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GBH News' "Scratch & Win" is on NPR's list of podcast recommendations this month! Join host and lead producer Ian Coss to follow the unlikely rise of America's most successful lottery, starting with the launch the state's greatest innovation: the scratch ticket. Find NPR's full list here: https://n.pr/4gWgmUV

A GBH Kids-produced special and a series of shorts based on author Kwame Alexander’s “Acoustic Rooster” book is coming to PBS Kids in May! “Acoustic Rooster” will feature 24 original tracks composed by Juno Award-winning jazz musician Mark McLean and will feature special guests such as jazz icon Herbie Hancock and renowned jazz bassist Amy Shook. The multi-platform project is designed to teach kids about foundational music concepts, the importance of teamwork, how creativity can help with self-expression and introduce them to jazz. “At its core, jazz music is about collaboration and working together to create something magical and beautiful,” said GBH executive producer Julius Harper. “Through the story of 'Rooster,' kids will learn how self-expression and individuality can help everyone in a community work towards a shared goal and that music can influence everyday life.” Read more about "Acoustic Rooster" in TheWrap: https://bit.ly/3Qyipnm

GBH News is launching new versions of longstanding programming as well as expanded reporting that connects the Commonwealth. In addition to the return of "Greater Boston" and new media and business reporting, this includes the reimagining of "Basic Black" as "GBH News Rooted," a multiplatform series that will go beyond TV broadcast to include radio and YouTube segments. Hosted by Paris Alston, "GBH News Rooted" centers communities of color through timely discussion of current events, elevating underrepresented voices, and highlighting joy in the Black experience. Learn more about what's ahead at GBH News: https://lnkd.in/eaSy8GzX

"‘Never Cried’: Boston’s Busing Legacy" - a short documentary from GBH News - examines the legacy of trauma has been passed to younger generations from one of the most divisive and defining moments in Boston history: court-ordered school desegregation. In September, 1974 – two days after her 14th birthday – Leola Hampton and her older sister, Linda Starks-Walker, were bused from their home in the predominantly Black neighborhood of Roxbury into the white, working-class neighborhood of South Boston. They navigated a violent and virulently racist high school experience so scarring that a half-century later, they are only now beginning to discuss it with each other. Stream the short documentary now on YouTube ?? bit.ly/3XEbA7S #BlackHistoryMonth #BostonBusingat50 #Journalism #Documentary #Education #Boston

"How do you like them apples?" ?? From "CODA" to "Wedding Crashers" to "Good Will Hunting," some of Boston's biggest names in film and mentorship shared their top three movies of all time at the last GBH Amplifies conversation hosted by El Mundo Boston's Alberto Vasallo III at the Boston Public Library. In GBH Amplifies: "Wanted: More Latinos in Film," hear from Angela Peri and Lisa Lobel, the co-owners of Boston Casting Inc., film critic Tim Estiloz, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts' Albert Rodriguez. Watch the full discussion via the GBH Forum YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3X9W03d #Film #Movies #Mentorship #LatinosInFilm

The "MASTERPIECE Studio" podcast is marking their 10th anniversary this year! To celebrate, GBH Drama's Jackie Bruleigh sat down with host Jace Lacob and producer Jack Pombriant to talk about their favorite interviews - from a tearful conversation with late legend Angela Lansbury to a Signal Award-winning episode with Helena Bonham Carter - and much more. Read: "The MASTERPIECE Studio" team on 10 years of podcasting: https://bit.ly/43cIuA1

Meet Trajan Warren, a reporter with the GBH News Equity & Justice unit. In a short span of time at GBH News, Trajan has built a collection of local stories, including raising awareness about the wage gap among Native Americans in Massachusetts, caring for Dorchester’s seniors, and the impact of federal policy on minority-owned small business owners. Learn more about Trajan, including the impact of his reporting, why Kobe Bryant inspires him, and what he's been reading recently: https://bit.ly/4gNVSNX

Last year more than 5,000 people in Haiti were killed in gang-related violence. The country has been in a political crisis for years. And for Haitians in America with feet in two worlds, reality in both countries is unstable. To better understand the story, public radio stations in the three cities with the largest Haitian populations in America: GBH News and "The World" in Boston, WNYC Radio in New York City, and WLRN Public Media in Miami – are teaming up to open the phones and hear from Haitian listeners. Listen live Mon, Feb 24 at 7pm on GBH 89.7 or streaming online. A transcript of the program translated into Haitian Creole will be made available following the broadcast. Have thoughts? We want to hear them. Learn more/Pran plis enfòmasyon nan ??wnyc.org/haitiontheline Ane pase vyolans gang touye plis pase 5000 moun ann Ayiti. Sa gen kèk ane depi peyi a nan yon kriz politik. Epi Ayisyen nan peyi Etazini ki gen yon pye isit yon pye ann Ayiti, pa gen yon sitiyasyon estab nan okenn nan de peyi yo. Pou moun konprann istwa sa a pi byen, twa estasyon radyo piblik nan twa vil ki gen plis Ayisyen nan peyi Etazini: GBH News and "The World" nan Boston, WNYC nan New York City, ak WLRN nan Miami – ap mete tèt ansanm pou yo ouvè liy telefòn yo pou tande sa Ayisyen k ap koute estasyon sa yo gen pou yo di. Vin koute an dirèk lendi 24 fevriye a 7è di swa sou GBH 89.7 oswa koute an liy. N ap tradui transkripsyon pwogram sa a an kreyòl epi n ap mete l disponib pou tout moun apre emisyon an. èske w gen kèk ide pou w pataje? Nou vle tande yo.

Massachusetts State Senator Liz Miranda joined a recent GBH Amplifies conversation hosted by The Bay State Banner newspaper CEO and Publisher Ron Mitchell at the GBH Studio at the Boston Public Library and spoke about the Free Community College initiative, specifically Roxbury Community College: "It's just a bustling energy knowing that people are returning back to get their education regardless of their race regardless of their age, regardless of where they live in the Commonwealth." Miranda, Mitchell, and other Massachusetts state, county and city officials gathered as part of GBH Amplifies to discuss how they are adapting to a new administration, and their response to new challenges ranging from community center budgets slashes to processing ICE detainees. Watch the full conversation via GBH Forum Network: https://bit.ly/4313Wrr

"Until the FRONTLINE show came out, "Breakdown in Maine," we didn't really get the whole information." Maine Public had Raney Aronson, Executive Producer of GBH FRONTLINE PBS on its radio program "Maine Calling" this month. As a part of FRONTLINE's Local Journalism Initiative, the GBH-produced investigative journalism series collaborated with Maine Public and The Portland Press Herald to investigative the 2023 mass shooting in Lewiston — the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history — and the missed opportunities to prevent it. With hosts Jennifer Rooks and Jonathan Smith, as well as a live studio audience, Aronson-Rath discussed "Breakdown in Maine," FRONTLINE's journalism, and the state of the industry today. Listen to the full conversation here: https://lnkd.in/g4CNFqX8 Video footage courtesy: Lucy Santerre/Maine Public