Sky's the limit: KBIA-FM gets $25k grant to create newsgathering drones
Posted: November, 28, 2012
By Dru Sefton
Journalism
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
New alliance in Mile High City
Posted: February, 01, 2013
By Dru Sefton
“If you can’t make it important, it’s probably not worth doing”
Posted: May, 17, 2013
Interview by Karen Everhart and Dru Sefton
First Lady presents national arts and humanities award to Youth Radio
Posted: November, 20, 2012
By Andrew Lapin
“If you can’t make it important, it’s probably not worth doing”
Posted: May 17, 2013In an extended interview with Current, Frontline creator David Fanning recalls how he came to work at Boston’s WGBH more than three decades ago, and how the show is positioning itself for the future. Continue reading
University of Kentucky sues WUKY reporter over open records request
Posted: May 15, 2013The University of Kentucky has sued a reporter at its public radio station, WUKY in Lexington, in an attempt to guard information she had requested about surgical practices at its pediatric hospital. By filing the complaint, UK is challenging the … Continue reading
NPR, WLRN team up to expand reporting on Latin America
Posted: May 13, 2013NPR and Miami’s WLRN are collaborating to boost coverage of Latin America, with NPR’s Lourdes Garcia-Navarro assigned to a new foreign desk in São Paulo. In addition to Garcia-Navarro, the team of journalists includes Tim Padgett, a longtime reporter on … Continue reading
Live from Boston: A marathon of coverage
Posted: April 29, 2013Edgar B. Herwick III, a features reporter for WGBH, was enjoying his field assignment on that cool, sunny Monday, interviewing runners as they triumphantly crossed the finish line of the April 15 Boston Marathon. Continue reading
PRI launches crowdfunding campaign to fund global stories, entice new donors
Posted: April 18, 2013A crowdfunding campaign launched April 15 by Public Radio International seeks $25,000 for a “Global Stories Fund” that will support 11 international stories to be presented on PRI’s The World and other news programs. Continue reading
WGBH’s Greater Boston goes nationwide on World Channel with bombing coverage
Posted: April 16, 2013Tonight’s special edition of Greater Boston from WGBH, focused on the shocking bomb blasts at Monday’s Boston Marathon, will be distributed nationally on the World Channel, the public TV multicast service produced by WGBH and distributed by American Public Television. … Continue reading
Speedskater Bridie Farrell brings story of abuse to Milwaukee Public Radio
Posted: April 5, 2013Milwaukee Public Radio host Mitch Teich could have predicted a few outcomes from his decision to take up speedskating — sore muscles, bruises from the occasional spill on the ice at high speed — but probably not the biggest story of his journalism career. Continue reading