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Karen Rundlet joins Institute for Nonprofit News as CEO
Rundlet succeeds Sue Cross, who had announced earlier this year that she would step down.Comings and goings: NPR board elects Jennifer Ferro as chair, network names chief arts editor ...
Ferro succeeds Jeff Sine in the role.Samuel C. O. Holt, author of seminal study on public radio, dies at 87
Public radio “might not have been if the Public Radio Study had not been done.”Comings and goings: NPR shuffles political teams, KERA appoints executive editor …
Deepa Shivaram is now a White House correspondent for NPR.Eilee Heikenen-Weiss, producer for WUWM’s ‘Lake Effect,’ dies at 39
"In her short time with the station, she made an impact."Rima Dael to lead NFCB
Dael, now GM at WSHU-FM in Connecticut, starts at NFCB in January.Comings and goings: WITF SVP departs for Congress run, APTS hires general counsel …
Blake Lynch left his position at WITF to run for Congress in Pennsylvania.Pat Butler will retire from America’s Public Television Stations
Butler has led the nonprofit, based in Washington, D.C., since 2011.Wendy Turner to lead Michigan Radio
“I am truly honored to join the staff of Michigan Radio,” Turner said.Mukhtar Ibrahim stepping down as CEO of Sahan Journal
Ibrahim founded the organization in 2019.Comings and goings: COO leaves Arkansas PBS, jazz bassist named host of NEPM show …
Eduardo Leon left his position as COO for Arkansas PBS to lead the progressive news network Free Speech TV.Vermont Public CEO Scott Finn to step down
Finn previously led Vermont Public Radio before it merged with Vermont PBS.Peter Dominowski to lead the University Station Alliance
Dominowski previously led Northeast Indiana Public Radio for nearly a decade.Comings and goings: CPB board officers reelected, Ohio stations staff new initiative …
Laura Ross was reelected chair for CPB’s board, and Ruby Calvert was reelected vice chair.Molly Phillips, Iowa PBS executive director and GM, to retire
Phillips joined Iowa PBS in 1990 and became its leader in 2013.
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