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PMJA's Editor Corps initiative gets CPB support
More than a dozen stations requested assistance in the project's first two weeks.How to record a music show at home with Audacity
With equipment you probably have at home already, you can create a program even during the pandemic.'In the Dark' podcast pauses production of new season for special report on COVID-19
Journalists revisited sources from the show's second season to examine the pandemic's effects on Mississippi.
APM, MPR initiate staff reductions by offering voluntary buyouts, furloughs
About two dozen staffers have agreed to separate from the organization or take furloughs.With virtual proms, public radio stations give teens another shot at their big night
As schools cancel high-school proms due to COVID-19 concerns, two public radio stations held online events to meet the need.Viewers flock to public TV for news, food shows during lockdown
A spike in audience for “NewsHour" came from viewers tuning in more frequently.
Ben Godley steps down as CEO of CDP
Godley previously served as COO of WGBH.Public Media Group buys WGBH share in Public Media Management venture
WGBH's decision to sell its interest in PMM is part of a pattern in which the Boston-based public media giant has incubated business ventures and spun them off.On Building Resilience: Letter from the executive director
Current has joined forces with Greater Public, Public Media Journalists Association, Public Radio Program Directors and Local that Works founder Mark Fuerst on “Building Resilience,” a new webinar series.CPB board votes to boost CSG pool with delay of Healthy Network Initiative
The initiative's $1 million will instead be distributed to aid stations amid the pandemic.CPB requests additional $175M in emergency funds from Congress
If CPB receives the funds, it would bring its emergency support from the government to $250 million.Station leaders share insights into pandemic response
The leaders of KUT and KERA spoke about how they're managing the crisis in a webinar produced by Current, Greater Public, Public Radio Program Directors and the Public Media Journalists Association.WBEZ’s Jenn White named host of ‘1A’
White will succeed founding host Joshua Johnson.NPR, union agree to cuts to employee pay, benefits
NPR is taking additional steps to cut costs in response to financial challenges.Stations respond to quickening drumbeat of mental health needs in their communities
“We are seeing pent-up demand from people seeking safe and trusted spaces for conversations about mental health,” says Babette Apland of APM’s Call to Mind.
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