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Comings and goings: KRCC station manager retires, ‘It’s Been a Minute’ gets new supervising producer ...
Jeff Bieri, station manager for KRCC, is retiring this month.Public Media Business Association names Lauren Biddle executive director
Biddle succeeds Sara Wood, who has led the organization since 2018.How KOTO’s Luis Tavares bridges information gaps for Telluride’s Latino community
"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 ...Spokane Public Radio names John Decker GM
Decker spent 29 years at KPBS, most recently as senior director of content development.MPT CEO Larry Unger announces retirement
Unger joined the station in 1997 and has been its CEO since 2011.Comings and goings: NPR hires standards and practices editors, appoints reporting trainer …
NPR appointed Meghan Ashford-Grooms and Nishant Dahiya as supervising editors for standards and practices.John Wilson, former chief programmer for PBS and SVP for WETA, dies at 62
Wilson had “a singular focus on storytelling and the importance of public media,” said filmmaker Ken Burns.WGTE CEO Marlon Kiser to retire
Kiser, who joined the station in 1999, plans to step down next year.Comings and goings: KCUR GM joins NPR board, GBH names CTO …
Sarah Morris was elected to the NPR board of directors.Comings and goings: ‘PBS News Weekend’ hires EP, Priska Neely to leave Gulf States Newsroom ...
Max McClellan was named EP of “PBS News Weekend.”Comings and goings: Chicago Public Media hires COO, NPR appoints content strategy analyst …
Drew Brody was named COO of Chicago Public Media.Comings and goings: NPR hires Backstop Editors, WETA names EVP …
NPR added five journalists to its Backstop Editors team, including Kristian Monroe as a deputy managing editor.Bill Matthews, former fundraiser and KTEH station manager, dies at 72
Matthews won multiple PBS auction and fundraising awards and built one of the country’s most successful on-air auctions.OETA’s Polly Anderson to retire in March
Anderson, who has directed Oklahoma’s public TV network since 2017, previously led WUCF in Orlando, Fla., and New Mexico PBS.Comings and goings: Lehigh Valley Public Media appoints VP, GBH announces changes to ‘Morning Edition’ ...
Stephen Budihas was named VP of operations for Lehigh Valley Public Media.















