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Comings and goings: WFYI hires CTO, CPB adds to Next Generation Warning System team …
Sean Anker started his career with WFYI and will be returning to the Indianapolis station.OPB CEO Steve Bass to step down next year
Bass said it’s time to give a new leader the chance to take OPB "to another level."Sarah Ashworth hired to lead Wisconsin Public Radio
Ashworth most recently worked as SVP of content for Vermont Public.WQED names Jason Jedlinski CEO
Jedlinski previously worked as GM of "The Hill."NPR hires Daphne Kwon as CFO
"She is exactly the kind of leader we need to guide us at this time," CEO John Lansing said.Adrienne Fairwell named SCETV CEO
Fairwell returns to SCETV, where she was previously assistant GM.Comings and goings: WETA adds VP, KUAR promotes staffers …
Devin Karambelas joined WETA as VP for television programming and operations.ITVS appoints Carrie Lozano as CEO
Lozano is currently director of documentary film and artist programs for the Sundance Institute.NFCB CEO Sally Kane to step down
Kane will continue in the role until NFCB’s board selects her replacement.Comings and goings: NPR VP leaves to lead ‘USA Today,’ PBS hires senior director …
Terence Samuel is leaving NPR to become editor-in-chief of “USA Today.”NPR selects Scott Detrow as weekend host of ‘All Things Considered’
Detrow's first day hosting the program will be June 24.Comings and goings: NPR appoints VP, longtime WQXR host retires …
Julie Parr joined NPR as VP of development.Longtime WAMC CEO Alan Chartock retires
"It’s time to let a new crop of leaders take the helm," Chartock said.Visiting Egypt, a reporter (and avid baker) reflects on bread and democracy
In an excerpt from his new book, former public media journalist Tony Ganzer finds parallels between bread and journalism on a reporting ...Michael Couzens, ‘champion’ of community broadcasting, dies at 76
“He could help stations that very few other lawyers who were with firms could afford to do.”