Author: Mike Janssen
PRX brings ‘mood ring’ of Eastern Europe’s millennial generation to public radio
With Generation Putin: Young People and Change in the Former Soviet Union, a new hourlong public radio special, Public Radio Exchange and producers from ...Houston station boosts security as DJ faces identity theft charge
A volunteer DJ has been charged with stealing donors’ credit card information from a Houston radio station and using it to make ...At 90, pubradio pioneer upholds a literary tradition
Decades ago, Karl Schmidt occupied himself by staging elaborate award-winning works of theater for radio broadcast. At 90, he’s still weaving compelling ...Last chance to participate in Current’s 2013 Reader Survey
Dear Readers, I wanted to take a moment to remind you about Current’s Reader Survey. Not that long ago, Current Newspaper and Current.org ...Cocktails to honor Big Bird and friends? That’s the spirit
When public radio managers gathered for November’s Super-Regional Meeting in New Orleans, home to Bourbon Street and the drive-through daiquiri bar, NPR ...WNYC shares previously unreleased recordings of Martin Luther King Jr. interviews
New York’s WNYC has released for the first time recordings of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. interviewed on several occasions in ...New York’s WQXR offers weekly opera show starting Jan. 19
New York Public Radio will launch an opera-focused radio show Jan. 19 on WQXR, its classical station in New York City, and ...Philadelphia’s WXPN converts alt-rock stream to singer-songwriter format
Philadelphia’s WXPN-FM has converted a long-running alternative-rock stream into XPN2 Singer-Songwriter Radio, the broadcaster announced last week. The new stream, which can ...Mullins exits The World as Werman steps up as full-time host
Dec. 31, 2012, marked the last day that Lisa Mullins, longtime host of PRI’s The World, held that position. On Jan. 1, reporter and ...Sendak remembrance pairs illustrations with Fresh Air clip
As part of its annual “The Lives They Lived” issue, a collection of obituaries for people who passed away during the previous ...NPR’s Carvin stands by Twitter coverage of Newtown shooting
Did NPR’s tweeter extraordinaire Andy Carvin go overboard during the media frenzy surrounding the Dec. 14 shooting in Newtown, Conn.? Michael Wolff ...NPR, Frontline cited for 2013 duPont-Columbia Awards
Public media outlets were cited for six 2013 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Awards, announced today by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. NPR ...Transom aids producers with Donor Fund gifts
Transom.org has awarded small radio production grants from its Donor Fund. The online watering hole and how-to site for radio producers provided grants ...Austin’s KUT to sign on with new all-music station Jan. 2
KUT in Austin, Texas, will launch its all-music station, KUTX 98.9 FM, Jan. 2 and adopt an all-news format on 90.7 FM, ...NPR adds two journalists to new race, ethnicity and culture unit
NPR has added two journalists to its six-person race, ethnicity and culture unit backed by CPB and preparing for launch in the ...
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