System/Policy
Texas Public Radio employees seek to unionize amid leadership transition
|
The staffers say the union would “safeguard our organization’s future success.”
How PBS can revive its pioneering spirit by embracing grassroots programming
|
“As traditional broadcast gives way to new media, public television needs to dust off its early spirit of scrappy, decentralized innovation.”
SPONSORED
Project Core: A vision for scale and growth
Over the past three years, CentralCast has been hard at work implementing critical upgrades that lay the foundation for a more resilient and advanced future. And now, the culmination of these efforts is taking shape in our most ambitious initiative yet: Project Core.
People
New Hampshire Public Radio hires Jim Schachter as next leader
|
Schachter was previously VP for news at WNYC.
People
Sutton to lead audience and development division for Pittsburgh stations
|
The job change is part of a management restructuring that elevates Mike Sauter to GM of WYEP.
System/Policy
Podcast sponsorship revenue continues to fuel NPR’s financial growth
|
Podcasts have been a “huge return on investment for us and a major growth engine for our business,” says NPR CFO Deborah Cowan.
People
Comings and goings: PBS promotes Simensky, newsroom expands in Hawaii …
|
Simensky is now Head of PBS Kids content, a new position.
Obituaries
Bill Ballard, founder of Michigan’s WDCQ-TV, dies at 90
|
Ballard helped launch the station, then WUCM, in 1964.
System/Policy
Nevada Public Radio lays off staff, CEO resigns amid ‘business challenges’
|
The station is facing “severe cash flow issues,” according to a statement from its board of directors.
Programs/Content
World Channel pursues role as early-stage co-producer of independent films
|
By providing more support to emerging filmmakers, EP Chris Hastings aims to bring more exposure to their documentaries and to World.
System/Policy
NPR staffers of color call out news chief on comments on race coverage
|
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.
Featured in People
Kyle Cunningham takes top job at Colorado’s KRCC
|
Cunningham has held the position on an interim basis since January.
System/Policy
NPR names government broadcasting exec John Lansing as CEO
|
Former NPR President Kevin Klose told Current the new hire will be “perfect for NPR.”