Author: Current Staff
Our 2025 Rising Stars are shaping the future of public media
Current’s 2025 cohort of Rising Stars includes 15 early- and mid-career professionals who are carrying public media’s mission forward in new and ...35 Rising Stars making their mark in public media
Current's 2024 Rising Stars contribute creatively to public media in many ways, making big differences in their workplaces and communities.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.Austin Fuller joins Current’s editorial team
A journalist with extensive experience in daily reporting, Fuller most recently covered business for the Orlando Sentinel.Shining bright: 22 Rising Stars whose ideas and skills are redefining public media
Find out which young professionals rose to the top of our evaluation process to be recognized as a Current Rising Star of ...Elwin L. Basquin, former GM of WTVP, dies at 89
Basquin led WTVP from 1987 to 1996.Current’s Sefton leaves for position at Mother Jones
Dru Sefton has been a senior editor at Current for nearly 11 years.Pipeline 2019: Our annual survey of shows coming to public TV
Browse, filter and search our listing of more than 100 programs scheduled for upcoming release.Current’s guide to state funding of public broadcasting
How much does your state spend on public media? Which states spend the most and least per resident? And where does the ...Who’s public media?
We snapped photos at public media events throughout 2017 to answer that question.Pipeline 2018: Our annual survey of shows coming to public TV
Browse, filter and search our listing of 143 programs scheduled for upcoming releases.Special coverage: Diversity in public media
An in-depth look at local and national efforts to diversify public media’s workforce, content and audience.April Simpson joins reporting staff at Current
She’ll be on the funding and innovation beat starting May 2.NPR board of directors to expand, add public directors
NPR's board of directors will soon add six members, with four coming from the public and two from within the system.What do public media’s top executives earn?
Current’s survey of financial documents found a gender gap and disagreements about CPB’s guidelines for disclosure.
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