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Julie Drizin

Executive Director

julie@current.org

Phone: (301) 270-7240, x36

Julie Drizin is the first executive director of Current, leading the organization’s content, revenue, development and community engagement strategies. Julie previously served as Director of the Journalism Center on Children and Families at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism, where she taught undergraduates and managed the Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism. She has worked in and around public media for three decades, including stints with the Association of Independents in Radio, the National Center for Media Engagement, J-Lab, WETA and WXPN. An award-winning producer and innovator, Julie launched two successful national shows, Democracy Now! and NPR’s Justice Talking. She is a mom to two teenage daughters.

About Current

How Current measured up with its latest NewsMatch campaign

By Julie Drizin, Executive Director | January 3, 2019

Donations are translating into nearly $40,000 to support us, but we’re disappointed that we didn’t bring in more.

About Current

We couldn’t have covered these top stories of 2018 without you

By Julie Drizin, Executive Director | December 14, 2018

And your year-end donation helps ensure that we can keep following harassment and workplace climate issues in 2019.

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Letter from the executive director: Checking your list twice

By Julie Drizin, Executive Director | December 6, 2018

Your donation is our most rewarding source of revenue. It’s a vote of confidence, and it truly helps us close the year in a spirit of celebration.

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Letter from the executive director: Triple your donation to Current for NewsMatch 2018

By Julie Drizin, Executive Director | November 6, 2018

Help us continue to do our part to help public media thrive.

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Letter from the executive editor: What does pubmedia need from its leaders?

By Julie Drizin, Executive Director | October 22, 2018

“Effective leadership emerges at the intersection of vision and humanism.”

System/Policy

Letter from the executive director: Announcing ‘Local that Works’ finalists

By Julie Drizin, Executive Director | September 17, 2018

Our panel of judges selected four projects that they believe deserve wider attention and adoption within public media.

System/Policy

Letter from the executive director: How should pubmedia respond to Trump’s attacks on the press?

By Julie Drizin, Executive Director | August 20, 2018

At what point would public media speak out about threats to press freedom?

"The Pub" Podcast

After 113 episodes, it’s the last round for our podcast ‘The Pub’

By Julie Drizin, Executive Director | July 6, 2018

We’re sad to see it go, but we’ve been unable to make it financially sustainable.

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Letter from the executive director: What we learned from our reader survey

By Julie Drizin, Executive Director | May 7, 2018

We asked. You answered. What now?