Author: Mike Janssen
Video: How are stations working to grow digital revenue?
Podcasts, text-to-give efforts and revamped apps are among the strategies.Video: ‘I wish public media would…’
Public Media Development and Marketing Conference attendees share what public media should aspire to do.Illinois radio station faces uncertain future after college announces shutdown
Kankakee Community College announced last week that WKCC-FM will go dark in December.Pew study of generational media habits includes findings about NPR, PBS
Younger millennials were the least familiar with NPR, while Baby Boomers preferred PBS.Detroit journalism project gets additional boost from Knight Foundation
The Detroit Journalism Cooperative has "much more work to do," says its convener.Former KCTS reporter argues that station should sell spectrum
Writing for The Seattle Times, a communications professor and former reporter and producer for the city’s KCTS-TV argues that the station should sell its ...Beyond 180 Days: How to Go from the Date to the Altar
A conversation fabout the engagement activities, impact, and sustainability around the PBS special 180 Days: Hartsville.Bill Arhos, former KLRU president and co-creator of Austin City Limits, dies at 80
A lively music scene in Texas inspired Arhos to create the long-running public TV show.CPB’s Curren to retire, Reveal expands, and more comings and goings in public media
Curren has been CPB’s c.o.o. since 2006.Weekly roundup: Norman Lear vs. PBS, funding strategies and more
Plus a video to give you vertigo.Thanks to INN and Project Largo, a new look for Current
Our new design is easier to read and navigate, with a much improved look on your mobile device.Weekly roundup: Serial, Sound Medicine and community radio
Plus a marriage proposal delivered by pledge drive.Friday roundup: Jarl Mohn, James Baker and an NPR gap in the Caribbean
Our guide to the news and links you might have missed this week.Friday roundup: Spot.us, Radiolab’s Austin tour, lessons from Sesame Workshop and more
What we've been reading this week.Our Storify of public media tweets from SXSW Interactive
A roundup of insights and comments from several public media sessions at the annual conference.
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