Author: Karen Everhart
Flatow moves Science Friday to PRI distribution
Science Friday, the weekly NPR series hosted by Ira Flatow, is pairing with Public Radio International in a new distribution deal to take effect ...DEI rebrands as Greater Public to reflect new goals for membership, collaborations
ATLANTA — DEI, the membership organization that supports development and fundraising work at public radio stations, has changed its name to Greater ...Rebecca Eaton and Newton Minow honored for distinguished service to public television
As the executive producer who acquired and managed co-productions of British dramas for Masterpiece and its predecessor titles for more than 26 years, ...Core value of PRPD: ‘Think audience’
When Public Radio Program Directors Association was formed 25 years ago, the idea that programmers should do things for an audience ...WGBH, the top producer of PBS programs, now owns Public Radio International
In a move signalling its ambitions to extend its clout and influence in public radio, Boston’s WGBH has acquired Public Radio International, ...Marketplace bureau chief riffed in APM downsizing
Ten employees of American Public Media will lose their jobs in a strategic reorganization announced this afternoon, according to an internal memo ...Top prospects for expanding pubradio revenues examined at Public Media Futures Forum
SEATTLE — When public media development consultants and station leaders gathered at the University of Washington’s Seattle campus on July 10 to ...Pubcasters in R.I., N.H. go independent as they lose state funding
Two New England public television stations are moving to sever their ties to state and university licensees, cutting loose to become community-based ...Lourdes Garcia-Navarro was honored for distinguished reporting from the world’s most volatile regions.
NPR’s Jerusalem-based foreign correspondent received CPB’s highest award, recognizing outstanding contributions to public radio, during an April 9 dinner attended by top ...Frontline alumnus will lead incubator for new ventures
Public Media Accelerator, a laboratory for developing new-tech public services backed by a $2.5 million grant from the Knight Foundation, will be ...APMG’s Florida classical station grows west with new FM
Miami-based Classical South Florida, an affiliate of American Public Media Group, is expanding its service to the state’s western coast with the ...No-chat zone ’twixt funders and reporters?
Radio news veteran Jim Asendio resigned as news director of Washington’s WAMU-FM last week after an internal dispute over a private fundraising ...Unvetted war story slips past producers
A commentary created through an experimental radio project of the New America Foundation turned a harsh spotlight on the editorial vetting process at Marketplace, ...Localore backs crowdsourcing, collaborative doc projects
The projects will help reimagine how local public broadcasters serve and engage their communities.Eleven of 12 stations to continue niche blogs
All but one of the dozen pubradio stations in NPR’s Project Argo plan to keep their specialized beat-bloggers working, even though the ...
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