Quick Takes
PRSS equips stations with metadata technology for emergency messaging
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CPB is giving PRSS $66,000 for the project.
Quick Takes
NPR establishes fund to honor fallen journalists
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CPB will provide an initial investment of $400,000.
System/Policy
CPB receives almost $1 million in refund from Treasury
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The $939,000 will be distributed in fiscal year 2017.
Diversity in Public Media
Chicago’s Vocalo reins in eclectic approach but keeps focus on younger audience
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With CPB’s backing, the station is exploring whether its format could expand to other cities.
System/Policy
Drive for diversity demands courage, commitment
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“This is about more than just the bottom line,” says CPB’s Joseph Tovares.
Programs/Content
For kids TV, CPB focuses on diversity behind the screen
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The funder is ramping up efforts to boost minority staffing on the shows it funds.
CPB
Interconnection gets $50M in bill heading to full Senate
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The interconnection outlay in the Senate bill for fiscal year 2017 bolsters funding of $40 million approved in December’s Omnibus Appropriations bill.
System/Policy
As collaborations expand, newsroom leadership jobs prove difficult to fill
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“The system of collaboration we are building requires more editors.”
CPB
Worrisome trend in CPB analysis: Too many PTV stations taking on too much debt
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The number of licensees carrying debt ratios of more than 50 percent has nearly tripled since 2009, according to CPB’s latest “state of the system” report.
People
Receiving Lowell Award, Lawson urges focus on ‘societal value’
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The retiring CPB executive advised colleagues to seek relevance and reinvention.
Quick Takes
CPB seeks consultant for African-American public radio stations
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The consultant will facilitate a meeting with up to 23 stations.
System/Policy
CPB prods TV stations to consolidate, revamps rural grants
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New CSG rules include creation of a Healthy Network Initiative to encourage station collaborations and mergers.
System/Policy
KETC pays reduced fines to CPB for budgeting errors, other violations
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“Nine Network’s failure to comply was not nearly as egregious as it would appear in the initial report.”
Quick Takes
Eight New England broadcasters form CPB-backed collaboration
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The collaborative will report on regional topics like climate, energy, transportation and immigration.
System/Policy
Three Great Lakes stations form reporting partnership
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The collaboration will cover health and the economic importance of the Great Lakes to the region.
Quick Takes
Lawson and Theriault to leave CPB in May; Tovares will oversee content
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“Their contributions to CPB and to public media as a whole have been remarkable,” said CPB‘s president.
Quick Takes
CPB funds Detroit Journalism Cooperative
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The $659,000 grant will cover ongoing collaborative coverage of Detroit’s post-bankruptcy future.
System/Policy
Eleven stations partner for Indiana news network
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CPB is supporting the Indiana-based Regional Journalism Center with a $609,000 grant.
System/Policy
Three Alaska stations to collaborate on energy news
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This is the fourth journalism collaboration CPB has backed in the last two months.
System/Policy
Seven Illinois stations start news collaboration
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CPB will support the initiative with a $715,000 grant.