A look back over a tough week for NPR

The Week, a digest newsmag, has a good gathering of links to last week's coverage of the ongoing attacks on NPR and its government funding. One comment on the post: "Even us conservative southern rednecks love NPR. It should be a sacred cow!" Another, a roundup of opinion columns, is on the Atlantic's site.

NJN's future must move beyond traditional TV, group hears

A group of 40 New Jersey officials and pubcasting leaders met for more than eight hours Friday (Nov. 19) to hear advice from journalists and academics on saving the New Jersey Network after state funding ends soon (Current, July 6, 2010).  Included were State Treasure Andrew Eristoff, an aide to Gov. Chris Christie, Sen. Nia Gill (D-Essex) and execs from WHYY in Philadelphia, jazz station WBGO in Newark, and WNYC and WNET/Thirteen in New York City.

Steve Adubato Jr., president of Caucus Educational Corporation, a producer of public affairs, cultural and educational programs for more than 20 years, told the Star-Ledger that the conversation made it clear that the current television-centered pubcasting model is not sufficient.

Thursday night, NJN had reported that the state decided the best option for the network is a collaboration between WNET and Adubato Jr. But an administration official told the newspaper "there are no front runners at this point, as it is still early in the process." And Adubato called the report "premature."