System/Policy
Community feedback spurs expansion of Louisville Public Media newsroom
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After surveying Louisville residents about their hopes for the city, the station is adding reporters to cover civic issues.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #112: Balancing daily news demands with the pursuit of in-depth storytelling
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When you’re tasked with reporting the news, but your heart — and the audience — wants narrative … what do you do?
Quick Takes
Louisville Public Media acquires local events calendar service
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The station already uses the Do502 platform on its websites.
Quick Takes
University rejects Louisville Public Media bid for WNKU simulcaster
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LPM had offered $3.5 million in cash and $1.5 million in other services.
Quick Takes
Louisville Public Media gets grant for kids’ classical podcast
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The podcast aims to be a resource for schools lacking music education.
Quick Takes
University of Louisville, Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting settle public-records lawsuit
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The lawsuit was filed in October as part of the investigative center’s research on a story about a spate of high-dollar embezzlements at the school.
Development
With crowdfunding, rethink your expectations for engaging public media’s supporters
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As a growing number of public media organizations turn to Kickstarter to raise funding for new projects — with mixed success — development professionals and others in nonprofit media have begun evaluating both the potential and limitations of this new fundraising method.
System/Policy
Redefining public media for the future
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Public media is made up of hundreds of storefronts in communities large and small, each of which has a unique window into America, its people and their stories. These storefronts — local public TV and radio stations — have built public media’s greatest asset: our unique relationships with listeners and viewers, local businesses and governments, and anchor institutions in the arts, philanthropy, education and social welfare. Yet at Public Radio Capital we increasingly hear from public media executives facing competitive and financial challenges that threaten their stations’ economic foundations and thus their effectiveness. Let’s face it: The public media business model isn’t changing. It has already changed in dramatic ways.
System/Policy
Kentucky public radio stations evaluate advantages of working together
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Leaders of Kentucky’s public radio stations are considering how they might collaborate and consolidate operations, with a goal of cutting costs and boosting reporting on local and regional issues. Six of Kentucky’s seven public radio stations have enlisted Public Radio Capital to assess benefits of closer collaboration and to help advance the process if all agree to move ahead. Universities hold licenses to five of the stations and may need to join future negotiations as well. The state has some history of successful station mergers. In 1993, WUOL, licensed to the University of Louisville, and two stations operated by libraries merged under the auspices of the Public Radio Partnership, a newly formed community licensee.