Current→ Rick Westover named GM of WCMU Public Media

2024-10-11 Westover first joined the station in 1999. The post Rick Westover named GM of WCMU Public Media appeared first on Current. …›

Current→ How PBS is using AI to improve processes and systems for stations, staff and viewers

2024-10-11 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. The post How PBS is using AI to improve processes and systems for s …›

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ How Louisville Public Media uncovered internal research TikTok has tried to keep secret

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Columbia Journalism Review→ Meteorologists make the climate connection, amid a storm of lies

2024-10-11 On Monday, John Morales, a veteran meteorologist at NBC6 in Miami, was on air tracking the progression of Hurricane Milton, which the National Hurricane Center had just described as a category 5 storm. “It has dropped fifty millibars in ten hours,” …›

Poynter→ Hurricane Milton — the day after

2024-10-11 Hurricane Milton is now long gone from Florida, but the unwelcome guest left the state a mess that will take days, weeks and months to clean up. For many, lives […] The post Hurricane Milton — the day after appeared first on Poynter. …›

Poynter→ U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene cited patents as proof of weather control. That’s Pants on Fire!

2024-10-11 “They” can control the weather, and the proof is in the patents, said Georgia Republican U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. On Oct. 7, Greene posted a viral meme showing a line drawing […] The post U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene ci …›

Current→ Dispatches from central Florida: Station GMs report on Hurricane Milton’s impact

2024-10-10 “We are tired, but we are all safe and well,” said Judith Smelser, president and GM of WMFE in Orlando. The post Dispatches from central Florida: Station GMs report on Hurricane Milton’s impact appeared first on Current. …›

Pew Research Center→ Methodology

2024-10-10 The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 156 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted from Se …›

Pew Research Center→ Acknowledgments

2024-10-10 This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals: Research team Carroll Doherty, Director, Political ResearchJocelyn Kiley, Senior Associate Director, Political ResearchHannah Hartig, Senior ResearcherB …›

Pew Research Center→ 3. Voters’ feelings about the 2024 campaign and election outcomes; concerns about political violence

2024-10-10 With less than a month to go until Election Day, voters continue to express mostly negative opinions about the 2024 presidential campaign. Reflecting the closeness of the presidential race, the share of voters who think it is clear which candidate will …›

Pew Research Center→ 2. Expectations about Harris and Trump as president

2024-10-10 Voters overall are divided in their predictions about how Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump would perform as president – with negative expectations outweighing positive ones for both candidates. And while majorities of vot …›

Pew Research Center→ 1. The Harris-Trump matchup

2024-10-10 With just weeks until Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are in a dead heat among all registered voters: 48% say they would vote for Harris if the election were held today and 47% say they would support Trump. …›

Pew Research Center→ Most Voters Say Harris Will Concede – and Trump Won’t – If Defeated in the Election

2024-10-10 About seven-in-ten voters say if Harris loses the 2024 election she will accept the results and concede, while roughly a quarter say Trump will do this if he loses. And a majority of voters say the threat of violence against political leaders and their …›

Current→ With Grove adoption nearly complete, stations look to enhancements, single sign-on

2024-10-10 With more than 200 public radio stations and NPR itself now using the Grove content management system for their websites, public media’s digital infrastructure overhaul is moving forward.  The post With Grove adoption nearly complete, stations look …›

Pew Research Center→ 3. How Americans feel about election coverage

2024-10-10 Americans are divided on whether it’s easy to find reliable news about the 2024 presidential election. Republicans are more likely to think it’s difficult. The post 3. How Americans feel about election coverage appeared first on Pew Research Center. …›

Pew Research Center→ 2. Where Americans turn for election news

2024-10-10 The types of platforms Americans turn to for election news differ by age, and partisans rely on different media outlets. The post 2. Where Americans turn for election news appeared first on Pew Research Center. …›

Pew Research Center→ 1. How closely are Americans following election news, and what are they seeing?

2024-10-10 Most say they’re following election news closely, with the most interest in candidates’ stances on issues. But this type of news isn’t seen most often. The post 1. How closely are Americans following election news, and what are they seeing? appea …›

Pew Research Center→ Americans’ Views of 2024 Election News

2024-10-10 About three-quarters of U.S. adults say they’ve seen inaccurate election news at least somewhat often, and many say it’s hard to tell what’s true. The post Americans’ Views of 2024 Election News appeared first on Pew Research Center. …›

Poynter→ Poynter staff safe, building mostly unscathed after Hurricane Milton

2024-10-10 All Poynter staff have been accounted for, and the institute’s headquarters in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, has largely escaped Hurricane Milton’s destructive winds unscathed, chief operating officer and chief financial […] The post Poyn …›

Nieman Lab→ With Hurricane Milton looming, NPR stations got a lower-bandwidth way to reach residents

2024-10-10 If a webpage ever seems slow, there’s one thing that’s unlikely to be the culprit: its text. Unlike images, videos, or interactive elements, words get encoded into tiny, hyper-efficient packages. War and Peace has more than 560,000 words, b …›

Poynter→ Crane slams into Tampa Bay Times building during Hurricane Milton

2024-10-10 One of the most dramatic scenes from Hurricane Milton plowing across the state of Florida came Wednesday night when the fabric roof of Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay […] The post Crane slams into Tampa Bay Times building during Hurricane …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Elon Musk is ‘all in, baby’ for Trump

2024-10-10 Soon after a bullet grazed Donald Trump’s ear at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July, Elon Musk took to X, which he owns, to issue his first public endorsement of Trump. Last weekend, Trump returned to the stage in Butler—this time accompanied …›

Poynter→ A look at storm coverage as Hurricane Milton slams into Florida

2024-10-10 Greetings from the Dothan, Alabama, bureau of the Poynter Institute. Just last weekend, I was in Vermont with my wife for one last quick getaway before the election. While we […] The post A look at storm coverage as Hurricane Milton slams into Fl …›

Poynter→ Biden administration didn’t steal $1 billion from FEMA for migrants. Trump’s claim is Pants on Fire!

2024-10-10 As he arrived in Augusta, Georgia, to survey Hurricane Helene’s devastation, former President Donald Trump said the Biden-Harris administration’s spending on immigrants has left the Federal Emergency Management Agency broke. […] The post Bide …›

Online Journalism Blog→ How to improve story ideas using the SCAMPER method

2024-10-10 One of the techniques that can be used to come up with more creative story ideas is the SCAMPER method. SCAMPER is a mnemonic for seven different actions that can be applied to ideas in order to improve those ideas or generate more interesting …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ A manic news cycle in New York

2024-10-09 New York City is the media capital of the world, but the number of people and outlets covering the city locally has taken a hit recently. Over the past few years, the Wall Street Journal dropped its independent metro section, the New York Times announc …›

Current→ Comings and goings: CPB elects new board chair, PBS appoints VP …

2024-10-09 CPB’s board unanimously elected Ruby Calvert as chair. The post Comings and goings: CPB elects new board chair, PBS appoints VP … appeared first on Current. …›

Nieman Lab→ The typical American TikTok user doesn’t follow a single journalist or traditional media outlet

2024-10-09 Pop culture, viral dances, and comedy are big on TikTok. News and politics? Not so much. A new report from the Pew Research Center finds that Americans on TikTok follow very few politicians, journalists, or traditional media outlets. In fact, the typic …›

Current→ CPB awards $2.65M for state government coverage

2024-10-09 The grants will benefit stations in seven states. The post CPB awards $2.65M for state government coverage appeared first on Current. …›

RJI→ Cash is queen

2024-10-09 You can have the best work and strongest team, but without cash, your business is in trouble. Learn from these real-world examples to stay ahead of the cash flow crisis There are many ways independent news organizations can judge their financial pe …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Q&A: Abed Abu Shehadeh on podcasting for the Palestinian citizens of Israel

2024-10-09 Last Tuesday, after nearly two weeks of air strikes, Israel sent ground troops into Lebanon to fight Hezbollah. It was another significant escalation in a war that has, over the past year, devastated Gaza and swaths of Beirut and alienated Israel from …›

Poynter→ TikTok users are more interested in pop culture and entertainment than news and politics, study finds

2024-10-09 American adult TikTok users are much more interested in following accounts posting about culture and entertainment than those that post about news and politics, according to a new Pew Research […] The post TikTok users are more interested in pop …›

Poynter→ Fact-checking AARP’s interviews with Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

2024-10-09 After AARP published interviews with Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, a PolitiFact reader noticed that the organization did not fact-check the candidates’ responses. The presidential candidates […] The post Fact-c …›

Current→ David Fischer hired as GM of KNKX

2024-10-08 Fischer has spent more than 30 years in arts management. The post David Fischer hired as GM of KNKX appeared first on Current. …›

Nieman Lab→ Want to change money in Cuba? It’ll probably involve an exiled news outlet — and AI

2024-10-08 In Havana, a phrase is widely printed on restaurant menus and displayed by shop owners: “exchange rate of the day.” This daily rate is used to calculate prices for U.S. dollars or euros, which are frequently used instead of Cuban pesos given the co …›

Current→ How Albina Cabrera’s bilingual content at KEXP is bringing listeners closer together

2024-10-08 As the Latin Partnerships and Editorial Manager at KEXP, Argentine-born Albina Cabrera has dedicated her career to amplifying diverse voices in the independent music scene. The post How Albina Cabrera’s bilingual content at KEXP is bringing liste …›

RJI→ RJI Student Innovation Competition seeks-outside-the-box solutions to growing problem of news avoidance

2024-10-08 The Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism is seeking entrants for this year’s Student Innovation Competition. The contest challenges student teams nationwide to develop a means of helping news organizations reduce news a …›

Nieman Lab→ El País sweetens subscription offering with full access to The New York Times

2024-10-08 Premium subscribers to the Spanish daily newspaper El País will now get full access to The New York Times and its supplemental products like Wirecutter, Cooking, and The Athletic. “This alliance reflects EL PAÍS’s desire to offer its readers the …›

Current→ Radio producer Ben Manilla dies at 71

2024-10-08 "No one knew more about radio and audio programming and entertainment than Ben Manilla," said actor Dan Ackroyd. The post Radio producer Ben Manilla dies at 71 appeared first on Current. …›