Author: Mike Janssen
New funding expands reach of public radio’s hip-hop/R&B format
Stations in Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Jackson, Miss., will join the CPB-supported Urban Alternative format with the goal of reaching new listeners.KTNA GM to step down next year
Corinne Smith has led the Alaska station since 2016.Cleveland’s Ideastream will grow radio audience with addition of WKSU to network
Kent State University trustees approved Wednesday a public service operating agreement with Ideastream.We answered your questions about salaries and pay equity in our latest webinar
Our "On the Money" webinar featured a look at results of Current's first-ever salary survey and expert advice on how to earn ...New initiative brings together pubmedia leaders to focus on DEI efforts
Created by Furman University and South Carolina ETV, the Public Media Diversity Leaders Initiative convenes its second session next month.Current’s 2021 Public Media Salary Survey
More than 1,900 readers told us about what they earn in public media. See the key findings and dig deeper into the ...Current’s first-ever pubmedia salary survey finds age and gender gaps, higher union wages
A closer look at some highlights from the data.Watch our webinar about collaborations that are shaping public media
As part of our "In This Together" series, we spoke with Ideastream Public Media's Kevin Martin and Scott Finn of Vermont Public ...Tim Black steps up to CEO at WNIN
Black was previously VP of development at the station.NPR will end ‘Ask Me Another’ in September
The weekly hour of comedy, trivia and music airs on more than 300 stations.A look at WFAE’s ‘intentional strategy of inclusion’
In our latest Local that Works webinar, leaders from the North Carolina station shared how they've created a culture of openness and ...Watch our webinar about how stations adapted to the pandemic’s challenges
For our series on "The Way We Work Now," we spoke with Nine PBS CEO Amy Shaw and KUOW GM Caryn Mathes.Democratizing journalism: City Bureau’s public access reporting model
Watch our Local that Works webinar about how City Bureau is engaging diverse audiences, training grassroots journalists and holding government agencies accountable.CPB has ‘no immediate plans’ to recruit new ombudsman
CPB has had an ombudsman — and sometimes two — since 2005.New FCC rules spare pubcasters from foreign sponsorship disclosures
The commission reined in proposed regulations that had sparked concern at NPR and PBS.
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