People
Molly Wood to leave American Public Media
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Wood has hosted “Marketplace” shows since 2015.
Programs/Content
Amid pandemic, pubmedia’s international reporters get used to ‘a deeply uncomfortable way of working’
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While U.S.-based journalists have adapted to remote reporting as social distancing has shut down American public life, international correspondents are making tough choices, like uprooting their lives to return home or braving the pandemic’s Italian epicenter in journalistic pursuit of the story.
People
Koester joins PRX as COO, O’Leary exits ‘Marketplace’ and other comings and goings
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Shona Koester spent the past six years at American Public Media, departing as VP of distribution and content partnerships.
Programs/Content
How questioning journalism’s role post-Trump got Lewis Wallace fired
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“I made a decision that was very personal, very based on my own instincts about what was right and necessary in this kind of scary political moment.”
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #88: Lewis Wallace on getting fired from ‘Marketplace’
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The reporter discusses how a not especially edgy meditation on journalistic standards got him fired.
Programs/Content
‘Marketplace’ reporter fired after post questioning objectivity in journalism
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The journalist believes public media’s standards for newsroom diversity and objective reporting are in conflict.
Programs/Content
‘Marketplace’ to recast itself as multimedia enterprise
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A new strategic plan calls for adding dozens of employees and digital ventures.
Programs/Content
Andrea Seabrook of ‘Marketplace’ on the new poles of American politics
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Seabrook argues that the real American political spectrum isn’t liberal–conservative, but insider–outsider.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #72: Andrea Seabrook comes back to public radio
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Seabrook argues that the real American political spectrum isn’t liberal–conservative, but insider–outsider.
Programs/Content
New ‘Marketplace’ podcast looks at legacy of welfare reform
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The show’s Wealth & Poverty Desk dives deep into a controversial topic.
Programs/Content
Collaborations between radio, TV expand coverage but have limits
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National producers and networks are finding ways to work across media, despite challenges posed by technology.
System/Policy
How ethics guidelines can catch freelancers by surprise
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How can someone working for a dozen clients with various funding models determine what constitutes a conflict of interest?
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #43: Why public media are sponsoring polls, and how a CBC video went viral
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How do political polls fit with public media’s mission?
"The Pub" Podcast
The Pub #41: Marketplace’s Ben Johnson and his unusual new podcast, Codebreaker
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Everybody has a new podcast these days, but this one does something quite novel with the medium.
People
Tess Vigeland on her new book and leaving ‘Marketplace Money’
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What would make you give up on your dream gig? The former Marketplace Money host had to answer that question for herself when she left the show.
Podcasting
PodScanning: ‘Marketplace’ teams with business site Quartz on podcast
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A music station also starts a podcast for and about young people.
"The Pub" Podcast
The Pub #16: Tess Vigeland on quitting Marketplace; Transgender people and personal pronouns; Donor influence on programming
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For Tess Vigeland, a leap out of the host’s seat inspired a book.
Programs/Content
Marketplace team takes ‘really deep dive’ into neighborhood roiled by gentrification
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To report its special series on the economic forces and societal changes of gentrification, Marketplace embedded a team of journalists in one of the hottest real estate markets in the U.S.
System/Policy
Gates funding spurs doubts over pubmedia’s impartiality in education reporting
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Public radio journalists find themselves navigating an ethical gray area as they receive funds for reporting on education from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
People
CPB bumps up two, “Blues Doctor” retires, and more comings and goings in public media
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CPB has promoted two executives, Greg Schnirring and Erika Pulley-Hayes.