Tag: Web/mobile content
Online companion to PBS series shines spotlight on civic innovation
How We Got to Now, a fall PBS series charting the history of innovation, will accompany a stand-alone news and commentary website funded by ...Women and Girls Lead goes global, extending outreach to five countries
Women and Girls Lead, a public media–based outreach and empowerment program, has evolved into a broader international effort, seeking to drive positive ...PBS Digital Studios, Indiegogo partner on crowdfunding for stations’ online videos
The network wants stations to build up sustainable, supportive audiences for digital series.“This is Radio”: Transom videos celebrate innovators of airwaves
Transom is launching a new video series in a push to create more public radio fans.Forthcoming NPR mobile app could advance public radio’s quest for digital audience
Public radio executives who have long bemoaned the field’s collective inability to pursue innovation have a new opportunity to alter that dynamic ...Texas Tribune doubles down on live streaming after success with Wendy Davis filibuster
A key role in covering a Texas lawmaker's 2013 filibuster led to an expanded focus on video for the nonprofit news organization.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 ...PBS selects tech exec Rubenstein to head digital efforts
Ira Rubenstein, a digital media executive with experience at Marvel and 20th Century Fox, is the new general manager of PBS Digital. He ...ProPublica receives $1M grant from MacArthur Foundation
The New York–based outlet will add the money to its reserve fund, bringing it to more than $4.5 million.KLRU beefs up BBQ With Franklin
After letting their BBQ grillmaster marinate on YouTube, Austin’s KLRU is taking him to TV. The station will produce the 10-episode series BBQ ...Radiotopia looks to make business of creative online audio
Radiotopia, which launched Tuesday, is a collection of shows designed to help connect content producers with a broader digital audience.Not ready for ‘NewsHour’: Show alum plays bumbling journalist in new web series
Everything But The News is a comedy web series following the exploits of a technology-illiterate producer attempting to file reports on the ...PBS adds Odd Squad kids show, more films for Makers project
PBS Kids announced today a new live-action math series, Odd Squad, for children 5 to 8 years old. The latest addition to the schedule ...NPR drives forward with dashboard delivery
Having faced the disruptive threats posed by cassette tapes, CDs, satellite radio and even the iPod, public radio strategists are increasingly looking ...NPRchives project revisits sounds of 1984
NPR is dipping into its vaults for a new social media project that highlights reports from its archives.
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