About Current
Hey Boomers, younger staff aren’t the future of public media — they’re the now
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We need your help identifying rising stars in the system so we can amplify their voices, ideas and experiences.
Local That Works
Local that Works is ending, but long live local
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Current is ending our Local that Works contest after six years, but we still want to hear about your innovative local initiatives.
About Current
Announcing the Public Media Honor Roll of 2022
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Find out who our donors named to the Public Media Honor Roll and why.
About Current
Be Current’s source, sustain our service
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Your donation sends our hard-working staff the message that their work matters. Your donation helps make this work possible.
Local That Works
Five finalists to compete for $20,000 Local that Works grand prize
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Each finalist will present their project at a virtual Grand Finale in November.
Featured in Category
Who’s on the Public Media Honor Roll for 2021?
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Every year as part of our donor campaign, we invite readers to nominate someone who made a difference to them or to the field of public media. This year, we received 41 nominations.
About Current
Current’s team weighs in on our most important reporting of 2021
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Though not necessarily our most popular coverage, this reporting touched on significant trends and issues that public media faced this year.
About Current
Nobody covers public media the way Current does. Nobody ever will.
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As we enter the annual season of gratitude, we’re asking you to take a moment to think about Current.
Local that Works
Five finalists selected for the 2021 Local that Works contest
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Each project offers a new model for reaching and engaging underserved audiences.
Local That Works
20 media projects selected as semifinalists in the 2021 Local that Works contest
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Many entries focus on news, social issues, and diversity and inclusion in storytelling.
Local That Works
How to win the Local that Works $20,000 grand prize
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Current is calling on all authentically, awesomely local media to participate in the 2021 Local that Works contest.
About Current
What happened to public media’s great pandemic pivot
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Join us for upcoming webinars featuring WFAE, KUOW and Nine PBS.
System/Policy
What’s up with salaries in public media?
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We’re trying to find out with our first-ever salary survey — and we need your help.
About Current
Who I named to the Public Media Honor Roll and why
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This year, I chose to honor a group of individuals I admire for their courage in making themselves vulnerable, telling their stories, and leading our field on diversity, equity and inclusion by calling on all of us to be accountable to this mission.
About Current
Why we matter
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Current aims to hold a mirror up to the changing field of public media to show us who and where we are, and where we might go to advance our mission.
Local that Works
Five finalists will vie for the $20,000 Local that Works grand prize
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Entries related to COVID-19, at-home learning, police misconduct and stories of immigrants and incarcerated people rose to the top.
Local That Works
Frequently Asked Questions about the Local that Works contest
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We answer your questions about the 2020 Local that Works contest and the $20,000 grand prize as the Aug. 20 entry deadline nears.
System/Policy
How to find a pubmedia job in a pandemic
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Hiring has dropped off, but there are signs of hope for public media job-seekers.
Featured in Category
Local that Works contest opens with bigger cash prize, database of ‘ideas worth stealing’
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To put your station in the running for a $20,000 grand prize, tell us what you’re doing to become more engaging, relevant and responsive to your community.
System/Policy
Why is public media so white?
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Current’s executive director calls for accountability on diversity, equity and inclusion. Making public media data accessible is a start.