Author: 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.
New York state senator wants tax credit for pubmedia journalism jobs
Democratic state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal sponsored a bill to allow public television and radio stations to claim an existing tax credit for ...April 1, 2025Rep. Greene calls for defunding CPB at end of hearing with pubmedia leaders
NPR CEO Katherine Maher testified along with PBS CEO Paula Kerger, Alaska Public Media CEO Ed Ulman and Heritage Foundation Senior Fellow ...March 26, 2025NPR, PBS CEOs to testify before congressional subcommittee March 26
The Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency announced Wednesday details of the “Anti-American Airwaves: Holding the heads of NPR and PBS Accountable” ...March 19, 2025Spending bill upholds public media funding
The continuing resolution approved last week provides $535 million for CPB in fiscal year 2027.March 17, 2025Music stations in New York City area explore potential collaboration
Research by Public Media Co. and Paragon will help guide the collaboration’s direction.March 12, 2025Rocky Mountain PBS, Midwest Newsroom adopt ‘Trust Indicators’ for news coverage
By aligning their editorial practices with eight “Trust Indicators,” the newsrooms meet standards that identify “reliable, ethical journalism.”March 6, 2025Union representing Cascade PBS journalists delivers strike pledge
The unit said it is committed to striking if Cascade PBS continues to “fail to work toward a fair contract.”February 28, 2025NPR Chief Diversity Officer Keith Woods to retire
Woods joined the network in 2010.February 26, 2025Public Media Co., partners to examine community benefits of music stations
A national survey of music station leaders begins Thursday and continues through March 7.February 20, 2025Senators send letter to FCC chair over ‘weaponization’ of commission
The letter cited FCC Chair Brendan Carr’s own letter asking the commission’s Enforcement Bureau to open an investigation into NPR and PBS ...February 14, 2025‘The Sam Sanders Show’ goes national through PRX distribution
The weekly show, which debuted on KCRW in October, has been “pushing the boundaries of how radio can sound and feel,” Sanders ...February 13, 2025New England Public Media lays off seven staff
The workforce reduction affected full- and part-time workers in development, content, administration and operations.February 12, 2025Harvest Public Media lands $1M CPB grant
The grant will help the collaboration add three reporters at new partner stations and an audience editor.February 6, 2025Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene calls on PBS and NPR CEOs to testify
The House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency is concerned about “blatantly ideological and partisan coverage,” Greene wrote in letters to PBS’ ...February 4, 2025GPB roadmap calls for expanding service to ‘all of Georgia’
The state network plans to focus on “mission-critical” areas and boost fundraising by $5 million annually.February 4, 2025















