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While the pandemic has accelerated the pace of change and increased the sheer number of people working remotely, NPR has had at least some remote workers for nearly its entire existence.
New workplace norms are giving employees greater flexibility, while leaders are learning to manage remote teams and build community.
TikTok fame spurred Jack Lepiarz to make his side gig a permanent pursuit.
Some Vermonters pine for a “media” or “broadcasting” to be attached, but the name was a very intentional choice.
As NPR and stations team up to build membership through digital channels, a growing sense of urgency about fundraising confronts concerns about trust and transparency.
“This is a story for anybody who cares about justice and cares about … holding people to account,” said Holly Edgell, managing editor for the Midwest Newsroom.
Acquisition of a teen workforce-development program has helped fill a gap in the Pittsburgh station’s educational programming.
The members say that raises and a stipend given to nonunion employees are among the issues at stake.
Two journalism collaboratives, the Gulf States Newsroom and Ohio Valley ReSource, are adding beat reporters who will follow the long-term fallout from the reversal of Roe v. Wade.
Despite a diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the Hawai‘i Public Radio GM remains as engaged with his station and the public broadcasting community as ever.
“People really felt the value of the station to a greater degree during the pandemic and wanted to make certain that the station had the funding it needed to not just survive but thrive,” said Brenda Barnes, CEO of KING FM in Seattle.
The collection of audio and other materials amassed by Nikki Silva and Davia Nelson represents one of the largest acquisitions in the history of the library’s American Folklife Center.