Francisco Rodriguez
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- Sep 28, 2026
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Study finds NPR’s ‘Up First’ boosts news knowledge and trust (opens the original)
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A recent study found that people who listened to NPR’s Up First podcast developed greater trust in news delivered via podcasts. The study, “Does Listening to Trustworthy News Affect Political Attitudes and Trust?,” was published earlier this month in the peer-reviewed journal Political Behavior. Researchers Pablo Barberá, Andrew Guess, Simon Munzert and JungHwan Yang had a group of American podcast consumers listen to NPR’s Up First for five consecutive days and then quizzed them on their knowle
NPR creates event for HBCU students to learn about public media (opens the original)
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A new NPR initiative with historically Black colleges and universities will introduce students to public radio and garner their feedback on NPR content. Public Radio Immersion Day will bring students from three HBCUs to NPR’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 2. Students from Bowie State University, Howard University and Morgan State University will learn about public media through panel discussions that will be designed as two-way conversations, said Whitney Maddox, NPR VP of diversity,
How state grants are expanding public media’s role in rural Kansas (opens the original)
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The Kansas Department of Commerce has awarded $500,000 to five public broadcasters in the state for an initiative to strengthen rural communities statewide. The grants are part of WorKS: Kansas Public Broadcasting Content Grant, a new program that aims to bolster digital literacy, showcase workforce development tools and demonstrate the potential of innovation across the state’s rural regions through local public broadcasters. Grant recipients include KMUW in Wichita, PBS Kansas in Wichita, Kans
Judge sets framework for Nine PBS to retrieve archival data (opens the original)
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A Denver District Court judge set a process for Nine PBS to retrieve its archival data and programming from Iron Mountain Data Centers during a Wednesday hearing. The St. Louis station sued the information management company July 28 in Denver District Court seeking the return of approximately 50 terabytes of archival material stored in a Denver data center. The complaint alleged that Iron Mountain refused to return Nine PBS’ materials because OSS, the now-defunct company that the station had con
Vermont executive order prioritizes ad spending with local newsrooms (opens the original)
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A historic executive order signed by Vermont Gov. Phil Scott July 23 directs state agencies to prioritize local news outlets and broadcasters in their spending on advertising. The order, negotiated by the governor’s office and advocates for local and state media organizations, also requires state agencies to begin reporting advertising expenditures. The Vermont Journalism Coalition, the Vermont Association of Broadcasters and nonprofit local news advocate Rebuild Local News had been working to b
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