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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.
Find out who our donors named to the Public Media Honor Roll and why.
Your donation sends our hard-working staff the message that their work matters. Your donation helps make this work possible.
Each finalist will present their project at a virtual Grand Finale in November.
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.
Though not necessarily our most popular coverage, this reporting touched on significant trends and issues that public media faced this year.
As we enter the annual season of gratitude, we’re asking you to take a moment to think about Current.
Each project offers a new model for reaching and engaging underserved audiences.
Many entries focus on news, social issues, and diversity and inclusion in storytelling.
Current is calling on all authentically, awesomely local media to participate in the 2021 Local that Works contest.
Join us for upcoming webinars featuring WFAE, KUOW and Nine PBS.
We’re trying to find out with our first-ever salary survey — and we need your help.
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.
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.
Entries related to COVID-19, at-home learning, police misconduct and stories of immigrants and incarcerated people rose to the top.
We answer your questions about the 2020 Local that Works contest and the $20,000 grand prize as the Aug. 20 entry deadline nears.
Hiring has dropped off, but there are signs of hope for public media job-seekers.
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.
Current’s executive director calls for accountability on diversity, equity and inclusion. Making public media data accessible is a start.