People
Sutton to lead audience and development division for Pittsburgh stations
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The job change is part of a management restructuring that elevates Mike Sauter to GM of WYEP.
Development
Pittsburgh’s WESA, WYEP receive $1.65M from local foundations
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The Henry L. Hillman Foundation and the Richard King Mellon Foundation have each awarded grants to the nonprofit that operates WESA and WYEP.
Tech
How public radio is using Amazon’s smart speakers
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As more consumers buy smart speakers, stations are beginning to explore how they might reach new audiences with the technology.
Programs/Content
WYEP joins effort to build Pittsburgh’s music scene
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The Triple A station is working with a coalition that plans to redress the noise ordinances and curfews that limit venues for local performances.
Development
With help from friends, WYEP exceeds fundraising goal
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Through June, the station is using social media to encourage listeners to give by posting a video of themselves singing the Beatles rock classic, “With a Little Help from my Friends.”
Stations
Pittsburgh stations merge under single nonprofit
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The stations were already connected but had separate status as nonprofits.
People
NPR hires two reporters, WXXI news director rappels down 21 stories, and more…
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Leila Fadel, Cairo bureau chief for the Washington Post, signs on as NPR’s Cairo-based correspondent in July. She covered the Iraq War for almost five years and won a George Polk Award in 2007 for her reporting from Baghdad. She replaces Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, who will report from Kabul, Afghanistan, and then Berlin. Gregory Warner, a senior reporter for American Public Media’s Marketplace, will join NPR as East Africa correspondent, based in Nairobi, Kenya, in December. Warner now covers the economics and business of healthcare, but he’s previously reported from Afghanistan, Pakistan and the DR Congo.