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.
KQED staffers grapple with grief as they cover Oakland warehouse fire
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Losses in the Ghost Ship fire hit close to home for some in the Bay Area’s public media community.
Quick Takes
Freelance producer for KQED dies in Oakland fire
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Alex Ghassan pitched and created content to attract a “younger hipper audience” for the KQED’s arts department.
Programs/Content
NPR and KQED partner on live national election coverage
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KQED will host two hours of the broadcast.
Development
Pubmedia executives, stations recognized at PMDMC
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Public media leaders were honored for excellence in fundraising and development.
Programs/Content
How public media stations are covering police violence
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Stations in Louisiana and Minnesota, the sites of last week’s shootings, are taking varied approaches based on staff and resources.
Programs/Content
New KQED radio pilot gets personal about race
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The show will be distributed nationally by Public Radio International starting in April.
Downton Abbey
On-demand programs prove alluring to PBS station members
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Since PBS’s Passport service launched last month, more than 30,000 members have signed up to watch Downton Abbey and other marquee offerings.
Programs/Content
PodScanning: New podcasts from WGBH, KQED and WNYC
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The podcasts cover football, digital love and the war in Afghanistan.
KQED
KQED tries out Square Cash to boost mobile giving
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KQED joined up with Square when the mobile payment processor expanded its Square Cash app to include nonprofits and businesses.
Programs/Content
Matter launches new class of media startups
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Media startup accelerator Matter launches its fourth class on entrepreneurs.
Quick Takes
Monday roundup: WNYC’s Walker criticizes Christie; Scharpling discusses future of Best Show
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Plus: An NPR and KQED founder dies, and a TV critic questions PBS’s programming.