Author: Tyler Falk
Alaska station’s forums ‘break down walls’ between community members
The winner of Current's Local That Works contest, Alaska Public Media's "Community in Unity" events tackled topics including racism, immigration and incarceration.Emily Donahue leaves Austin’s KUT for public-relations post
Formerly news director at the station, Donahue will join Stratfor, a geopolitical intelligence firm.New NPR tool provides richer data about podcast listening
Remote Audio Data aims to help podcast creators and advertisers better understand their audiences.Radio leaders applaud NPR’s Mohn for commitment to stations, look to successor to continue efforts
Mohn's commitment to stations at NPR "is ingrained in that organization as a strategic imperative," said one station GM.NPR CEO Jarl Mohn will step down in 2019
Mohn will continue to work with NPR as president emeritus, building relationships with donors.Tennessee radio station to cut jobs, local news
The station will stop airing local newscasts and feature reports, but “the goal is to bring those back as soon as possible,” ...Pubmedia to launch universal sign-on platform by early next year
Backed by CPB, the platform aims to help stations and networks better understand their audiences.Bruce Winter, WUWM program director, dies at 64
"There is no single person who has been more instrumental in creating the WUWM sound than Bruce."KUT expands on explanation for taking down freelancer’s stories
In a statement, the station said a recommendation from its licensee's legal department in part prompted the removal.Journalist says NPR nixed story because she speaks with an accent
"Several people" at NPR apologized to Gisele Regatao after her story about an art exhibit was rejected.Futuro Media picks participants for podcast training program
The organization is training six people with no experience in public media to create podcasts.WBUR’s BizLab receives Knight grant for revenue innovation project
The grant will support BizLab's work with stations on revenue experiments.Bomb scare prompts evacuation of KPCC headquarters
Police detonated a suspicious device found near the station Monday.Series of conversations between prisoners and community members wins Current’s Local That Works contest
Alaska Public Media's "Community in Unity" initiative aims to “get people who wouldn’t normally interact in the same room."NPR investigations unit adds to team, Berkes to retire
Sacha Pfeiffer, whose work was the focus of the movie "Spotlight," will join the team.
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