Revenue losses raise new questions about strategies to build local newsrooms.
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As public media’s “meeting place,” Current keeps you up to date on news you need to know — and ideas that inspire or challenge you.
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Current has been able to thrive because of public media leaders and funders who see unique value in what we do.
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Your donation sends our hard-working staff the message that their work matters. Your donation helps make this work possible.
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Nobody covers public media the way Current does. Nobody ever will.
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As we enter the annual season of gratitude, we’re asking you to take a moment to think about Current.
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What happened to public media’s great pandemic pivot
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Join us for upcoming webinars featuring WFAE, KUOW and Nine PBS.
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Who I named to the Public Media Honor Roll and why
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This year, I chose to honor a group of individuals I admire for their courage in making themselves vulnerable, telling their stories, and leading our field on diversity, equity and inclusion by calling on all of us to be accountable to this mission.
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Why we matter
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Current aims to hold a mirror up to the changing field of public media to show us who and where we are, and where we might go to advance our mission.
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This is the test of the emergency broadcast system
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Public media is proving how nimble our people can be when life demands that we pivot. Journalists are truly first responders now.
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Current kicks off 2020 with NewsMatch boost to pubmedia coverage
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Together, we raised more than $60,000 to support our service to public media.
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Letter from our executive director: Public media saved my life
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If you asked how you could help our executive director after she was hit by a car, here’s her suggestion.
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Current’s executive director is recovering after serious accident
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Our Executive Director Julie Drizin was hit by an SUV Aug. 11 and is in a rehab center.
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Breathing into the New Year
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Mindfulness is a challenging practice, especially for overachievers, like many of us in public media. But it’s a better modus operandi than the alternatives: mindlessness, reactivity and denial.
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How Current measured up with its latest NewsMatch campaign
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Donations are translating into nearly $40,000 to support us, but we’re disappointed that we didn’t bring in more.
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We couldn’t have covered these top stories of 2018 without you
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And your year-end donation helps ensure that we can keep following harassment and workplace climate issues in 2019.
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Letter from the executive director: Checking your list twice
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Your donation is our most rewarding source of revenue. It’s a vote of confidence, and it truly helps us close the year in a spirit of celebration.
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Current’s Simpson leaves to report for Stateline at Pew
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Simpson has written about funding, innovation, diversity and workplace culture for Current since her arrival in May 2016.
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Letter from the executive director: Triple your donation to Current for NewsMatch 2018
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Help us continue to do our part to help public media thrive.
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Letter from the executive editor: What does pubmedia need from its leaders?
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“Effective leadership emerges at the intersection of vision and humanism.”
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New history of public broadcasting to include expanded coverage of podcasts, digital media
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Current is happy to announce an update of our book A History of Public Broadcasting, with a projected publication date of 2021.
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Introducing a new way to ‘keep Current’
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Beginning with our May 7 print edition, subscribers can read digital versions of our newspaper coverage.