advantages that neither one of us have individually.”
NPR and stations have found early success at attracting support from major donors and adding reporting capacity to the system with a journalism hubs model.
Journalists from KPCC and LAist share reporting on top stories of the day in short segments that air on PBS SoCal and KCET.
Texas Public Radio and Houston Public Media’s reporting series, “Fire Triangle,” examines the recurrence of chemical explosions and what can be done to prevent them.
Milwaukee PBS and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel worked together to cover the multifaceted Wisconsin dairy economy.
The team is funded by a $500,000 CPB grant.
A CPB grant will help the three stations develop a business and sustainability plan.
WKSU and ideastream are looking into ways to improve their service through a partnership.
The collaboration is being aided by a grant from CPB.