Jake Shapiro

Jake Shapiro of PRX (Public Radio Exchange) responds to Barrett Golding’s article about independent distribution on the PRX Blog.

Jake said:
“With tens of thousands of programs churning through PRX it is a constant puzzle to get the best stuff up and out. We use a mix of smart humans (PRX editors, curators, commenters) and smart machines (search, metadata, collaborative filtering and recommendations) to do it. We recognized early on that PRX would need to exercise editorial discretion to be valuable and relevant to stations and audiences, and fulfill our mission of surfacing new and compelling voices for public radio.”

Check out the full response here.

Just Announced Today!

Congratulations to AIR members, Deb George and Nancy Solomon, for their Peabody Awards.

The Great Textbook War (West Virginia Public Broadcasting)
Terry Kay Productions (edited by Deborah George)
This thoughtful, balanced and gripping radio documentary shows how a 1974 battle over textbook content in rural West Virginia foreshadows the “culture wars” still raging.

Mind the Gap: Why Good Schools Are Failing Black Students (KLCC Radio)
Nancy Solomon
Independent producer Solomon exhibited great empathy for the students and teachers at the suburban New Jersey high school she studied, meanwhile asking tough, necessary questions.