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Nicholas QuahFebruary 21, 2017

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is on a White House hit list for elimination

That’s bad in ways you already know and in more ways you don’t.

Joseph LichtermanJanuary 27, 2017

With its existence under threat from a new president, the core concepts of American public broadcasting turn 50 this week

The Carnegie Commission on Educational Television’s 1967 report established the framework for the modern system of public television and radio — and prompted the first political fights over its future.

Nicholas QuahJanuary 24, 2017

Hot Pod: What does an audio producer actually do, anyway?

Plus: Panoply grabs some big partners, question marks at Acast, and success in local podcasting through Hearken.

Shan WangJanuary 10, 2017

Local breaking news comes to investigations-focused Colorado public TV, via The Weather Channel

“We’re trying to make it more convenient for people to get more of the big picture of local news.”

With MacArthur funding, POV and The New York Times will produce an interactive documentary on race

Laura Hazard OwenMay 18, 2016

Frontline is finding new mic-drop moments for good old-fashioned reporting

Sure, keeping an audience’s attention is a challenge. But Frontline has always operated under the premise that it has to keep people from changing the channel.

Laura Hazard OwenNovember 25, 2015

America’s Test Kitchen, “the Consumer Reports of cooking,” wants to grow to new platforms

“We’d like to move to other platforms, particularly as we see the changes in how people consume television.”

What Frontline’s team learned producing its new VR documentary

Melody KramerJuly 13, 2015

Putting the public into public media membership

Getting beyond tote bags and pledge drives is critical to the sustainability of public media. Is there an alternative vision of membership that relies on relationships more than money?

Caroline O'DonovanJanuary 27, 2014

Q&A: Andrew Golis on matching great journalism with big audiences (and, oh yeah, dollars)

After jobs at Talking Points Memo, Yahoo, Frontline, and The Atlantic, Andrew Golis, new general manager of The Wire, is ready to share the three pillars of a strong media brand.

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