Engagement
How CapRadio connected with rural audiences during the pandemic
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Even with omicron surging, your newsroom can still engage new communities.
Engagement
Knight Foundation funds engagement project for public radio
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Southern California Public Radio received $230,000 for the yearlong project.
Engagement
5 takeaways from a KPCC/LAist engagement project with child care providers
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An ambitious multimedia initiative taught the Los Angeles station’s team “how to enrich our storytelling, broaden our relationships, and spark conversation.”
Programs/Content
Michigan Radio partners with neighborhood organization to help inform coverage of Detroit
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“The people that we cover need to have confidence that we are part of and care about their community and that we’re not just there to fill the airtime,” said News Director Vincent Duffy.
Engagement
Honing station engagement strategies: the next phase of America Amplified
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With a two-year grant renewal from CPB, the journalism initiative will work with 20 stations on community engagement practices.
Engagement
How KUNR’s virtual events in Spanish connect the Northern Nevada community to pandemic resources
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The Reno station’s engagement efforts have led to authentic interactions with the Spanish-speaking community while delivering critical information.
Programs/Content
New Hampshire Public Radio launches climate change project ‘By Degrees’
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Reporters are using engagement strategies and a “human-centered” focus to build audience.
Engagement
Newsrooms ramp up audience engagement tactics for coronavirus coverage
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Public media’s largest and smallest newsrooms find that coverage shaped by listeners and readers invites more participation and builds trust.
Programs/Content
Station town halls on racial justice go virtual amid coronavirus concerns
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With social distancing making in-person conversations difficult, stations are turning to online platforms to engage with audiences around issues of race and policing.
Engagement
How PBS Utah is helping local book clubs confront challenging issues
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“The overwhelming response showed me that people don’t just want to be entertained and chat with their friends — they want to learn and grow. They want to engage and make a difference.”
Programs/Content
TV stations ramp up local productions tied to women’s suffrage movement
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Building on the theme of PBS’ summer schedule, education specialists aim to bring voices of more women into learning media.
Local That Works
KMUW’s ‘Democracy on Tap’ assembles new town square with happy-hour vibe
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Wichita is a ”big little city with real issues and ambitions,” says Sarah Jane Crespo. She created events where listeners learn about and discuss issues affecting the city.
Programs/Content
With a community fair, California’s CapRadio tests a new approach to local reporting
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By teaming up with an elementary school, the station drew out residents’ memories and thoughts about an often misunderstood neighborhood.
Engagement
By tapping a community’s knowledge, ‘Lunch & Listen’ events can make your journalism better
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Informal gatherings with residents of a South Sacramento neighborhood helped Capital Public Radio set the editorial direction for a new podcast while drawing back the curtain on the reporting process.
Local That Works
Milwaukee PBS teams up with newspaper chain to help communities address teen suicide
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“It makes me really hopeful to see collaborations like this happen because they help us accomplish more than … we’d be able to alone,” says Rory Linnane, lead reporter of “Kids in Crisis” for USA Today Network-Wisconsin.
Programs/Content
Connecticut Public partners with Norwalk library for education expansion
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The partnership, initiated last fall, extends CP’s educational initiative for high school students and veterans into a third city and the first library location.
Programs/Content
To redesign education coverage, start by doing your homework
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How KPCC used design thinking to extend the reach and impact of its coverage of early childhood education.
Engagement
6 tips for holding a public media listening tour
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“Don’t try to tack listening onto a performance or ‘normal’ event — make listening the entire point.”
Programs/Content
How ‘engaged’ radio journalism helped a community tackle suicide
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Capital Public Radio relied on live events, local experts and media partnerships to examine a taboo topic in California’s rural Amador County.
Programs/Content
Alaska station’s forums ‘break down walls’ between community members
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The winner of Current’s Local That Works contest, Alaska Public Media’s “Community in Unity” events tackled topics including racism, immigration and incarceration.