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Apr 30, 2009
PBS to air Spike Lee's "Passing Strange"
CPB ombudsman lauds two pubTV docs
Jones of PBS ponders new media opportunities
Confab focuses on new public media platforms
Smiley's Prince interview garners attention
Mexican Sesame Street creates swine flu PSAs
Apr 29, 2009
CPB okays funding distribution rules
Pop interrupted by porn in Waco
Court okays FCC fines on indecent broadcasts, for now at least
WETA, 20 other nonprofits drop from United Way
Apr 25, 2009
WILL becomes Illinois Public Media
Problems proliferate with pubstation channel placement
Apr 24, 2009
Girl's screams on NPR piece prompt listener objections
How about $2 billion for NewsHour?
Save WCAL group commits to appeal MPR's legal victory
Apr 23, 2009
NPR cuts another 13 jobs
University will offer Flint station to another pubTV operator
Unionized NPR employees ratify new contracts
What good is journalism, anyway? Comments invited ...
Viewers continue their reaction to two PBS shows
State cuts threaten to shutter two Pennsylvania pubTV stations
With 17 layoffs at WHYY, eyes turn to boss's paycheck
WNYC's Greene Performance Space now open
Comcast shift of MPT sparks outcry
Kerger of PBS responds to tribal complaints over "We Shall Remain"
Apr 22, 2009
Indiana station gets legislative support
PBS launches new portal for video on demand
Apr 21, 2009
Elmo the Elmonaut tells kids about astronomy
FCC proposes rules on rural radio service
Gorilla ends up at pubTV station
Apr 20, 2009
Many foundations reducing grants, new report says
Review of Saberi sentence ordered by top judge
WHUT to participate in mobile video trial
Apr 19, 2009
Jim Lehrer faces Stephen Colbert, survives
Tribal leaders criticize "We Shall Remain"
Apr 18, 2009
Jane Pauley praises NewsHour
New Hampshire station lays off five
Apr 17, 2009
Houston reinstates popular political show
"The last thing I'd do . . . is write off pubradio"
Thorn also tells Nieman he was surprised by how many public radio listeners began supporting TSOYA during his pledge drive last year. "You realize real quick, when you’re doing something listener supported, why public radio stations have pledge drives. It’s because they really, really work."
Thorn contacted Current about our April 16 blog post on the first two parts of his Nieman interview to clarify his remarks expressing ambivalence about public radio carriage of TSOYA. "The last thing I'd ever do is write off public radio stations," he wrote. His goal for the interview was to "convince people that there are ways to be creative and to make media, even if they're not starting with a million dollars a year--or even $50,000 a year....Part of that is focusing energy and resources on what you can control. In my case, that's meant focusing my time on improving my show, rather than marketing it to stations. "
NPR technicians' union to vote on proposed contract
AFI seeks Digital Content Lab volunteer mentors
Wisconsin doc gets in middle of cat fight
Apr 16, 2009
CPB hires digital v.p. (batteries included)
The Wisconsin network and Now on PBS won Cronkite Awards
More on Al Jazeera, Worldfocus and Fox
Jesse Thorn on the future of pubradio, and his place in it
Apr 15, 2009
Pubaccess stations run job-hunter videos
Bert and Ernie go human
Pacifica hits six decades
Harvard fellow sees pubcasting as roots of new public media
Apr 14, 2009
Ten Webby Award nominations for pubcasters
Apr 12, 2009
Pubcasting Peeple rejoice: WETA staffer wins diorama contest
Apr 10, 2009
State senator wants UNC-TV under university jurisdiction
PBS ombudsman tackles "Sick Around America" dispute
Apr 9, 2009
FreePress sets media reform event May 14
KERA cuts staffers, reallocates funds
Q&A: Online storytelling
Worldfocus defends use of Al Jazeera English reports
A North Carolina congresswoman is accusing Worldfocus of airing "propoganda" from the Al Jazeera English television network. "My concern is that the American people should be pretty darn upset about the fact that their tax dollars are going to fund this," said GOP Rep. Sue Myrick. "I mean, they're already upset about what their tax dollars are going to fund, and now they're funding propaganda." The show originates from WNET and features international news. In response, e.p. Marc Rosenwasser issued a statement explaining that Worldfocus reports come from several networks including Channel 10 of Israel, Britain's ITN, Deutsche Welle of Germany, TV Globo of Brazil, Africa 24 and ABC of Australia. "Though many people who have not seen Al Jazeera English think of it as a propaganda machine for Islamic extremist causes, much of what it produces is not ideological and much is not even from that part of the world," the statement says. "We also believe Al Jazeera English does sometimes offer us and our viewers a unique perspective from various parts of the world where it has access that others don't." For more on the show, see the Current story about its launch.