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Comings and goings: NPR VP leaves network, WXXI hires chief of staff …
Keith Jenkins, VP of visuals and music strategy for NPR, left the network.Suzanne Nance to leave All Classical Radio CEO post
Nance’s achievements include the 2019 launch of the International Children’s Arts Network.Former PBS publicist Carrie Lane Johnson dies at 68
Over the course of her decades-long career, Johnson managed publicity campaigns for hundreds of PBS programs.Radio Research Consortium promotes Molly Davis to CEO
Davis, RRC’s COO, begins her new role July 1.Comings and goings: Jayme Swain elected PBS board vice chair, Chicago Public Media hires chief ...
Jayme Swain was elected professional vice chair for the PBS board of directors.Steve Lama, former program producer and exec in TV and radio, dies at 70
Lama worked on pledge and performance programming for PBS and later was VP of programming for KUSC-FM and the University of Southern ...Valerie Kahler named ‘Performance Today’ host
Fred Child, who has hosted the program for 25 years, will step down in October.Hasanna Birdsong to lead Lehigh Valley Public Media as CEO
Birdsong, now managing director at a packaging engineering and consulting company, is a former advertising executive for a local newspaper and website. ...Comings and goings: NPR appoints National Desk chief editor, Nebraska Public Media hires CTO …
Catherine Laidlaw was promoted to chief editor of NPR’s National Desk.IndiJ Public Media names Katie Oyan CEO
Oyan, a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, has spent about 20 years at the AP.Influential radio producer Larry Massett dies at 80
Massett's work incorporated music, humor and sound elements that transformed his stories into sonic adventures.Comings and goings: OPB appoints VP, Vermont Public hires music hosts …
Shayna Schlosberg was named VP of community connections for Oregon Public Broadcasting.Nashville Public Radio hires Holly Kernan as CEO
“She brings a wealth of experience in leading teams,” says Board Chair Neil Thorne.Lara starts new job at Monterey Bay Aquarium
Isabel Lara, NPR chief communications officer since 2021, left the network in March.Our 2025 Rising Stars are shaping the future of public media
Current’s 2025 cohort of Rising Stars includes 15 early- and mid-career professionals who are carrying public media’s mission forward in new and ...















