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 spending time with his family, playing banjo, cooking, and making coffee and cocktails.
‘Car Talk’ guys retire, but archive editions of shows will continue indefinitely
NPR announced Friday that Tom and Ray Magliozzi, hosts of the popular and long-running Car Talk, will lay down their wrenches and stop recording ...By Mike JanssenJune 9, 2012Tiny audience, debt service put Tacoma signal in jeopardy
Public Radio Capital is working to keep an FM station it owns in Tacoma, Wash., on the air after June 30, when ...By Mike JanssenMay 29, 2012Underwriting drop leaves NPR with $2.6M shortfall
Facing an operating deficit of $2.6 million this fiscal year due to a shortfall in corporate sponsorship income, NPR is stepping up ...By Mike JanssenMay 29, 2012Revamped ‘All Things Considered’ brings new sound to weekends
The weekend installment of NPR’s afternoon newsmagazine starts its 35th year on the air this month — and its third year of ...By Mike JanssenMay 14, 2012Advocates press FCC to open more channels for LPFMs
NPR, the National Association of Broadcasters and advocates for low-power radio expressed opposing views to the FCC in a proceeding that will ...By Mike JanssenMay 14, 2012Feds arrest Arizona man for stealing Native group’s PTFP money
An Arizona man with a background in Native radio faces federal civil and criminal charges for using a federal grant for personal ...By Mike JanssenApril 23, 2012Multiplatform: KPBS extends its news expansion to television
With the launch of KPBS-TV's Evening Edition, the pubcasting outlet took another big step towards General Manager Tom Karlo’s ambitious goal to become “the ...By Mike JanssenApril 23, 2012Delaware news startup adds public radio service
A nonprofit that operates a news site for the state of Delaware has acquired an FM broadcast license and plans to launch ...By Mike JanssenApril 23, 2012Hearing by ethics watchdog could sew up feud in Seattle
Members of a Seattle-based media-watchdog group weighed in March 31 [2012] on a yearlong dispute between an antiabortion group and KUOW, the ...By Mike JanssenApril 9, 2012NPR deal will help to measure, and monetize, web streaming
An agreement between NPR and Triton Digital, a provider of digital services to radio stations, will give NPR stations a new option ...By Mike JanssenApril 9, 2012CPB will give guidelines to journalism hubs
CPB is evaluating proposals from six regional journalism hubs for another year of operation and will furnish the centers with a shared ...By Mike JanssenApril 9, 2012Digital journalists look for lessons in work of Andy Carvin, NPR’s one-man newsroom
On a recent afternoon at NPR, Andy Carvin was watching a video of a protest purportedly shot in the Syrian city of ...By Mike JanssenMarch 26, 2012@acarvin’s example
After the Arab Spring began, NPR's Andy Carvin remains a rare breed. More journalists are using Twitter to find stories and connect ...By Mike JanssenMarch 26, 2012Alex Chadwick: Recharged to cover an energetic beat
Alex Chadwick was lost. It took a journey to an unlikely place — the whitewater rapids of a Utah canyon — for ...By Mike JanssenFebruary 27, 2012New NPR ethics code discourages outside contracts
NPR journalists must seek management approval to sign work contracts with other media outlets, and most such requests will not be granted, ...By Mike JanssenFebruary 27, 2012



