Tag: KQED
NPR to stock new mobile app by aiding stations on back end
NPR is preparing member stations to provide local news for the network’s new mobile app, slated for release by summer. NPR content chief ...Raul Ramirez, longtime news director at KQED, dies at 67
Raul Ramirez, executive director of news and public affairs at San Francisco’s KQED, died Nov. 15 in Berkeley. He was 67 and ...Creative arts well-represented in Matter’s second startup class
The San Francisco–based startup accelerator, funded by KQED and the Knight Foundation and owned in part by Public Radio Exchange, has announced ...Veterans of KQED Newsroom return to
San Francisco to mark show’s revivalA group of some 80 pubcasters will gather Friday night in San Francisco to celebrate the return of KQED Newsroom, that title of a groundbreaking ...Quest project hones focus on sustainability, hunts for new partner stations
Quest, KQED’s multimedia science journalism and education project, is seeking more public media reporting partners.New twist on the news cycle: chasing stories on two wheels
Several public broadcasting journalists now count a bike helmet among their essential reporting equipment as they pedal to cover news events and ...KQED Newsroom to relaunch Oct. 18
Northern California’s KQED-TV is revamping its Friday evening public affairs show by reviving a title from its distant past.Pubcasters capture 21 national Edward R. Murrow Awards
WLRN in Miami won large-market radio Murrows for feature reporting and use of sound. Chicago’s WBEZ also won for news documentary and ...Public media stations rethink and repurpose content for tablet users
As consumer use of tablet devices continues to rise, more public media stations are moving onto the platform with supplementary content and ...Pubradio contenders dominate radio division of Sigma Delta Chi Awards
Public radio reporters took all nine awards for radio reporting in this year’s Sigma Delta Chi Awards, which recognize outstanding reporting on ...Pubcasters win total of 173 regional Murrow Awards
NPR stations won 82 large-market regional Murrow Awards, while small-market pubcasters captured 91. Among all stations, WLRN in Miami topped public radio’s regional ...KQED launches 11th season of ImageMakers and new spinoff show
ImageMakers, the indie film showcase curated by San Francisco’s KQED TV, will debut the Oscar-winning film Curfew, May 12. Every year, KQED Program Director ...SoundCloud rolls out beta Pro Partners service; KQED among first partners
SoundCloud, the Berlin-based web company that serves as a hub for listening to and sharing audio, added a new tier of service ...MPT collects Super Bowl wager winnings from KQED
Maryland Public Television can thank the Baltimore Ravens this week for helping the station win a supply of sourdough breads and chocolate. The ...For-profit start-up accelerator aims to make public media ‘Matter’ to Silicon Valley
The start-up accelerator unveiled a year ago as an experiment in bringing Silicon Valley’s culture of innovation to public media has rebranded ...
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