Author: Mike Janssen
Second journalist fired at Miami’s WLRN
Miami’s WLRN confirmed that host and reporter Phil Latzman was dismissed July 16. Latzman hosted a weekly public affairs show on the ...Better programming would fix Pacifica, argues journalist
A journalist and former employee of a Pacifica station diagnoses the network’s failure to attract listeners in an article in the Leftist ...CPB will fund new Local Journalism Centers
CPB plans to fund two additional Local Journalism Centers, according to a Nieman Lab article reviewing lessons that journalists have learned from ...FCC rejects AFA complaint over criteria for noncommercial FM applications
The FCC has affirmed its criteria for awarding broadcast licenses to noncommercial applicants, rejecting a complaint by a religious broadcaster that the ...Arun Rath joins NPR as Weekend ATC host
Frontline and PRI’s The World reporter Arun Rath will join NPR in late September to host Weekend All Things Considered, which is relocating to NPR’s Los Angeles ...North Carolina stations collaborate on shared programming service for African-American audiences
Three North Carolina radio stations that serve African-American listeners are collaborating to create a statewide jazz service and drive-time news and public ...NPR and WBUR partner in ‘Here & Now’ expansion
More than 100 public radio stations have picked up the midday NPR news show Here & Now with its expansion to two ...Major layoffs ahead for New York’s WBAI
The Pacifica Foundation will lay off 75 percent of the staff at WBAI, its station in New York, in an effort to ...Four more stations join NPR’s Facebook geotargeting project
NPR Digital Services has added four stations to its Local Stories Project, in which participants submit stories to be included on NPR’s ...Pacifica misses CPB deadlines, holding up funding for stations
CPB has withheld financial support for the Pacifica Foundation’s five radio stations after the organization missed deadlines for fixing errors and shortcomings ...NPR’s Rudin hopes to launch new show after leaving network
Shutdowns of a show and a reporting project at NPR have prompted the departure of “Political Junkie” Ken Rudin, who has worked ...Ford grant will support PRI’s immigration initiative
The Ford Foundation has awarded Public Radio International a two-year, $500,000 grant to support Global Nation, a project that will cover social-justice ...WBGO president takes leave, citing health issue
WBGO-FM in Newark, N.J., announced Wednesday that station President Cephas Bowles will take a leave of absence for health reasons. In the ...Fresh Air returning to daytime in Mississippi
Fresh Air will air during daytime hours on MPB’s Think Radio network for the first time since 2010, when the network’s then–Executive Director Judith ...Ombud answers watchdog’s concerns about public radio’s America Abroad
The ombudsman for America Abroad, a monthly public radio show covering foreign policy and international affairs, has responded to criticism from the media watchdog ...
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