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The change follows the departure of former Executive Director Julie Drizin.Layoffs reveal challenges of sustaining public media’s journalism expansion
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We need your help identifying rising stars in the system so we can amplify their voices, ideas and experiences.Announcing the Public Media Honor Roll of 2022
Find out who our donors named to the Public Media Honor Roll and why.Be Current’s source, sustain our service
Your donation sends our hard-working staff the message that their work matters. Your donation helps make this work possible.Current’s team weighs in on our most important reporting of 2021
Though not necessarily our most popular coverage, this reporting touched on significant trends and issues that public media faced this year.Nobody covers public media the way Current does. Nobody ever will.
As we enter the annual season of gratitude, we're asking you to take a moment to think about Current.What happened to public media’s great pandemic pivot
Join us for upcoming webinars featuring WFAE, KUOW and Nine PBS.Who I named to the Public Media Honor Roll and why
This year, I chose to honor a group of individuals I admire for their courage in making themselves vulnerable, telling their stories, ...Why we matter
Current aims to hold a mirror up to the changing field of public media to show us who and where we are, ...This is the test of the emergency broadcast system
Public media is proving how nimble our people can be when life demands that we pivot. Journalists are truly first responders now.Current kicks off 2020 with NewsMatch boost to pubmedia coverage
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