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Ernesto Aguilar: I’m a testament to public media’s transformative power
Aguilar discovered punk rock on a community radio station and found himself coming back to listen to the news.NPR’s Michael Oreskes: “I’m here for the mission”
The top news exec at NPR says he chose public media because society needs robust journalism.ICIJ, NPR, Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting win IRE honors, and other awards
Other award winners include independent producer Jenni Monet, Reveal’s Will Evans and WFAE's Lisa Worf.Why do people work in public media?
This year, as Current marks the 50th anniversary of the Public Broadcasting Act, we are illuminating the experiences that inspired people to ...Greater Public names Joyce MacDonald as CEO
The announcement brings an end to a two-year search to replace longtime President Doug Eichten.PBS hires education leader, Arkansas network gets new director and more comings and goings
Sara Schapiro recently helped found Digital Promise, an independent bipartisan nonprofit that backs educational innovation.NPR’s president recovering from heart surgery
Jarl Mohn was released from the hospital last week.APTS seats board leaders, ‘World Cafe’ reveals new host, and other comings and goings in ...
Ronnie Agnew, executive director of Mississippi Public Broadcasting, now chairs the board.Ward Chamberlin, influential founding father of public broadcasting, dies at 95
Chamberlin was hired as a vice president at the fledgling CPB in 1969, where he helped create both PBS and NPR.Documentary filmmaker Fred Simon dies at 71
Simon’s films included an unflinching, deeply intimate portrait of a Vietnam veteran, broadcast on PBS in 1981.Pittsburgh’s WESA hires consultant John Sutton as GM
Sutton is stepping back from his consulting firm to run the station under Terry O’Reilly, CEO of licensee Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation. ...Who are the rising black talents in public media?
We need your help to identify up-and-coming talents whose names we don’t know yet and should.NPR’s Andrea de Leon to receive PRNDI’s Leo C. Lee Award, and other awards in ...
Also, New Yorker writer Jelani Cobb will receive a Writers Guild award for his contributions to a “Frontline” documentary.Love trumps competition for married couple reporting for Fox News, NPR
With Myre’s move to a new position at NPR, he and his wife Jennifer Griffin are again competing on a beat.Lam steps to head of ‘Table’, Buckner leads Public Broadcasting Atlanta, and other comings and ...
Also, American Public Media hires a chief of on-demand and cultural programming.
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