Author: Mike Janssen
Tyler Falk joins Current as assistant editor
Current’s reporting roster has grown with the addition of Tyler Falk. As a freelance journalist, Tyler has written about topics including food, energy and business innovation. He’ll now turn ...Preprandial roundup: CPR splits with symphony; PRI.org chief eyes bigger audience
Plus: Kinsey Wilson's move to the Times, plans at Voice of San Diego, and where to hear "Alice's Restaurant."Public TV stations face challenging wait for arrival of ATSC 3.0 standard
Broadcast TV in the U.S. will undergo two big changes in the next few years, and a clash in the timeline for ...Monday roundup: WNYC’s plans for health coverage; Mike Nichols’s pronunciation test
Plus: The debated relevance of Audience 98 in 2014, and a petition to deny Serial a day off.Friday roundup: Indies chime in on minority consortia; web audience drops for pubradio stations
Plus: Bill Siemering discusses his start in radio; should public radio stations pursue local news?Friday roundup: MPT plans huge veterans’ event; Kartemquin co-founder dies
Plus: Dead mechanics write no columns, and Montana drops PRI.Study of engaging digital stories helps stations’ newsrooms set priorities
A new vocabulary is emerging in public radio newsrooms to help journalists communicate and make decisions about online coverage that attracts and builds ...“Evolution and revolution” coming as ATSC readies new broadcast standard
Five years after pubcasters switched off the last of their analog TV transmitters and advanced into an all-digital world, planning is underway ...Auction delay allows time to think hard about selling spectrum
Selling or keeping spectrum is perhaps the most consequential decision that the current generation of public television station executives and their boards ...PBS to test whether core series can bring in pledge dollars
PBS has set the lineup for an upcoming fundraising test that will use a full week’s schedule of first-run National Program Service ...Fundraising groups focused on public TV shows expand to bring stations under tent
Four specialized charities cultivating big donations to benefit some of PBS’s most popular programs are gaining traction in the crowded and competitive ...Wednesday roundup: Zoboomafoo lemur dies; that’s Mailchimp
Plus: NPR's ombud weighs in on a story from El Salvador, and IowaWatch weighs the fate of a radio show.Monday roundup: APT kicks off; WTVI boosts revenue
Plus: Jian Ghomeshi and the CBC's bigger problems; and Melody Kramer's proposal for convening communities.Friday roundup: WYPR union bid fails; stations plan to add news, cut classical
Plus: A blogger considers a classical app, and the Onion tells the truth about Ira Glass.Wednesday roundup: Ashbrook takes leave; BBC offers new morning module
Plus: Texas Tribune looks to the next five years, and the FCC fines a Massachusetts college.
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