Author: Mike Janssen
Mike has held the role of digital editor since 2014. Before becoming editor, he covered public radio and digital initiatives in public media for Current. Mike has also written for a variety of publications as a freelancer, was a Public Media Corps fellow, and has hosted talk and music shows on community radio stations in the Washington, D.C., area. In his spare time, he enjoys cooking, playing music, and spending time with his family.
California’s KCLU expands reach with new signals
KCLU-FM in Thousand Oaks, Calif., will extend its range to the northwest next month when it begins broadcasting on a new full-power ...By Mike JanssenMay 17, 2013NPR, AIR unveil resource site for freelancers
NPR and the Association of Independents in Radio have launched the Freelance and Station Contributor Resource Site, an online repository of information ...By Mike JanssenMay 17, 2013Three NPR journalists will embark on fellowships
Three NPR journalists will start academic fellowships starting this fall, with Dina Temple-Raston and Alison MacAdam joining the Nieman program at Harvard, ...By Mike JanssenMay 16, 2013University of Kentucky sues WUKY reporter over open records request
The University of Kentucky has sued a reporter at its public radio station, WUKY in Lexington, in an attempt to guard information ...By Mike JanssenMay 15, 2013Burns to produce cancer doc for public TV
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns is adapting a book about cancer into a six-hour series for public TV, reports the New York Times. The project ...By Mike JanssenMay 14, 2013NPR, WLRN team up to expand reporting on Latin America
NPR and Miami’s WLRN are collaborating to boost coverage of Latin America, with NPR’s Lourdes Garcia-Navarro assigned to a new foreign desk ...By Mike JanssenMay 13, 2013Audio diarists share new stories in Teenage Diaries Revisited
Beginning May 6 on NPR's All Things Considered, listeners will hear five voices from the past that may have a familiar ring. They’re a ...By Mike JanssenMay 3, 2013Deadlines to relocate, raise money weigh on Pacifica stations
The Pacifica radio network rarely enjoys a drama-free moment, but with two of its five stations on a tight schedule to find ...By Mike JanssenMay 2, 2013Long Island psychic finds radio audience eager for forecasts
Listeners to WPPB in Long Island, N.Y., can listen to Morning Edition or the BBC Newshour if they want to know what’s happening now. But if ...By Mike JanssenApril 22, 2013Facing tight deadline, Pacifica leaders disagree over relocation plans for WPFW
WPFW-FM, the Pacifica station in Washington, D.C., faces a deadline to vacate its studios at the end of month and still has ...By Mike JanssenApril 18, 2013Austin Music Map: mapping the places where ‘music is made all the time’
The music world of Austin, Texas, is now being shared with a global audience thanks to Austin Music Map, a website developed ...By Mike JanssenApril 18, 2013KCRW’s Shearer learned of show’s cancellation after last appearance on air
In a post on his website, actor Harry Shearer describes how he learned about the cancellation of his long-running show on KCRW ...By Mike JanssenApril 17, 2013Arizona radio stations ask FCC for looser underwriting rules
The licensee of KJZZ and KBAQ in Phoenix has asked the FCC for temporary permission to sidestep the agency’s rules governing language ...By Mike JanssenApril 12, 2013American Routes throws shindig for 15th anniversary
Public radio’s American Routes is celebrating its 15th anniversary on the air with a dance and concert in New Orleans and a discount for ...By Mike JanssenApril 9, 2013Speedskater Bridie Farrell brings story of abuse to Milwaukee Public Radio
Milwaukee Public Radio host Mitch Teich could have predicted a few outcomes from his decision to take up speedskating — sore muscles, ...By Mike JanssenApril 5, 2013




