Tag: Public Radio International
Flatow moves Science Friday to PRI distribution
Science Friday, the weekly NPR series hosted by Ira Flatow, is pairing with Public Radio International in a new distribution deal to take effect ...Alabama network will drop Public Radio International shows
Alabama Public Radio will eliminate Public Radio International shows from its schedule, dropping This American Life and The World, reports Tuscaloosanews.com. Director Elizabeth Brock said the ...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 ...Ford grant will support PRI’s immigration initiative
The Ford Foundation has awarded Public Radio International a two-year, $500,000 grant to support Global Nation, a project that will cover social-justice ...Ombud answers watchdog’s concerns about public radio’s America Abroad
The ombudsman for America Abroad, a monthly public radio show covering foreign policy and international affairs, has responded to criticism from the media watchdog ...Planet Money crowdfunder soars, PRI campaign falls short of goal
Two of public radio’s three biggest distributors launched major crowdfunding experiments in the past month, with wildly different results.PRI stations to experiment with locally customized news
The competition for midday timeslots on public radio stations is heating up, as Public Radio International and producers of its news programs ...NEA announces 2013 media arts grants; OVEE and AIR projects among recipients
The National Endowment of the Arts announced $4.68 million in funding to 76 media-arts projects April 23, including new grantees such as ...PRI launches crowdfunding campaign to fund global stories, entice new donors
A crowdfunding campaign launched April 15 by Public Radio International seeks $25,000 for a “Global Stories Fund” that will support 11 international ...Scarce funding limits public media’s response to gun debate
The mass shootings last year in Colorado, Wisconsin and Connecticut reawakened Americans to recurring tragedies of gun violence and rekindled a national ...Jesse Thorn’s Bullseye moving to NPR
More than six weeks after first announcing his arts-and-culture radio program's exit from longtime distributor PRI, Jesse Thorn revealed the details of ...Mullins exits The World as Werman steps up as full-time host
Dec. 31, 2012, marked the last day that Lisa Mullins, longtime host of PRI’s The World, held that position. On Jan. 1, reporter and ...Jesse Thorn: Bullseye will stay on public radio after leaving PRI
Bullseye with Jesse Thorn will continue to be heard over broadcast radio after the show has left distributor PRI in spring 2013, host and ...Jesse Thorn’s Bullseye is leaving PRI
Bullseye with Jesse Thorn, the Los Angeles-based nationally distributed radio program and podcast, is leaving longtime distributor PRI, host and creator Jesse ...Full speed ahead for Public Media Platform
After two-plus years of planning and prototyping a shared hub providing easy access to digital content from across public media, partners in ...
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