American Public Media
Reorganization at American Public Media Group combines APM, MPR
|
Dave Kansas will leave his position as president of American Public Media as part of the restructuring.
Current (https://current.org/category/system-policy/page/15/)
Dave Kansas will leave his position as president of American Public Media as part of the restructuring.
Our survey found stations dealing with lower vacancy rates than most nonprofits. Yet smaller stations may still be stretched thin.
“When you’re at home, how do you engage in difference?” asks Byron Green, who joined PRX in April 2021. “How do you engage across differences at large?”
As Tom Thomas and Terry Clifford step down as SRG’s leaders, they look back on their start in public radio, the creation of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters, and SRG’s evolution since its birth in 1984.
NPR’s SAG-AFTRA union issued a mixed progress report this month on its demands for addressing diversity issues within the network.
The settlement includes a wage increase and “enhancements to NYPR’s parental leave policy.”
NPR began rotating hosts and other staffers from its newsmagazines and international desk through Ukraine in January.
“It’s extraordinarily complex, but we’re finally getting there,” said Michael Richards, board president.
The end of an employee council focused on DEI issues has lessened friction within the station. But former members say areas such as pay transparency haven’t been addressed.
Stations that signed on to the Public Media for All campaign have made progress in DEI work, but not without tackling internal challenges.
Friends of WLRN believes it “will be able to grow WLRN’s audience and community impact as well as increasing financial support from the community.”
A vote of approval by the Iowa Board of Regents would be the first step in a plan for IPR to operate independently.
The state zeroed out funding last year for Pennsylvania PBS, a group of seven stations.
Yemisi Oloruntola-Coates began her time with the Boston station by holding “really intensive listening sessions” with over 200 people.
“The bill as written would make it impossible for us to defend or protect any of the existing contracts that we have on all of the productions that we do,” said Susan Ramsey, director of communications for Iowa PBS.
The confirmed members are Elizabeth Sembler, Tom Rothman and Laura Gore Ross.
The CPB funds are allowing participating stations to expand management training that wasn’t previously possible with tight budgets.
The donors include the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Chicago Community Trust and the Joyce Foundation.
The station focused on upgrading the signal after an outside consultant highlighted it as key to the station’s long-term sustainability.
Media organizations including New York Public Radio have joined the BBC’s 50:50 Project, which is expanding beyond gender to track race and ethnicity.