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WQED CEO Deborah Acklin steps down
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Acklin first joined the station in 1997 and became CEO in 2010.
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NPR adds Lori Lizarraga as ‘Code Switch’ host
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Lizarraga will debut on the show later this year.
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Comings and goings: PRX promotes Radiotopia staffers, KCRW hires leaders for news and podcasts …
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Audrey Mardavich became EP for Radiotopia, and Yooree Losordo was promoted to director of network operations.
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Nancy Barnes, SVP of news, to leave NPR
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“Now is the right time for me to pursue some other opportunities,” Barnes said.
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David Crabtree appointed CEO of PBS North Carolina
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Crabtree most recently worked as a news anchor for local commercial station WRAL.
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Will Dahlberg promoted to executive director of WBHM
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In his new role, Dahlberg also oversees the Gulf States Newsroom.
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Susan Scott named president of Public Television Major Market Group
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Scott, chief growth officer of PBS North Carolina, succeeds Deanna Mackey, who left the affinity group earlier this year to lead KPBS in San Diego.
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AIR selects Keisha Salmon as new executive director
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Salmon previously led communications strategy for American Documentary and its program “POV.”
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Jim Russell, creator of ‘Marketplace,’ dies at 76
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“He was thoroughly devoted to public media. And that was infectious.”
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Comings and goings: NPR hires senior director, will launch Climate Desk …
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Gordon Synn will help NPR create new content opportunities, negotiate intellectual property deals and “help us go where NPR has never gone before.”
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KPVU GM John Hughes dies at 71
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Hughes joined KPVU in 2016 and helped the station program more modern R&B and hip-hop music.
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NPR names Brittany Luse host of ‘It’s Been a Minute’
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Luse has previously hosted podcasts that include “For Colored Nerds” and “The Nod.”
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Comings and goings: Station leaders elected to NPR board, CCO to leave CapRadio …
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R.C. McBride and Elise Pepple were elected to NPR’s board of directors.
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Radio Milwaukee appoints Maxie Jackson executive director
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Jackson most recently served as CCO at New England Public Media.
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Royal Aills named executive director for Mississippi Public Broadcasting
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Aills succeeds Ronnie Agnew, who left MPB last year for WOSU in Columbus, Ohio.
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Comings and goings: American Public Television promotes executive, KERA announces newsroom hires …
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Paul Higgins, a finance executive who previously worked for Politico and GBH in Boston, steps up to administrative officer at American Public Television.
