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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 ...COO Will Lee to leave NPR
Lee has been NPR's COO since March 2022.NPR promotes Edith Chapin to lead news division
Chapin has worked for NPR since 2012.Comings and goings: StoryCorps appoints chief program officer, KEXP makes room for new shows …
StoryCorps promoted Lisa Nelson-Haynes to chief program officer.Jody Hamblett named WUOT GM
Hamblett formerly led Blue Ridge Public Radio and the Public Radio Program Directors Association.His international reporting trips made Sean Carberry feel alive. Then came the aftermath.
In his new book, the former public radio reporter recounts his overseas assignments and examines the emotional repercussions.















