“No challenge was ever too large for Dave Becker to resolve, and he will be difficult to replace with just one person.”
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Nashville Public Radio CEO Steve Swenson to retire
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Swenson will retire in late spring or early summer, according to an announcement he posted on LinkedIn.
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Anne Hosler to oversee Montana Public Radio, KUFM-TV
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The University of Montana announced Hosler’s appointment as director of its Broadcast Media Center.
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Comings and goings: WSKG hires Christine Dempsey as CCO, MPT appoints VP …
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Dempsey most recently worked as VP of radio for WLVR.
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José Fajardo, former Hawai‘i Public Radio leader, dies at 61
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“José was an inspirational force in so many ways,” said HPR CEO Meredith Artley.
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Comings and goings: Milwaukee PBS hires CMO, Sesame Workshop appoints managing director …
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Cameron Risher, a communications director at Nebraska Public Media, joins Milwaukee PBS as CMO.
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Comings and goings: KRCC station manager retires, ‘It’s Been a Minute’ gets new supervising producer …
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Jeff Bieri, station manager for KRCC, is retiring this month.
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Public Media Business Association names Lauren Biddle executive director
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Biddle succeeds Sara Wood, who has led the organization since 2018.
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How KOTO’s Luis Tavares bridges information gaps for Telluride’s Latino community
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“I believe inclusion is one of those things that doesn’t happen very often,” says the station’s Spanish-language news reporter and Latino community outreach coordinator. “My job is to try to make sure that the word has meaning.”
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Spokane Public Radio names John Decker GM
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Decker spent 29 years at KPBS, most recently as senior director of content development.
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MPT CEO Larry Unger announces retirement
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Unger joined the station in 1997 and has been its CEO since 2011.
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Comings and goings: NPR hires standards and practices editors, appoints reporting trainer …
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NPR appointed Meghan Ashford-Grooms and Nishant Dahiya as supervising editors for standards and practices.
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John Wilson, former chief programmer for PBS and SVP for WETA, dies at 62
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Wilson had “a singular focus on storytelling and the importance of public media,” said filmmaker Ken Burns.
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WGTE CEO Marlon Kiser to retire
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Kiser, who joined the station in 1999, plans to step down next year.
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Comings and goings: KCUR GM joins NPR board, GBH names CTO …
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Sarah Morris was elected to the NPR board of directors.
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Comings and goings: ‘PBS News Weekend’ hires EP, Priska Neely to leave Gulf States Newsroom …
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Max McClellan was named EP of “PBS News Weekend.”
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Comings and goings: Chicago Public Media hires COO, NPR appoints content strategy analyst …
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Drew Brody was named COO of Chicago Public Media.
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Comings and goings: NPR hires Backstop Editors, WETA names EVP …
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NPR added five journalists to its Backstop Editors team, including Kristian Monroe as a deputy managing editor.
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Bill Matthews, former fundraiser and KTEH station manager, dies at 72
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Matthews won multiple PBS auction and fundraising awards and built one of the country’s most successful on-air auctions.
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OETA’s Polly Anderson to retire in March
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Anderson, who has directed Oklahoma’s public TV network since 2017, previously led WUCF in Orlando, Fla., and New Mexico PBS.