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Comings and goings: PBS adds two VPs, Neary prepares to retire from NPR …
Neary joined NPR in 1982 as a newscaster and later became the network's first religion correspondent.WETA promotes John Wilson to SVP
Wilson began supervising the station’s national productions on an interim basis in September.‘Radiolab’ co-host Robert Krulwich will retire in January
Krulwich said his decision to retire was not because "anything bad has happened, more like the opposite.”Comings and goings: AmDoc expands team, Kopp quits in Aspen …
The producer of public TV's "POV" added two managers to POV Engage and hired a producer for its series of short films.A quest for public radio bumper stickers: ‘My Corolla is less a car now than ...
After his Honda was totaled, a public radio journalist set out to cover his new Corolla "with a ridiculous amount of bumper ...Margaret Low on her ‘double homecoming’ to WBUR
Low is returning to public radio in January to lead the Boston station.Julian Wyllie joins Current’s reporting team
He’ll report from Washington on public TV and CPB.WBUR hires Margaret Low as CEO
Low returns to public media after leading The Atlantic's events division.WETA CEO Sharon Rockefeller receives National Medal of Arts
In presenting the medal, President Trump joked that he now hopes to get "good publicity" from "PBS NewsHour" and "Washington Week."KERA hires Nico Leone as CEO
Leone has led KCUR for seven years.John Hess named GM of WUWM
Hess is currently COO at Arizona Public Media.Florida’s WMFE taps CPB veep as new leader
Erika Pulley-Hayes has worked for CPB since 2005.Third Coast Festival names new executive director
Shirley Alfaro's experience in arts and media administration has included a role with StoryCorps Chicago.Joshua Johnson to leave ‘1A’ for MSNBC
WAMU will continue the show after Johnson's departure in December.Comings and goings: NPR board names vice chair, KQED launches housing desk …
Wonya Lucas has served on NPR's board since 2017.
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