April 2012
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WCVE announces layoffs in middle of pledge drive
WCVE just announced layoffs of 18% of their staff due to a reduction in funding.
Half of the cuts are to an educational technology service that Virginia teachers rely upon — this includes technology training for teachers.
To rub salt in the wound, this is all happening in the middle of WCVE’s spring pledge drive.
If you’re a Virginian and not a member, please consider...
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“Very, very soon.”
– Dominique Bigle on when KCET will make a big content announcement.
That’s what Elon Musk said about the Tesla Model S too, and lots of folks called BS. Will PBS-independent KCET come through?
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“When people like something, they’ll pay for it. Public radio listeners...”
– Tucker Carlson in an April 17 Marketplace commentary.
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Ashley Milne-Tyte, formerly of Marketplace, has a...
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Georgia - Civil War anniversary coverage plus...
Today I learned something about GPB, Georgia and the Civil War. Chickamauga Battlefield is the first battlefield preserved by Congress, and it’s also the largest. It’s the site of a key Confederate victory in the Civil War, and a beautiful 5300 acre park. Something to visit — exactly what’s intended by the producers of a special series marking the 150th Civil War...
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“Having a signal wash into a state isn’t the same thing as serving a state.”
– Micheline Boudreau, President of Delaware First Media, announcing a new Delaware public radio station — via Delmarvanow.com (hooray!)
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TED & NPR.... looking forward to this
So far, ‘tis an empty page. Looking forward to seeing what’s cooking at http://ted.npr.org/. Cool to see the two organizations team up, but this New York Times article points to challenges taking “material that was in some cases three or four years old” and making it fresh and relevant.
Um, I’ve got an idea: new material?
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“There is a credible argument that the term “hero” has been overused or misused...”
– WUSF’s “Off the Base” blog
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Florida's WLRN using SoundCloud to post audio on... →
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“Even if political candidates could buy time to run cartoons of themselves as...”
– Judge Carlos T. Bea in a ruling of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals as it upheld the ban on advertisements for for-profit goods and services on public broadcasting, but struck the ban on issues or political advertisements.
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Washington DC -- so much to choose from
Scanning the pubmediaverse in D.C., there’s a lot to choose from (the inverse of the Delaware experience). Jazz and classical stations, original reporting on public radio, several nonprofit news startups. Today, here’s what caught my eye:
DCentric is a blog produced by WAMU. It’s also a drumbeat of civil, thoughtful and provocative writing about race. Unshockingly, the blog...
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“It’s useless for us to judge each others’ countries without truly understanding...”
– FoxConn worker Zhang Dawei, as quoted by Rob Schmitz in his reporter’s notebook on marketplace.org.
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Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren enforce their... →
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via citizensunitedlegalforum:
In January, Massachusetts Republican Senator Scott Brown and his Democratic challenger, Elizabeth Warren, agreed to get super PACs out of their campaigns. But since super PACs are by definition independent contributors to election efforts, they could not simply ban super PACs from making independent expenditures. Instead, they agreed that if a super...
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Delaware - small state, smaller nonprofit media...
Surrounded by much bigger states and three major metropolitan areas (Philadelphia, DC, Baltimore), it’s no surprise Delaware’s homegrown public media are slim pickings. Squinting my eyes to find Delaware-created public media content I’ve gone outside public broadcasting to discover DFM News, from Delaware First Media, in association with the University of Delaware. Right now...
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Connecticut -- The New Haven Independent made me...
Once, for a feature on their site called “Breaking Arts.” Thank you very much — it’s not just NEWS that breaks (especially since cable news all but devalued the term) — it’s the arts! Right on.
And the second time, for a story that proves once and for all that sports, education, family and community coexist. Not like that really needs proving, but judging...
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Colorado -- where it's starting to suck less to be...
Founded in 2009 out of the ashes of the Rocky Mountain News and post-Denver Post layoffs, Colorado Public News, of all the nonprofit news services in the state, appears to an outside observer to be broad in scope and strong in reporting. Their site is attractive and accessible. They embrace multiple media. They’re using social media (albeit in a more promotional than conversational way,...
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“What do you call yourself?”
That was the...
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California -- how a new space helps a broadcaster...
Photo: KPCC
KPCC moved into its new building in February 2010 in Pasadena, consolidating its newsroom with its talkshows into a single big newsroom. With the new building came something new — a forum space. It’s called the Crawford Family Forum, and KPCC uses the multifunction space for an amazing variety of events, from live tapings to documentary screenings, community...
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WatchLivestream from Fayetteville, Arkasas’ public access television channel
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Arizona -- Ghost towns, showing deportation from...
I have a thing for ghost towns. So, when digging around for Arizona projects that intrigue, I let out a little squeal as I discovered that KNAU (Flagstaff) has a whole 8-part series called Dead or Alive: Ghost Towns. I can’t wait to queue it up for more listening. Only complaint: I want more photos!
I also have a thing for exhibits, books — anything, really — that show how...
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American Samoa - slim on non profit media
I am struggling to keep up with the daily rhythm, and American Samoa was a challenge! With only 68,000 people, the territory doesn’t appear to support a robust media. Yes, there are public television and public radio stations, but from what I can tell the noncommercial airwaves are dominated by religious broadcasters. For daily news the Samoa News and the Samoa Observer, both commercial...
