System/Policy
Dispatches from central Florida: Station GMs report on Hurricane Milton’s impact
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“We are tired, but we are all safe and well,” said Judith Smelser, president and GM of WMFE in Orlando.
Current (https://current.org/current-city/omaha/page/220/)
“We are tired, but we are all safe and well,” said Judith Smelser, president and GM of WMFE in Orlando.
With more than 200 public radio stations and NPR itself now using the Grove content management system for their websites, public media’s digital infrastructure overhaul is moving forward.
The job change is part of a management restructuring that elevates Mike Sauter to GM of WYEP.
Podcasts have been a “huge return on investment for us and a major growth engine for our business,” says NPR CFO Deborah Cowan.
Simensky is now Head of PBS Kids content, a new position.
Ballard helped launch the station, then WUCM, in 1964.
The station is facing “severe cash flow issues,” according to a statement from its board of directors.
By providing more support to emerging filmmakers, EP Chris Hastings aims to bring more exposure to their documentaries and to World.
Nancy Barnes’ remarks during the Public Radio Program Directors Association conference left staffers feeling “uncertain about the direction of this newsroom,” they wrote in a letter to Barnes.
Cunningham has held the position on an interim basis since January.
Former NPR President Kevin Klose told Current the new hire will be “perfect for NPR.”
For the first time, a nonprofit news organization and a statewide public TV collaboration advance to the winner’s round.