Author: Mike Janssen
Watch the ‘Local That Works’ keynote from PMDMC
Learn about creative local projects from three stations, then enter our contest.Comings and goings: NPR boosts Danzico to design VP, Buffalo station names new execs …
Danzico joined NPR as creative director in 2013.In EBS vote, FCC denies special treatment for public broadcasters
The FCC plans to auction off Educational Broadband Service spectrum and give commercial buyers an equal shot at snapping it up.Employees at Seattle’s Cascade Public Media seek union representation
Management has told the employees that it will not voluntarily recognize the union.ValleyPBS bids farewell to CEO after 7 months
Jenny Toste had led the station since December.KCRW employees approve union membership
The SAG-AFTRA bargaining unit will include more than 90 employees.KCRW employees plan to join SAG-AFTRA; KUOW unit approves first contract
KCRW employees hope to vote this month on whether to join the union. Meanwhile, KUOW employees approved a contract after a year ...The Public Media Stack: imagining a better tech ecosystem for today’s pubmedia
A former BBC executive hopes to steer public media organizations toward using digital platforms and tools that reinforce their ethics and values.Comings and goings: Third Coast co-founder to depart, NPR adds Hill voice …
Johanna Zorn will leave the Third Coast International Audio Festival this fall.UNC system taps arts school leader for TV CEO
Lindsay Bierman has led the North Carolina School of the Arts since 2014.After resolving disagreement, Apsell retires from WGBH
Apsell has led "Nova" for 33 years.WPBS chooses new president
Mark Prasuhn takes on the job June 3.Comings and goings: Myers named COO in L.A., PBS picks new public editor …
Jamie Annunzio Myers is the new COO of the organization formed by the merger of PBS SoCal and KCETLink Media Group.Comings and goings: Crossan tapped as ‘World’ EP, radio journalists picked as Nieman Fellows …
Plus new faces (and voices) at NPR, WAMU and "Latino USA."LaFontaine E. Oliver named next GM of Baltimore’s WYPR
Oliver previously led the city's WEAA-FM from 2007–13.
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