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		<title>YPPubmedia young professionals&#8217; group welcomes first advisory board</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/05/yppubmedia-young-professionals-group-welcomes-first-advisory-board/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dru Sefton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[YPPubmedia, a nonprofit group affiliated with DEI dedicated to &#8220;connecting young professionals in pubmedia to supportive national networks,&#8221; today announced members of its first advisory board. Serving are Chris Bay, interactive web producer, KDHX, St. Louis; Vanessa Harris, marketing director, &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/05/yppubmedia-young-professionals-group-welcomes-first-advisory-board/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sesame Workshop partnering with educational publisher Teaching Strategies</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/05/sesame-workshop-partnering-with-educational-publisher-teaching-strategies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 14:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dru Sefton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Proclaiming that &#8220;it’s time for the positive impact of Sesame’s educational content to be felt in schools as well,&#8221; Sesame Workshop on Tuesday announced a multi-year partnership between Sesame Street and Teaching Strategies, a Bethesda, Md.-based educational publishing company. Teaching &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/05/sesame-workshop-partnering-with-educational-publisher-teaching-strategies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>FCC to allow waivers for pubcasters to raise funds for tornado damage relief</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/05/fcc-to-allow-waivers-for-pubcasters-to-raise-funds-for-tornado-damage-relief/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2013/05/fcc-to-allow-waivers-for-pubcasters-to-raise-funds-for-tornado-damage-relief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 14:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dru Sefton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The FCC announced on Tuesday procedures for noncommercial television and radio stations to raise money on the air to assist victims coping with tornado damage in Oklahoma. The commission has already received and granted one waiver request related to relief &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/05/fcc-to-allow-waivers-for-pubcasters-to-raise-funds-for-tornado-damage-relief/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>David Sedaris is guest-hosting Selected Shorts all month</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/05/david-sedaris-is-guest-hosting-selected-shorts-all-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 13:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Lapin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public radio favorite David Sedaris, a frequent contributor to This American Life and other programs, is hosting weekly episodes of Selected Shorts this month. The first show of the series, released for broadcast April 28, paid tribute to the late David Rakoff, &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/05/david-sedaris-is-guest-hosting-selected-shorts-all-month/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Was resignation of billionaire Koch from WNET Board related to controversial doc?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dru Sefton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 16, David Koch, billionaire and powerful backer of conservative causes, resigned from the board of WNET in New York City. The resignation &#8220;was the result, an insider said, of his unwillingness to back a media organization that had &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/05/was-resignation-of-billionaire-koch-from-wnet-board-related-to-controversial-doc/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>California&#8217;s KCLU expands reach with new signals</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/05/californias-kclu-expands-reach-with-new-signals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 18:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Janssen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[KCLU-FM in Thousand Oaks, Calif., will extend its range to the northwest next month when it begins broadcasting on a new full-power signal in Santa Maria and translator in San Luis Obispo. California Lutheran University, KCLU’s licensee, acquired KHFR and &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/05/californias-kclu-expands-reach-with-new-signals/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NPR, AIR unveil resource site for freelancers</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/05/npr-air-unveil-resource-site-for-freelancers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Janssen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NPR and the Association of Independents in Radio have launched the Freelance and Station Contributor Resource Site, an online repository of information for reporters interested in filing stories with the network. “This first of its kind site includes Ethics Guidelines, &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/05/npr-air-unveil-resource-site-for-freelancers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Three NPR journalists will embark on fellowships</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/05/three-npr-journalists-will-embark-on-fellowships/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2013/05/three-npr-journalists-will-embark-on-fellowships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 19:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Janssen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three NPR journalists will start academic fellowships starting this fall, with Dina Temple-Raston and Alison MacAdam joining the Nieman program at Harvard, and Louisa Lim attending the University of Michigan as a Knight-Wallace fellow. Temple-Raston, who covers counterterrorism for the &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/05/three-npr-journalists-will-embark-on-fellowships/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Burns to produce cancer doc for public TV</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/05/burns-to-produce-cancer-doc-for-public-tv/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2013/05/burns-to-produce-cancer-doc-for-public-tv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 16:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Janssen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns is adapting a book about cancer into a six-hour series for public TV, reports the New York Times. The project was originally conceived by Sharon Rockefeller, CEO of WETA in Washington, D.C., who read Siddhartha Mukherjee’s &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/05/burns-to-produce-cancer-doc-for-public-tv/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Aereo reveals plan to add Atlanta as third market</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/05/aereo-reveals-plan-to-add-atlanta-as-third-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Mook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aereo, the over-the-air TV streaming service that broadcasters have gone to federal court to block, plans to expand into Atlanta, its third major market, next month. The move into Atlanta is to take effect June 17. Aereo&#8217;s launch in Boston &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/05/aereo-reveals-plan-to-add-atlanta-as-third-market/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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