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With more than 18.5 million subscribers to its YouTube channels, the creative unit aims to share its expertise with more stations.
May 16, 2019 | https://current.org/2019/05/pbs-digital-studios-proposes-regional-hubs-to-help-stations-create-video-series/Susan Smith Richardson, a past publisher of The Chicago Reporter, will join CPI in May.
April 10, 2019 | https://current.org/2019/04/center-for-public-integrity-chooses-ceo-durlin-to-head-kzyx-and-other-comings-and-goings/The “It’s Been a Minute” team aims to highlight a more diverse range of guests and deliver a conversational take on the week’s news.
April 4, 2019 | https://current.org/2019/04/news-without-feeling-exhausted-its-been-a-minute-looks-to-lighten-up-public-radio-weekends/Pitch your value with public-powered work.
November 15, 2018 | https://current.org/sponsored-content/audience-engagement-for-successful-fund-drives/Podcasts give creators of kids’ shows more freedom, but finding ways to play to radio’s strengths can help them reach more listeners.
September 18, 2018 | https://current.org/2018/09/through-podcasts-kids-shows-also-get-more-airtime-on-old-school-radio/Grants will pay tribute to the Peabody Award–winner who died in January at age 52.
August 14, 2018 | https://current.org/2018/08/applications-open-for-scholarship-honoring-filmmaker-jacquie-jones/The pioneering series reminds us that public radio stations have always been important spaces for the production of creative sounds.
June 4, 2018 | https://current.org/2018/06/wisconsin-public-radios-earplay-before-the-podcast-era-a-story-focused-series-with-experimental-edge/As public TV engineering leaders navigate their stations through the post-auction channel restructuring and the looming transition to ATSC 3.0, they’ll be re-evaluating the future of their master control facilities.
March 29, 2018 | https://current.org/2018/03/joint-master-controls-look-to-help-stations-prepare-for-atsc-3-0/The Denver-based statewide radio and TV network has raised 75 percent of its $30 million goal, including $14 million over the last year.
March 20, 2018 | https://current.org/2018/03/with-new-building-rocky-mountain-public-media-aims-to-become-a-center-for-community-pubcasters-and-news-outlets/Through sponsored content, Current’s advertising partners share insights into the products, services and opportunities they offer to the public media community.
February 20, 2018 | https://current.org/sponsored-content/Also, PBS39 in Bethlehem, Pa., has hired two new executives as part of a management restructure.
February 2, 2018 | https://current.org/2018/02/shumaker-leaves-south-carolina-station-skoler-resigns-in-louisville-and-other-comings-and-goings/Participants question the structure and leadership of a collaborative reporting project on race, ethnicity and culture that aims to bring more people of color into local newsrooms.
September 25, 2017 | https://current.org/2017/09/cpb-backed-diversity-project-draws-close-scrutiny/The New York public TV station charted growth in viewership and membership revenues after confining on-air fundraising to dedicated time slots.
August 22, 2017 | https://current.org/2017/08/wnet-finds-benefits-in-curtailing-campaign-style-pledge-drives/“There’s this connection between the family images that we choose to keep and the feeling attached to them.”
August 14, 2017 | https://current.org/2017/08/public-tv-show-breaks-out-family-photos-for-peoples-history-of-detroit/First Nations Experience will become a beneficiary of auction proceeds through parent station KVCR in San Bernardino, Calif.
July 3, 2017 | https://current.org/2017/07/spectrum-auction-proceeds-will-back-reboot-of-native-tv-network/Other recipients include the National Black Programming Consortium and KCRW.
June 14, 2017 | https://current.org/2017/06/huge-public-radio-yarn-art-just-one-of-the-nea-grants-announced-today/With examinations of Vietnam and the Great War, the documentarians are focusing on stories to help younger viewers understand today’s conflicts.
March 8, 2017 | https://current.org/2017/03/filmmakers-approach-well-chronicled-war-histories-with-questions-from-the-present/NPR is getting more of its staff and outside producers involved in experimenting with ideas for new programs and show segments.
October 19, 2016 | https://current.org/2016/10/npr-restructures-its-story-lab-incubator/PBS has reorganized its digital and marketing team, while also hiring and promoting executives in other departments.
September 29, 2016 | https://current.org/2016/09/pbs-makes-changes-sarasohn-leaves-npr-after-24-years-and-more-comings-and-goings-in-public-media/The reporter’s distinctive storytelling and Southern drawl win him praise from listeners and colleagues.
September 14, 2016 | https://current.org/2016/09/nprs-wade-goodwyn-on-his-best-work-and-fighting-for-his-voice/