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Feloniz Lovato-Winston named Kansas Public Radio leader
Lovato-Winston, who currently works in fundraising for KPR, steps up to director next month.From China to ‘Our Land,’ how Melissa Block set a standard for NPR’s reporting
“The hallmark of her reporting,” says colleague Elissa Nadworny, “is ‘I want to be with people in their lives. I want to ...West Virginia Public Broadcasting executive director resigns
WVPB’s governing board announced Carl "Butch" Antolini’s departure during an emergency meeting Monday.Comings and goings: KUOW appoints two executives, PBS Reno names chief engineer …
Marshall Eisen joined KUOW as CCO, while Annette Promes was hired as CMO.KALW hires James Kass as executive director
“His deep love of the Bay Area and his extraordinary track record in growing organizations and nurturing talent make for a divine ...PBS Western Reserve CEO David Rotterman dies at 59
Rotterman joined the station in Kent, Ohio, three weeks ago.Comings and goings: Susi Elkins returns to public media as SVP for PBS, NPR names ...
Elkins succeeds James Dunford, who left PBS earlier this year to lead American Public Television.WQLN names Cindy Spizarny CEO
Spizarny steps up from her role as VP and GM, a job she took on in 2013.Bert Wesley Huffman appointed CEO of Georgia Public Broadcasting
Huffman had served as interim CEO since Teya Ryan stepped down.Joanna Kail named CEO of WyomingPBS
Kail has worked as executive director of the WyomingPBS Foundation since 2017.Frank Blythe, broadcaster who directed expansion of programming for Native Americans, dies at 82
Blythe led the Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium, now known as Vision Maker Media, for three decades.‘Atlantic’ EIC Jeffrey Goldberg named moderator for ‘Washington Week’
Goldberg will maintain his position as editor-in-chief of the magazine while hosting the Friday-evening public affairs program.How NPR’s Ukraine bureau chief seeks out ‘intimate looks into people’s lives’
"What sticks with people in the end is a story about another human being and what they've gone through," says Joanna Kakissis.Comings and goings: WETA COO resigns, Neely elected PMJA president …
Jason Daisey joined WETA in 2017 and had led a station headquarters expansion project.Shining bright: 22 Rising Stars whose ideas and skills are redefining public media
Find out which young professionals rose to the top of our evaluation process to be recognized as a Current Rising Star of ...
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