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Author: Austin Fuller

Austin Fuller

Austin Fuller joined Current as a reporter in 2024. He previously reported on restaurants and retailers as a business reporter for the Orlando Sentinel newspaper in Florida. He has also covered entertainment and city government for The Daytona Beach News-Journal.

  • People
    Headshot of Fred Child, CEO of All Classical Radio

    All Classical Radio names Fred Child next CEO

    Child, who grew up in Portland, left American Public Media’s Performance Today in October after 25 years hosting the classical music show.
    By Austin Fuller
    December 10, 2025
  • System/Policy
    CPB COO Kathy Merritt speaks at a podium with a microphone at the Public Media Business Association conference. She is wearing a purple blazer and glasses, gesturing with her hands. The podium displays the CPB logo, and the backdrop features a geometric pattern lit with pink and teal lighting.

    CPB awards $3 million to Koahnic Broadcast Corporation

    The funds enable Koahnic to hire a chief content officer and expand distribution of its programs.
    By Austin Fuller
    December 9, 2025
  • System/Policy
    NPR headquarters in Washington, DC at night.

    NPR, Colorado stations present case for blocking Trump’s executive order

    NPR’s attorney Theodore Boutrous argued Thursday that the May 1 order “openly seeks to retaliate against NPR.”
    By Austin Fuller
    December 5, 2025
  • Programs/Content
    A sign for CPB

    CPB extends support for Mountain West News Bureau

    A $500,000 grant, CPB's second six-figure award to MWNB since 2024, “gives us confidence at a time when many stations are having ...
    By Austin Fuller
    November 26, 2025
  • Development

    Nine PBS campaign aims to raise $30M for renovation and community-centered collaborations

    One-third of campaign proceeds will go into an impact fund supporting preschool education and partnerships with nonprofit and media organizations.
    By Austin Fuller
    November 21, 2025
  • Development
    A view inside the Chicago Public Media office shows a large logo on the wall near glass windows looking into a modern workspace, where staff are working at desks with computers and boxes in the background.

    Chicago Public Media teams up with alternative weekly Chicago Reader on advertising sales

    The six-month pilot will include bundling placements across the Reader and Chicago Public Media’s Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ.
    By Austin Fuller
    November 14, 2025
  • System/Policy
    A sign for CPB

    Judge directs CPB to set aside $36M in interconnection funding until trial ends

    District Judge Randolph D. Moss directed the corporation not to “encumber” the funds or execute a contract that would “speak to how ...
    By Austin Fuller
    October 31, 2025
  • System/Policy
    NPR headquarters in Washington, DC at night.

    NPR, CPB spar in court over interconnection funding

    NPR’s attorney presented evidence to make a case that CPB’s decision to change course on interconnection funding violated the First Amendment.
    By Austin Fuller
    October 30, 2025
  • System/Policy
    A sign for CPB

    CPB secures music rights for public media through 2027

    The corporation announced Monday that agreements with performing rights organizations and SoundExchange will be paid through Dec. 31, 2027.
    By Austin Fuller
    October 27, 2025
  • Development
    Logo of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) showing the acronym “NFCB” in bold black letters above the full name in smaller text, with a stylized dandelion on the left whose seeds resemble radio microphones drifting away.

    National Federation of Community Broadcasters lands $1.25M MacArthur grant

    The grant “is both an affirmation of the essential role community radio plays in civic life and an investment in the infrastructure ...
    By Austin Fuller
    October 23, 2025
  • System/Policy
    A child holds an instrument at New York Public Radio's Kids Fair in Queens in 2022.

    Tri-state music collaboration presses ahead despite CPB rescission

    The stations’ leaders see opportunities in coming together for events and in informing their audiences about upcoming activities in the region.
    By Austin Fuller
    October 21, 2025
  • People
    Headshot of Ron Hetrick, former CEO of Pennon, parent company of WITF in Harrisburg, Pa.

    CEO of WITF parent company resigns

    Ron Hetrick resigned Oct. 13 from his role at Pennon, which also includes the LNP newspaper and LancasterOnline website.
    By Austin Fuller
    October 20, 2025
  • System/Policy

    Penn State approves sale of WPSU to WHYY

    WPSU had faced a wind-down in operations after a Penn State board committee rejected a proposed deal last month.
    By Austin Fuller
    October 13, 2025
  • System/Policy
    West facade of the United States Capitol.

    APTS affiliate will now be sole manager of Protect My Public Media

    The American Coalition for Public Radio launched its goACPR.org campaign in May with messaging more closely tied to public radio.
    By Austin Fuller
    October 13, 2025
  • System/Policy
    A sign for CPB

    CPB pushes back on NPR request for restraining order

    NPR’s legal action over the future of public radio content distribution was “unfounded, inappropriate and premature,” said CPB’s general counsel.
    By Austin Fuller
    September 29, 2025
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