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Merritt returns to CPB, Ellcessor is back at WNYC and other comings and goings
Kathy Merritt is the new SVP for journalism and radio at CPB.Joni Deutsch: ‘Public media is what you make it’
Public media encouraged Joni Deutsch's evolving musical appetite with indie and alternative bands and little-heard sounds.Scott Hanley signs on as jazz station GM
After returning to Pittsburgh, he began volunteering at WZUM, a station started by former colleagues.Phil Hoffman: Public media is local
In a changing media landscape, the future of public media is local, writes WUCF's Phil Hoffman.This senior retired to Florida to … work?
Michael Hirsh may be the most overqualified journalism intern working today.APM retools upper ranks, WGBY gets new GM and other comings and goings
New hires at American Public Media include an audience development SVP.Longtime D.C. pubcasting law firm dissolves, two attorneys move on
Schwartz, Woods & Miller helped many public broadcasters secure their first FCC licenses.Art Ellis: Failing out of freshman engineering got me hooked on public media
If WHYY's Art Ellis hadn't failed some of his core courses in college, he may not have discovered purpose and a new ...NPR colleagues send off longtime engineer Manoli Wetherell
A fellow engineer credits Wetherell with "creating NPR’s signature sound in thousands of mixes, often on deadline and many done live.”Brian Bull: As a journalist, I hope to spur reflection
Reporter Brian Bull covers Native American issues and Hmong communities, aiming to "open bridges of understanding."Teya Ryan: Being a stay-at-home mom prepared me to lead GPB
Georgia Public Broadcasting CEO Teya Ryan says that leaving CNN to stay at home with her daughter helped her understand GPB's mandate. ...Smaller stations win big at PRNDI, and other awards in public media
WBGO, WPLN and other pubcasters won multiple awards at the Public Radio News Directors Inc. conference June 22–24 in Miami.Content exec returns in Chicago, WETA chooses ‘Check, Please!’ host, and other comings and goings
Steve Edwards previously spent 14 years at WBEZ.Doug Mitchell: ‘Our service is to the people’
Doug Mitchell makes a point to welcome newcomers to public media.Sue Schardt: Public media is a work in progress
The CEO of the Association of Independents in Radio followed her father into broadcasting.
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