“If you can’t make it important, it’s probably not worth doing”
Posted: May, 17, 2013
Interview by Karen Everhart and Dru Sefton
Journalism
New alliance in Mile High City
Posted: February, 01, 2013
By Dru Sefton
News, game-ified and powered by the crowd
Posted: October, 10, 2012
By Andrew Lapin
Pubcaster, college, for-profit news all meld in Macon
Posted: September, 24, 2012
By Andrew Lapin
Sky’s the limit: KBIA-FM gets $25k grant to create newsgathering drones
Posted: November 28, 2012Are small, nimble flying robots the next newsgathering tool for public broadcasters? Continue reading
First Lady presents national arts and humanities award to Youth Radio
Posted: November 20, 2012Oakland-based Youth Radio paid a visit to the White House Nov. 19, as First Lady Michelle Obama awarded the nonprofit for its work training inner-city youth in arts, journalism and multimedia production. Continue reading
WBEZ’s Curious City brings its inquisitive audience into the reporting action
Posted: November 16, 2012From exploring underground tunnels to tracking the evolution of the Chicago accent, Curious City is an unconventional spin on community-based public media reporting. Continue reading
Tavis Smiley: It’s time to start walking the walk of service to minority communities
Posted: November 16, 2012Torey Malatia’s argument against “advocacy journalism” — leveled at Smiley & West after Chicago’s WBEZ carried the program for two years — is merely a weapon of mass distraction from the real issue. Continue reading
Op-ed: WBEZ’s Malatia says public media must revitalize open, civic discourse in our communities
Posted: November 9, 2012In a pluralistic America, public media is a central resource for promoting inclusiveness in civic engagement. This misson-based role has become even more important in today’s broadcast and digital media environment, in which content is tailored exclusively to audiences based on their ideology and beliefs. Continue reading
Pubradio reporters debate ‘dissing of daily news’
Posted: October 25, 2012Freelance radio and print journalist Ashley Milne-Tyte set off a lively exchange of the philosophical differences between radio producers who work under deadlines to produce daily news stories and those who focus on long-form personal narratives that have been popularized … Continue reading
Radiolab producers release ‘yellow rain’ email
Posted: October 25, 2012Producers of the program have made public the full list of questions they had originally emailed to their interview subject for the controversial piece. Continue reading