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You told her to follow opportunities, but big cities still draw this young pubmedia professional
We checked in with Eliza Lambert, who asked us in 2016 where she should start her public radio career.Agnew re-elected to head APTS Board, California station hires LAT veteran and other comings and ...
Also, Nonprofit Quarterly has hired former NPR producer Amy Costello and acquired her podcast, Tiny Spark.Covering the West from a museum ‘fishbowl’
Kamila Kudelska's job is part of a new journalism and production collaboration between the Buffalo Bill Center of the West and Wyoming ...Iowa broadcaster Don Forsling dies at 80; was on NPR Board in early years
“Radio listeners loved him for his wry sense of humor and deadpan delivery,” according to Iowa Public Radio.PBS programmer Hoppe leaving for executive position at ABC News
PBS President Paula Kerger credited Hoppe with helping PBS become the sixth–most-watched network.As a DACA recipient, public radio reporter Esmy Jimenez faces an unknown deadline
If the program ends, Jimenez will have to return to Mexico, a country she left at the age of two months in ...Mourners pay final tributes to Jacquie Jones, ‘warrior for justice’
"She wanted to be able to be Jacquie Jones, to the end," one speaker said. "And she was.”Shumaker leaves South Carolina station, Skoler resigns in Louisville and other comings and goings
Also, PBS39 in Bethlehem, Pa., has hired two new executives as part of a management restructure.Jacquie Jones, former executive director of Black Public Media, dies at 52
Friends and colleagues remember Jones as an advocate for living up to public media's ideals for reaching underserved audiences.WNYC’s Dean Cappello moved into advisory role
As chief content officer Cappello oversaw both WNYC News and WNYC Studios. Now the divisions are to be managed separately.Mariam Stepanian, Valley Public Radio GM, dies at 64
Stepanian was an “unparalleled leader who empowered Valley Public Radio staff, board and members to unequaled successes.”Former NPR diversity leader Walterene Swanston-NuevaEspana dies at 74
“From the minute I set foot in the door at NPR, Walt was a source of friendship and wise counsel,” said NPR ...Fans of Joe Frank remember the storyteller’s dark sonic magic
The radio artist, who died Monday at 79, influenced many audio producers by expanding the medium's potential as an art form.Radio artist Joe Frank dies at 79
Frank produced more than 200 programs for NPR and KCRW.Alan Montecillo: ‘I want people to know that we give a damn about them’
The idea of publicly funded newsrooms rooted in local communities had never occurred to Montecillo until he volunteered at a public media ...
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