System/Policy
What public radio can learn from pro wrestling’s loyal fan base
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“Sometimes, the most valuable insights come from looking beyond our immediate environment.”
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“Sometimes, the most valuable insights come from looking beyond our immediate environment.”
After the hurricane wiped out infrastructure across western North Carolina, BPR focused on basic information, such as road outages and where to get drinking water.
Tovares is developing a podcast for U.S. and Latin American audiences.
Martínez replaces David Greene, who left the show in 2020.
For our series on “The Way We Work Now,” we spoke with Nine PBS CEO Amy Shaw and KUOW GM Caryn Mathes.
“For small and midsize media organizations, a new focus on podcast excellence may mean getting out of the comprehensive local news business.”
“Television and radio should be getting together. Joint licensees have advantages that neither one of us have individually.”
Richardson previously worked as director of strategic partnerships at WBEZ.
“Our culture of host hero worship creates monsters, and it is long past time to break this cycle.”
Union members at the station said they “feel like they could be next if they do speak up.”
NPR and stations have found early success at attracting support from major donors and adding reporting capacity to the system with a journalism hubs model.