Programs/Content
TV and radio stations, working together? It’s possible — and potentially powerful
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“Focus more on the community-service angle rather than production challenges.”
Featured in Category
Petition calls for higher pay for WNYC interns
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Nearly 300 people have signed the Change.org petition.
Programs/Content
WNYC will distribute ‘Snap Judgment’
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The program will become the fifth show distributed by the New York station.
Podcasting
WNYC Studios adds first comedy podcast, ‘2 Dope Queens’
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The show features comics Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams.
People
NPR hires WNYC’s Thomas Hjelm as chief digital officer
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Hjelm comes from New York Public Radio, where he serves as executive vice president and chief digital officer.
Programs/Content
WNYC’s ‘Note to Self’ takes on information overload
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For a second time, the podcast is challenging listeners to change their digital habits.
System/Policy
New law clarifies pubcasters’ eligibility for disaster aid
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Some broadcasters had been denied federal assistance after damage from major disasters.
Programs/Content
Could Facebook be the next big platform for podcasts?
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WNYC is experimenting with sharing “audiograms” on social networks, taking advantage of Facebook’s new video player.
Podcasting
A new health podcast from WNYC Studios tries to engage listeners beyond the usual call-ins
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One avenue: Only Human partnered with a hearing-test iPhone app and encourages listeners to share their data with the show.
Podcasting
Anna Sale on podcasts: ‘People feel a relationship with the show’
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The host of Death, Sex & Money on how she gets her guests to share intimate details.
Programs/Content
David Remnick: “Radio is an obsession of mine”
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The New Yorker editor previews the magazine’s new weekly radio show, a collaboration with WNYC.
WNYC
WNYC launches incubator for national shows and podcasts, aims to raise $15M
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WNYC Studios will incubate and produce national podcasts and radio shows in addition to distributing terrestrial radio programming to stations.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #38: Robin Amer, winner of WNYC’s Podcast Accelerator competition
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If you want to know how to impress the likes of WNYC, pay attention to how Amer did it.
Podcasting
Podcast Accelerator contest winners will make pilots with WNYC
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The would-be producers of The City and Gaydio will get production help from the New York City station.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #37: Death, Sex & Money’s Anna Sale, live from Los Angeles
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The WNYC podcast host on how she draws the most intimate details from her guests.
Programs/Content
PodScanning: New podcasts from WGBH, KQED and WNYC
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The podcasts cover football, digital love and the war in Afghanistan.
Programs/Content
With fellowships, Feet in 2 Worlds brings unheard voices and stories to public media
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The small nonprofit helps minority and immigrant reporters learn the ropes and advance their careers.
Quick Takes
WNYC to offer ‘Freakonomics’ as weekly radio show
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The program aired on 130 stations during limited five-episode offerings.
Programs/Content
Engaging audience around digital distraction lands fellowship for young WNYC producer
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Ariana Tobin used “Bored and Brilliant” to draw out listeners’ feelings about being overwhelmed by information.
People
Audible scoops up content team from ‘Radiolab’, public radio
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A former NPR exec brings three radio producers to the digital media company.