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.
Chicago Public Media announces buyouts
CPM CEO Melissa Bell called the decision "proactive."By Tyler FalkJanuary 22, 2025Nashville Public Radio CEO Steve Swenson to retire
Swenson will retire in late spring or early summer, according to an announcement he posted on LinkedIn.By Tyler FalkJanuary 22, 2025GBH, community group reach tentative agreement on sale of CAI home
The Woods Hole Community Association plans to close on the GBH-owned building Thursday.By Tyler FalkJanuary 14, 2025NPR hires Ryan Merkley as COO
Merkley most recently led a biotech nonprofit and previously worked with NPR CEO Katherine Maher at the Wikimedia Foundation.By Tyler FalkJanuary 13, 2025American Public Media Group shuffles leadership
Chandra Kavati is now SVP of business development and president of American Public Media.By Tyler FalkJanuary 8, 2025José Fajardo, former Hawai‘i Public Radio leader, dies at 61
“José was an inspirational force in so many ways,” said HPR CEO Meredith Artley.By Tyler FalkDecember 20, 2024WBUR, Greater Public receive Knight grant for digital transformation
The grant puts WBUR over the $9 million goal for Catapult, its initiative to improve digital fundraising and audience experience.By Tyler FalkDecember 9, 2024Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corp. employees agree to first union contract
The contract includes AI protections that are "some of the strongest" in the country, according to the union.By Tyler FalkDecember 5, 2024NPR CEO warns of ‘hostile environment’ ahead for journalism, scrutiny of pubmedia
“We should be well prepared at every moment to talk with enthusiasm about the purpose and value of public media,” CEO Katherine ...By Tyler FalkNovember 15, 2024California pubcasters escalate tower dispute
KVIE and CapRadio have filed countering lawsuits laying claim to a transmission tower.By Tyler FalkNovember 13, 2024Texas Public Radio employees seek to unionize amid leadership transition
The staffers say the union would “safeguard our organization’s future success.”By Tyler FalkNovember 12, 2024NPR data shows staff diversity holding steady as voluntary turnover improves
The NPR board’s DEI and development committees met last week to discuss diversity data and digital fundraising.By Tyler FalkNovember 11, 2024StoryCorps lays off nine employees
The layoffs were part of a “larger cost-saving plan to balance revenue with expenses,” said CEO Sandra Clark.By Tyler FalkOctober 24, 2024Chicago Public Media awarded funding for AI experimentation
CPM will hire an AI Fellow to work on projects for “improving business sustainability and implementing AI technologies.”By Tyler FalkOctober 24, 2024Ashley Alvarado will become CEO of Texas Public Radio
Alvarado will join TPR from LAist, where she is VP of community engagement and strategic initiatives.By Tyler FalkOctober 21, 2024















