Author: Adam Ragusea
Adam is host of Current's podcast, The Pub. He's a Journalist in Residence and Visiting Assistant Professor of Journalism at the Center for Collaborative Journalism at Mercer University in Macon, Ga. He’s also reported for public radio shows including Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Here & Now, Marketplace and The Takeaway. Before becoming a journalist, Adam studied music composition, and he creates all the music for The Pub.
Teacher’s experience is a ‘passport’ to a PR problem for public TV
Public TV undercuts its own case for public support when episodes of Nova go behind a paywall.By Adam RaguseaJune 1, 2016‘The Pub’ #66: Newsbusters editor Tim Graham on NPR, Ploughshares and why conservatives feel left ...
Graham’s organization jumped on an ethically sticky funding situation at NPR.By Adam RaguseaMay 27, 2016Why it’s good that WBAA decided to drop ‘This American Life’ (and then didn’t)
The station’s general manager was trying to force a big conversation that he thought the system needed to have.By Adam RaguseaMay 26, 2016‘The Pub’ #65: Where the bleeps and bloops come from, live at The Greene Space
If you’ve ever heard some digital slurp, bloop or BOOM in a radio story and thought “How’d they make that?”, listen to ...By Adam RaguseaMay 20, 2016‘The Pub’ #64: Five things bad interviewers do, with Celeste Headlee
Your interviewing skills may need help, and Headlee is here to assist you.By Adam RaguseaMay 13, 2016Why it’s bad that New York is sucking up the podcasting industry
The geographical concentration of media talent is hurting journalism — and journalists.By Adam RaguseaMay 9, 2016How public TV can connect with donors as viewing platforms shift
A station content director has been working to figure out that puzzle.By Adam RaguseaMay 6, 2016TV station leader sees strong future in building community, face to face
WITF’s Kathleen Pavelko on the importance of “the oldest and most old-fashioned platform ever.”By Adam RaguseaMay 3, 2016‘The Pub’ #63: The ethics of foundation-supported journalism
Are journalists allowing themselves to be the instruments of policy advocacy?By Adam RaguseaApril 29, 2016A station CEO on the struggle to find public TV’s “driving force”
Steve Bass of Oregon Public Broadcasting reflects on the relationship of PBS and its member stations in the face of digital disruption.By Adam RaguseaApril 27, 2016‘The Pub’ #62: Jay Rosen on his love-hate relationship with public media
Rosen is frustrated by how often reporters seem to cover controversies without trying to discover which side is right.By Adam RaguseaApril 22, 2016‘The Pub’ #61: The case for PBS stations in a post-TV world
What’s the point of local TV stations when viewers can — and increasingly do — watch national programming online?By Adam RaguseaApril 15, 2016NPR stations benefit from network leaders’ local roots
The head of Southern California Public Radio sees fundraising potential in the NPR-station relationship.By Adam RaguseaApril 8, 2016How public radio podcasters are like the Underpants Gnomes from ‘South Park’
The business model is hazy, but podcasting is injecting new life into public radio.By Adam RaguseaApril 6, 2016‘The Pub’ #60: Adam hangs out with radio nerds
A wide-ranging discussion of podcasting from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference in Atlanta.By Adam RaguseaApril 1, 2016