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How City Bureau models democratizing journalism
City Bureau’s programs mainly focus on training and equipping people with little or no journalism experience to lead community conversations, provide oversight of public meetings, and conduct investigations into local sociopolitical issues.Democratizing journalism: City Bureau’s public access reporting model
Watch our Local that Works webinar about how City Bureau is engaging diverse audiences, training grassroots journalists and holding government agencies accountable.Martin Miller will step down as president of New England Public Media
Miller has worked for the organization’s radio station since 1995.
Latest round of NEA grants includes dozens in pubmedia
The agency announced $88 million in grants this week.Cristy Meiners named interim manager for KUER, Kate Sickora to lead development for WVIA …
KUER Station Manager Joel Meyer left to become CCO for Freakonomics Radio.Stations report higher gifts as door-to-door canvassing resumes
With pandemic restrictions easing, stations that have relaunched canvassing have seen a 10% increase in average new sustainer gifts.
PBS appoints Rhonda Holt as CTO
Holt has worked for PBS since 2016 and was promoted to SVP last year.Public media’s one-of-a-kind leadership training needs new funding. Here’s why our industry can’t let it end.
The most transformational leadership program we’ve ever experienced gave public media a boost during one of our industry’s most challenging years. Now, its future is in doubt.PBS series on life expectancy aims to give '200-year view of the present moment'
Greenlit as the COVID pandemic accelerated, "Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer" suddenly found itself "right in the middle of history."NPR board adds DEI committee
The new committee will support NPR's DEI-focused strategic plan.CPB has ‘no immediate plans’ to recruit new ombudsman
CPB has had an ombudsman — and sometimes two — since 2005.New FCC rules spare pubcasters from foreign sponsorship disclosures
The commission reined in proposed regulations that had sparked concern at NPR and PBS.#PBSForTheArts campaign documents how arts have survived pandemic
#PBSForTheArts is examining how arts organizations are working to “stay around, stay relevant and then fight back,” said WNET Group CEO Neal Shapiro.Comings and goings: Laura Knoy to retire from NHPR, PBS North Carolina hires chief education officer ...
Knoy has hosted New Hampshire Public Radio's "The Exchange" for 25 years.Yamiche Alcindor named moderator of ‘Washington Week’
Alcindor plans to maintain the show's traditions while thinking of ways it can speak “to a new generation of people.”
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