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Jessie McNamara joins WMMT as GM
"Her background in musical, written and spoken storytelling makes her uniquely well-suited to take the reins at WMMT."Filmmakers who challenged PBS on diversity continue push for transparency
Members of Beyond Inclusion say they will keep advocating for issues they raised in a March letter to PBS CEO Paula Kerger.‘Marketplace’ employees vote in favor of joining SAG-AFTRA union
The bargaining unit includes reporters, producers and editors.
PRX re-releases series exploring the history of Black culture through radio
”With the amount of time and effort and love that we put into this, it should be available again,” said Sonja Williams, a producer of "Black Radio: Telling It Like It Was" who worked to bring the series back to the airwaves.NPR will roll out paid subscriptions to its podcasts
The network will also participate in Apple and Spotify's podcast subscription initiatives.Don Russell, Illinois Public Media engineer who specialized in radio and IT systems, dies at 45
"Don was an extraordinary engineer who could fix anything," said CEO Moss Bresnahan.
Comings and goings: PRX hires DEI director, Shirley Sneve named VP for Indian Country Today …
Byron Green has worked for several higher education institutions, most recently the University of South Florida St. Petersburg.What's up with salaries in public media?
We're trying to find out with our first-ever salary survey — and we need your help.Shuttered by COVID, theaters find new audiences in pivot to radio dramas
“It’s been a happy accident that we were kind of forced into this, but we’ve really enjoyed doing it."How KUNR’s internship program for high school students illustrates the value of youth voices during the pandemic
By equipping student reporters with microphones, they can provide a unique insight into how the pandemic has disrupted schools and how the last year has upended any sense of normalcy for today’s youth.Black Public Media's PitchBLACK commits largest-ever funding pool to five documentaries
Four documentaries and an animated short exploring the Black experience received over $400,000.NPR has 'not completely bounced back' from pandemic's impact on revenue, says acting CEO
Leaders of NPR and PBS spoke to Texas pubmedia employees about lessons from the past year and possible collaborations between the networks.CPB approves plan to divide up $175M in emergency funding
The funding will be split evenly between radio and television, with $100 million prioritized for smaller stations.Public Media for All analysis highlights persistent gaps in pubmedia diversity
Comparing recently released CPB data to U.S. Census demographics shows that public media is only keeping pace with or lagging behind national trends.CPB funds COVID-19 PSAs focused on Black and Native communities
The grants went to Native Public Media and to stations licensed to HBCUs.
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