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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.WGBH’s Godley adds business services title, NETA announces top board posts and other comings and ...
Godley has been with the Boston station for nine years.PMBA conference attendees love the work and mission of public media
At the 2017 PMBA conference in St. Louis, attendees said people in public media care about making a difference.Longtime UNC-TV engineer Campbell dies at 73
“Kip Campbell was the best television engineer that I have known in my entire career,” said Carl Davis, retired UNC-TV director of ...Raney Aronson-Rath: It’s in my DNA to get at the nuanced truth
Raney Aronson-Rath of “Frontline” writes of her commitment to uncovering untold stories.NETA’s Hinton sets retirement, PBS picks CFO, and other comings and goings
Hinton began his career in public broadcasting in 1968.
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