People
Maxie Jackson leaves top role at Radio Milwaukee
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“Our board of directors and staff are grateful for Maxie Jackson’s contributions and service to the organization,” the station said in a statement.
System/Policy
Chicago Public Media announces buyouts
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CPM CEO Melissa Bell called the decision “proactive.”
People
Nashville Public Radio CEO Steve Swenson to retire
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Swenson will retire in late spring or early summer, according to an announcement he posted on LinkedIn.
System/Policy
GBH, community group reach tentative agreement on sale of CAI home
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The Woods Hole Community Association plans to close on the GBH-owned building Thursday.
People
NPR hires Ryan Merkley as COO
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Merkley most recently led a biotech nonprofit and previously worked with NPR CEO Katherine Maher at the Wikimedia Foundation.
System/Policy
American Public Media Group shuffles leadership
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Chandra Kavati is now SVP of business development and president of American Public Media.
Obituaries
José Fajardo, former Hawai‘i Public Radio leader, dies at 61
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“José was an inspirational force in so many ways,” said HPR CEO Meredith Artley.
Development
WBUR, Greater Public receive Knight grant for digital transformation
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The grant puts WBUR over the $9 million goal for Catapult, its initiative to improve digital fundraising and audience experience.
System/Policy
Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corp. employees agree to first union contract
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The contract includes AI protections that are “some of the strongest” in the country, according to the union.
System/Policy
NPR CEO warns of ‘hostile environment’ ahead for journalism, scrutiny of pubmedia
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“We should be well prepared at every moment to talk with enthusiasm about the purpose and value of public media,” CEO Katherine Maher said.
System/Policy
California pubcasters escalate tower dispute
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KVIE and CapRadio have filed countering lawsuits laying claim to a transmission tower.
System/Policy
Texas Public Radio employees seek to unionize amid leadership transition
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The staffers say the union would “safeguard our organization’s future success.”
System/Policy
NPR data shows staff diversity holding steady as voluntary turnover improves
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The NPR board’s DEI and development committees met last week to discuss diversity data and digital fundraising.
System/Policy
StoryCorps lays off nine employees
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The layoffs were part of a “larger cost-saving plan to balance revenue with expenses,” said CEO Sandra Clark.
Tech
Chicago Public Media awarded funding for AI experimentation
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CPM will hire an AI Fellow to work on projects for “improving business sustainability and implementing AI technologies.”
People
Ashley Alvarado will become CEO of Texas Public Radio
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Alvarado will join TPR from LAist, where she is VP of community engagement and strategic initiatives.
People
Justin Clapp to lead KRFC
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Clapp was previously operations and programming president at Townsquare Media.
People
Sophie Crane to lead Transom Story Lab
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Transom Story Lab will become an independent nonprofit.
System/Policy
Dispatches from central Florida: Station GMs report on Hurricane Milton’s impact
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“We are tired, but we are all safe and well,” said Judith Smelser, president and GM of Central Florida Public Media in Orlando.
