KQED Interactive provides a broad range of informational and interactive services that extend the life of television and radio broadcasts while producing engaging and unique online-only content. It manages kqed.org, which encourages learning by creating dialogue and debate that contribute to the common good of the Northern California community.
Heat and Harvest, which explored the impact of climate change on California’s agriculture industry, wins in the documentary category. Suburban Junkies, which followed three young drug addicts in Orange County, CA, is honored as best audio slideshow. KQED and the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR)’s ongoing reporting partnership was just recognized with two national 2012 [...]
Apr 24, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post
Murrow Awards recognize excellence in broadcast journalism and online news services. The selected cross-platform stories were featured on The California Report, KQED News and KQEDnews.org, and will be in consideration for national awards. KQEDnews.org was selected as best news website. KQED, the public media organization that serves Northern California, was honored by the Radio Television [...]
Apr 19, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post
Are the benefits of genetically engineered food worth the risks? New QUEST Television Special Premieres Wednesday, May 8, at 7:30pm on KQED 9. KQED Contact: Sevda Eris, 415-553-2835, seris@kqed.org San Francisco, CA – QUEST Northern California, KQED’s award-winning multimedia science series, investigates genetically engineered crops in a half-hour documentary special, Next Meal: Engineering Food, on Wednesday, May [...]
Apr 11, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post
Scott Shafer reports from Washington, D.C., all next week for KQED Public Radio’s The California Report. KQED 9’s This Week Northern California on March 22 is dedicated to the hearings and features interview with Gavin Newsom. KQED News offers context and historical perspective on the hearings. KQED, the public media organization that serves Northern California, [...]
Mar 21, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post
KQED leads public media innovation in science education with a second book collaboration using Apple’s iBooks Author App EBRPD Contact: Emily Hopkins, 510-544-2217. ehopkins@ebparks.org KQED Contact: Sevda Eris, 415-553-2835, seris@kqed.org San Francisco, CA – KQED and the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) have pooled their rich multimedia resources to create River Delta, a visually absorbing, [...]
Mar 19, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post
Scott Shafer reports from Washington, D.C., on Friday, January 18 for KQED Public Radio’s The California Report and KQED Public Television’s This Week in Northern California. KQED is the Bay Area home of live NPR and PBS coverage of this momentous event on Monday, January 21. KQED’s popular blog NewsFix provides photos and perspective the [...]
Jan 15, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post
KQED’s popular member publication is available to the general public and features the most up-to-date television and radio schedules along with exclusive app-only features. On Q, KQED’s popular member publication, is now available to the general public through a brand new free digital edition available on your iPad, laptop or desktop. The new app includes [...]
Jan 10, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post
Grant will support a six-station public media science reporting collaborative Contact: Sevda Eris, 415-553-2835, seris@kqed.org San Francisco, CA — KQED, public media serving Northern California, has been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a two-year collaborative multimedia science reporting initiative, QUEST Beyond Local. The grant will support KQED and [...]
Dec 13, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Northern California’s flagship public media organization joins Knight Foundation and PRX to launch start-up accelerator. KQED, the public media organization that serves Northern California, and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation have each invested $1.25 million in an initial $2.5 million fund to create Matter Ventures, a Silicon Valley start-up accelerator supporting [...]
Dec 03, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
KQED’s popular food blog now features a mobile-friendly design with easy access to recipes, photos and videos. Bay Area Bites, KQED’s popular food blog, has unveiled a brand new responsive design this week, just in time for Thanksgiving. The new modern look is mobile-friendly and allows for easy access to social media, a mouth-watering photo [...]
Nov 15, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
