Author: Tyler Falk
Tyler Falk covers public radio for Current. He has more than 10 years of digital journalism experience at outlets including Grist, The Atlantic Cities and SmartPlanet.
Public radio gets back in the game with ‘Sports in America’
More than 60 stations are carrying the program hosted by David Greene.By Tyler FalkNovember 21, 2025CPB, NPR settle interconnection dispute
NPR and Public Media Infrastructure will both receive interconnection funding.By Tyler FalkNovember 17, 2025NPR hires Rachel Evans as CDO
“I'm especially passionate about the opportunity to support public radio stations that are lifelines for communities across America,” Evans said.By Tyler FalkNovember 6, 2025CPB awards $750,000 grant for PMJA’s Editor Corps
The program will be funded through 2031.By Tyler FalkNovember 5, 2025CPB grants $1.1M to form Upper Midwest Newsroom
Minnesota Public Radio will lead the collaboration.By Tyler FalkOctober 30, 2025WUSF GM JoAnn Urofsky to retire
“My time at WUSF has been incredibly rewarding,” Urofsky said.By Tyler FalkOctober 28, 2025Indira Lakshmanan named ‘Here & Now’ co-host
Lakshmanan joins co-hosts Scott Tong and Robin Young next month.By Tyler FalkOctober 28, 2025KCRW restructures with 10% staff reduction
CEO Jennifer Ferro said the station is restructuring to best “position us against the twin challenges of needing to adapt to how ...By Tyler FalkOctober 21, 2025NPR hires Mishka Pitter-Armand as chief marketing officer
Pitter-Armand was most recently chief advancement officer at Crisis Text Line.By Tyler FalkOctober 17, 2025PMJA members approve merger with sibling foundation
The merger is with the Public Media Journalism Foundation, which PMJA established seven years ago.By Tyler FalkOctober 17, 2025NPR ‘founding mother’ Susan Stamberg dies at 87
Stamberg had retired from NPR in September.By Tyler FalkOctober 16, 2025Cost savings become ‘primary concern’ in station scheduling decisions
The loss of CPB funding has prompted radio programmers to reassess the value of every show.By Tyler Falk and Francisco RodriguezOctober 8, 2025APMG sells ‘Brains On!’ podcast to co-creators
The first episode of Brains On! under new ownership will be released later this month.By Tyler FalkOctober 7, 2025WKU Public Media cuts one third of staff
The cuts were made across the organization and included positions in development, editorial, operations and production.By Tyler FalkOctober 2, 2025NPR seeks restraining order against CPB distribution grant
NPR is seeking to prevent CPB from distributing funds for satellite interconnection to any entity other than NPR.By Tyler FalkSeptember 26, 2025
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