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Oct 11, 2024 · Tech How PBS is using AI to improve processes and systems for stations, staff and viewers By Mikey Centrella, Director of Product (PBS Innovation Team) | October 11, 2024. The potential for AI and immersive tech to amplify our mission and impact should be a call to action for public media organizations to embrace and shape these technologies responsibly.
CPB provides $1.9M to bolster editorial oversight at NPR
3 days ago · CPB has awarded $1.9 million to NPR to support 11 new positions in its newsroom. NPR announced the plan to add the new positions earlier this year, creating a “Backstop” team to provide final review of news stories. The plan includes adding standards editors and content strategy analysts. “Misinformation and disinformation are threats to ...
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Current is a nonprofit news organization covering public media in the U.S for professionals in the industry. Leaders and staff at NPR, PBS, CPB, public radio and TV stations, independent producers, board members, and national policymakers rely on Current for information, inspiration and insights into this mission-driven field. Current’s career portal publicmediajobs.org is the …
With Grove adoption nearly complete, stations look to …
Oct 10, 2024 · Stations have begun implementing single sign-on technology, and more will have the option to adopt Grove. The Grove transition has been more than four years in the making. Stations began switching to the CMS in early 2020, and NPR adopted it earlier this year. The software comes from web-development company Brightspot, formerly Perfect Sense ...
Current’s team weighs in on our most important reporting of 2021
Dec 29, 2021 · Read Next. Layoffs reveal challenges of sustaining public media’s journalism expansion. Revenue losses raise new questions about strategies to build local newsrooms.
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Publicmediajobs.org is the leading source for career opportunities in public radio and TV in the U.S. Recruiters from NPR, PBS, “major market” media organizations, University and small-town stations know that Current’s job portal is the best place to reach diverse professionals, and emerging and experienced talent eager to advance their careers or bring their skills to public …
Why public media’s past might be its future - Current
Sep 16, 2024 · Public television’s audience is not transitioning effectively from linear broadcast to digital consumption. A recent TRAC Media study comparing data from 19 stations from 2022 to 2023 found that losses of 808,000 linear viewers were offset by gains of …
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CPB awards $2.65M for state government coverage - Current
Oct 9, 2024 · CPB is providing another $2.65 million in grants to boost coverage of state government in seven states. Wednesday’s announcement is in addition to the $2.25 million CPB announced for seven states last year, bringing CPB grants for this work to $4.9 million in 14 states. “The growth of local journalism is essential to the civic health of our nation,” said CPB …