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Comings and goings: KERA hires executive editor, Fred Rogers Productions names director …
Gilbert Bailon, KERA’s new executive editor, was editor-in-chief of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.With $61M pledged, Chicago Public Media now owns the 'Sun-Times'
The donors include the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Chicago Community Trust and the Joyce Foundation.Comings and goings: Tania Ghee promoted at PBS, NPR’s Tayla Burney appointed to director role …
Ghee joined PBS in 2014 and most recently worked as director of early learning program development.
Amid attacks on democracy, newsrooms are rethinking approaches to the politics beat
“January 6 crystallized this — this was not just something where a politician was throwing out spin. This goes beyond anything we have experienced.”WVIK CEO Jay Pearce to retire
Jared Johnson was also named station manager.Pioneer PBS looks to strengthen community ties with website obituaries
Through a partnership with the company Epilogg, the station is offering a platform for shareable video obituaries.
Jad Abumrad steps down from 'Radiolab'
Latif Nasser and Lulu Miller will continue as hosts.Bob Dambach, retired director of TV for Prairie Public, dies at 70
Dambach's many award-winning productions for Prairie Public include a series of documentaries on Germans from Russia.Walt Gillette, longtime WAMU fundraiser, dies at 64
Colleagues knew Gillette for his passion for public radio, his wry wit and a sanguine nature that never waned even during tough fundraising campaigns.Lakeshore Public Media boosts signal across Northwest Indiana
The station focused on upgrading the signal after an outside consultant highlighted it as key to the station’s long-term sustainability.Born at the BBC, a framework for balancing gender representation in content goes global
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.NPR asks federal court to throw out discrimination lawsuit
The network argued that former employee Kevin Langley had released discrimination claims when he signed a separation agreement.How digging through archives brought the story of NPR's 'Founding Mothers' to life
"Writing a biography of a person or place, much less four people and a place as storied as NPR, is not for the faint of heart."Radio Milwaukee executive director steps down
Kevin Sucher had served in the role since 2020.Comings and goings: SVP of digital leaves NPR, ‘Short Wave’ adds co-host …
Danzico had worked for the network since 2013.
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