WPSU Activities and Projects Surrounding COVID19 Pandemic as of May 20, 2020
All WPSU activities and projects for COVID19_May 20
Radio
• 90 COVID-19 related news stories between February 18 and May 18
• Provided USB mics to radio staff for remote recording
• Health Minute – four episodes o Handwashing
o Staying Connected
o Social Distancing
o Mental Health
• Take Note o Penn State Prof. Erika Saunders On Mental Health Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic
o Dr. Matthew Ferrari, Penn State associate professor of Biology, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
o Dr. Nirmal Joshi chief medical officer, Mount Nittany Health
o Dr. Bernice Hausman, Professor, Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine
• Democracy Works Podcast o A Roadmap to A More Equitable Democracy
o COVID-19 Exposes Democracy’s Tensions
o Will COVID-19 Create a One Issue Campaign?
o Give Me Liberty or Give Me COVID-19?
o Polling in a Polarized World
o COVID-19: Human Movement & Behavior
o COVID-19: Spillover
• NPR and National Programming o Daily stories from NPR
o COVID-19: Hard Questions, Real Answers
o Coronavirus–A Weekly Report from NPR News
o The National Conversation with All Things Considered weeknights (ending May 29)
o PA Department of Health PSA on the spread of COVID-19 on WPSU-TV and FM
Television
• Instructional Television o WPSU programming changes for grades PreK-12, noon–5:00 p.m.
o The WORLD programming changes for grades 6–12, noon–5:00 p.m.
o New Learning from Home spot starts May 6
o New “Robot Doctor” (8) – shared PA PTV stations STEM program, Thursdays at 5:00 p.m.
o New Meet the Helpers series
o Daniel Tigers’ Germs, Germs, Go Away interstitial
o Science-U@Home promos airing on 3.1 and 3.4 channels
• Remote Productions o Conversations Live: Speaking Grief – May 21
o Conversations Live: Get your Garden On – April 30
o The Investment 2020 will be produced remotely for online video and broadcast
o Weather World – produced from home. WPSU helped to build infrastructure to move to remote delivery from staff’s homes.
• PBS Programming o NOVA: Decoding COVID-19 May 20
o American Portrait: COVID-19 Special
o Frontline: Inside Italy’s COVID War
o Global Agenda: World Lockdown – Battling the Pandemic
o Speaking Grief premiere on May 5 (website, radio)
Digital Initiative COVID-19 stories
• Metronome from Home (4) – May 11 first stream on Facebook Live
• “Show us your mugs” social distancing and connecting
• “Teddy Bears and Rainbows” neighborhood scavenger hunt
Community Engagement and Education Outreach
• Serving 105 school districts in 24 counties
• “Summer of Adventure” backpack fundraising and free community outreach program
• Op-Eds from 8 board members published in regional newspapers
• New education website launched May 11
• PA Department of Education/PA Public Television Stations collaboration “Learning at Home” launched new daytime instructional television. o TV schedule is coordinated with online learning activities/lesson plans. Schedule and activities change every Saturday. (through June 30)
o Two new programs: Robot Doctor (6-12 grades) and Into the Outdoors.
o Weekly “Learning Families” email to 1,050 subscribers. Contains TV programs and features lessons for the week
o Handouts distributed by Altoona School District (1,200 families)
o Handouts distributed by YMCA of Clearfield and Centre (10K meals/week)
o Eight-week schedule of outdoor and STEM-themed learning at home activities (links to PDFs and videos)
o Planning weekly Facebook Live explore the outdoor do-together activities
o Meetings with STEM educators in IUs and PDE and stations – ideas around social and emotional learning discussed.
o Possible Interstitial with teachers – Relationship with PSEA
o Coordinating awareness communication through PSEA
Membership
• June TV and FM pledge 7-day pledge and social distancing changes
• “143 Day” Fred Rogers campaign May 1–18 goodwill and light fundraising $3,983 from 65 donors
• COVID-19 donor stewardship spots for TV and FM
• Gift acknowledgement emails and letters
• Challenge donors: Make their gift they would have made during radio drive
• Membership testimonial project: Keystone Society and select donors to tell us “Why I love WPSU”
Development
• Business support for Metronome Facebook Live concert
• Morgan Stanley Business Support
• Bi-weekly emails to business supporters
• Business Support spots–support local businesses who support TV and FM
Marketing
• High school senior congratulations TV promo
• “Learning at Home” initiative –newspaper ads in 6 papers continue next week.
• #HowWeEndure social media engagement
• Metronome from Home Facebook concert series
• American Portrait COVID-19 special
• Meet the Helpers social media
Creative Services– University Collaborations
• Administration o Penn State virtual spring commencement – over 100,000 people from 100 countries
o Penn State President Barron studio recording/Penn State Health
o Penn State Town Hall – March 2020 and May 2020
o Penn State Board of Trustees audio call/web stream
o Penn State New Student Orientation web welcome & orientation events
o Class of 2024-Virtual Welcome to Penn State Family
• Colleges and Centers o Penn State Global Programs Town Hall
o Penn State Graduate School Town Hall
o Penn State Arts and Architecture Musical Theatre virtual performances
o Penn State World Campus three web streams: Chella Man, Reema Zaman, Eileen Collins, Saquon Barkley (in partnership with SPA)
o Shavers Creek web stream (May 2020)
o Penn State Law virtual commencement 2020
o Penn State Schreyer Honors College – Medals Ceremony
• Online Course Design o Penn State Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences 3-part COVID-19 MOOC
o Penn State Justice and Safety Institute classroom to online course
o Penn State Schuylkill online courses
o Penn State Center for Science and the Schools COVID course