People
LaFontaine E. Oliver named next GM of Baltimore’s WYPR
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Oliver previously led the city’s WEAA-FM from 2007–13.
Programs/Content
How design thinking gave these producers a fresh approach to local podcasts
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The producers of the podcasts We Live Here and Out of the Blocks share lessons from PRX’s Project Catapult.
Programs/Content
As Marc Steiner signs off, Baltimore loses a valuable democratic forum
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More than anything else, the longtime talk show host’s career has been dedicated to dismantling the racial divides that structure the city and its airwaves.
System/Policy
After ban, Baltimore public radio reporter is back at mayor’s press conferences
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At a press conference Wednesday, Burns returned to his usual seat near the front of the room.
System/Policy
Baltimore mayor bans WYPR reporter from press conferences
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The ban extends throughout the mayor’s term, which ends in December.
Programs/Content
How public media stations are covering police violence
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Stations in Louisiana and Minnesota, the sites of last week’s shootings, are taking varied approaches based on staff and resources.
Programs/Content
New show from Baltimore station tells city stories one block at a time
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A new show from the city’s WYPR aims to take a more nuanced look at life in Baltimore.
Programs/Content
CPB backs collaboration in Baltimore on coverage of Freddie Gray aftermath
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Two stations are working together to expand reporting on the city’s response to Gray’s death.
Programs/Content
How Baltimore public radio covered the protests
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WEAA and WYPR tried to make the most of their limited staffs and resources.
Quick Takes
Baltimore paper questions underwriting practices at WYPR-FM
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A lengthy cover story in Baltimore’s City Paper said the station fails to distinguish between underwriting and editorial content.
Quick Takes
Friday roundup: WYPR union bid fails; stations plan to add news, cut classical
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Plus: A blogger considers a classical app, and the Onion tells the truth about Ira Glass.
System/Policy
NLRB to resolve contested union election at Baltimore’s WYPR-FM
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A dispute over unionization at Baltimore’s WYPR will be resolved by the National Labor Relations Board. WYPR staff voted July 30 on whether to seek representation from broadcast union SAG-AFTRA. Nine voted in favor and 11 against, with seven votes contested by one of the parties, according to an NLRB official who requested anonymity when commenting on an ongoing proceeding. The NLRB will review the contested votes to determine their eligibility, with the vote recounted only if at least three of the contested votes are determined eligible. SAG-AFTRA can only enter the workplace with a majority vote.
Quick Takes
Friday roundup: WYPR union effort stalls; Downton Abbey reportedly bans modern undies
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Plus: Mike Starling starts an LPFM station, and NPR’s creative director talks about her work process.
System/Policy
As newsrooms expand, employees at several stations push to unionize
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Public media employees have increasingly sought to organize unions during the past two years, spurred by expanding newsrooms, shifting management priorities and a desire for more influence in strategic planning.
Quick Takes
WYPR staffers petition to join SAG-AFTRA union
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Editorial staffers at Baltimore’s WYPR are petitioning management for union representation, according to a June 6 release from broadcast union SAG-AFTRA, which seeks to represent them. A majority of editorial staff delivered a union petition to management June 3, and the National Labor Relations Board received a petition June 6, according to the release. Management has not yet acknowledged the petition. “We all believe in the value of public radio, as well as WYPR’s mission to produce high-quality journalism,” the release read. “We want to see the station improve and better serve listeners across the state.
Delmarva Public Radio
‘Status quo’ no longer feasible for Delmarva’s local stations
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An analysis recommends that the Salisbury University Foundation negotiate with another pubcaster to operate its two Delmarva Public Radio outlets as music stations.
American Public Media
Aronson promoted at Frontline, NPR Board elections, Lapin joins Current, and more…
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The promotion, announced during the Television Critics Association Press Tour last month, was widely reported as an indication that Aronson will succeed founding Executive Producer David Fanning atop PBS’s investigative news centerpiece.
Programs/Content
Baltimore’s WYPR takes heat for dismissing longtime host Marc Steiner
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Listeners are flooding the station with emails, posting angry comments and picketing the studios.