Month: June 2024
‘The Thistle & Shamrock’ will end Sept. 30 after 40-plus years
"The Thistle & Shamrock" airs on 237 NPR member stations, delving into new and traditional Celtic music through interviews with singers, songwriters ...Comings and goings: NETA appoints COO, NPR hires deputy Washington editor …
NETA named Timothy Eernisse COO and VP of education and growth.Vox.com co-founder Melissa Bell will lead Chicago Public Media
Bell, who co-founded Vox.com in 2014 and became publisher of parent company Vox Media in 2016, will take the helm at CPM ...House subcommittee proposes zeroing out pubmedia funding for FY27
President Biden has proposed upping CPB’s FY27 appropriation to $595 million.Public media’s fundraising outlook shows signs for hope amid challenges
Radio stations in particular struggled to grow donor rolls last year, according to a new Contributor Development Partnership report. But public media ...Russell Morash, ‘This Old House’ creator and ‘Father of How-To’ programs that inspired millions, dies ...
While Morash wasn’t always fond of the “Father of How-To” moniker, his track record of marquee programs like “This Old House” and ...Appeals court rejects defamation suit by right-wing journalist against NPR, Yahoo News
Matthew Couch, founder of the news website D.C. Patriot, had spread conspiracy theories about the 2016 murder of Democratic National Committee employee ...George Boosey, programmer who guided WBUR’s news expansion, dies at 77
Boosey helped set the Boston station’s path to growth as an NPR news powerhouse.WUNC to end its music stream and HD2 service
Radio listening trends and economics are too challenging to justify acquiring a terrestrial signal for the Triple A music service, says GM ...Oregon’s KLCC invests in newsgathering with proceeds from $3M campaign
The Eugene radio station will add two reporters and build its digital news coverage.Comings and goings: John Sutton named VP at NEPM, Hawaii Public Radio makes host changes ...
John Sutton, who joined New England Public Media as interim CCO, was hired permanently as VP of content and audience strategy.Unions call for immediate removal of Chicago Public Media CEO
96% of participating union members voted no confidence in the outgoing CEO.CPB backs new journalism desk for Alaska’s stations
The two-year grant funds four new reporter positions and three shared editors.PBS board approves $373M budget, applauds contract extension for CEO Paula Kerger
Paula Kerger’s decision to continue leading PBS “will cement, for a very long time to come, her status as the longest serving ...Podcast explores how racism of Jim Crow era afflicted generations of journalist’s family
In the podcast "What Happened in Alabama?", journalist and author Lee Hawkins probes his family history to reveal lasting impacts of the ...