Programs/Content
New KQED podcast takes cue from NYT’s ‘The Daily’
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The morning podcast also relies on interviews with reporters for analysis of the day’s news.
Quick Takes
A month after ransomware attack, KQED is still stuck in the ’90s
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The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the station is rebuilding lost systems and strengthening network security.
System/Policy
A little San Francisco public media history for PMDMC
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Bay Area stations have a unique role in the history of public media fundraising.
Quick Takes
‘PBS NewsHour,’ KQED win funding to combat misinformation
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The Knight Prototype Fund is backing 20 projects to fight fake news.
Programs/Content
KQED shares news, gathers feedback through partnership with Nextdoor
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The San Francisco station is posting hyperlocal news and interacting with Bay Area residents as one of the social networking site’s first media partners.
System/Policy
After release of results, stations announce plans for FCC auction largesse
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The big sums will help to expand services, pay off debts and enable technical upgrades.
Development
Stations shape fundraising pleas amid funding threat, potential auction windfalls
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Public television’s spring fundraising rolled out in a heated high-stakes environment for clearly communicating a case for support.
Awards
ICIJ, NPR, Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting win IRE honors, and other awards
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Other award winners include independent producer Jenni Monet, Reveal’s Will Evans and WFAE’s Lisa Worf.
People
Turner leads development at NHPR, KQED promotes several staffers and other comings and goings
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Deborah Turner helped oversee CPB’s major giving initiative from 2004–07.