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The CPB-funded Next Gen Public Media Accelerator jump-starts content development for 12 stations targeting the “Missing Middle.”
April 21, 2022 | https://current.org/2022/04/audience-initiative-led-by-sesame-workshops-cooney-center-backs-station-projects-co-created-with-gen-z/Public broadcasters who have weathered hurricanes, floods and power outages cite growing risks of damage and disruption due to climate change.
April 13, 2022 | https://current.org/2022/04/station-leaders-from-coastal-regions-call-for-increased-investments-in-shoring-up-broadcast-infrastructure/Two public media stations and 13 independent projects received nearly $4.3 million supporting films, podcasts and archival preservation.
April 13, 2022 | https://current.org/2022/04/neh-backs-public-media-projects-indie-productions-in-the-humanities/WCAI in Woods Hole, Mass., has teamed up with a community radio station in Cornwall, England, on the project “Falmouth to Falmouth.”
April 5, 2022 | https://current.org/2022/04/collaboration-between-cape-cod-british-stations-reveals-similar-challenges-faced-by-coastal-communities/After an early career in British television, Eaton reinvented himself as a prolific producer of documentary films for PBS.
April 1, 2022 | https://current.org/2022/04/leo-eaton-producer-who-led-international-co-productions-for-maryland-public-television-dies-at-76/The fund, which will seek donations in perpetuity, will also back community-based initiatives and research aimed at providing equitable and inclusive access to curriculum-based content.
March 21, 2022 | https://current.org/2022/03/gbh-establishes-kids-catalyst-fund-supporting-educational-media-for-children/The collection of audio and other materials amassed by Nikki Silva and Davia Nelson represents one of the largest acquisitions in the history of the library’s American Folklife Center.
February 10, 2022 | https://current.org/2022/02/library-of-congress-acquisition-will-preserve-kitchen-sisters-decades-of-documenting-in-sound/Media organizations including New York Public Radio have joined the BBC’s 50:50 Project, which is expanding beyond gender to track race and ethnicity.
January 24, 2022 | https://current.org/2022/01/born-at-the-bbc-a-framework-for-balancing-gender-representation-in-content-goes-global/Salvador Perez has worked as a senior producer and director for Sesame Workshop.
January 18, 2022 | https://current.org/2022/01/comings-and-goings-workshop-names-sesame-ep-futuro-studios-hires-leader/Colorado Public Radio and KOSU in Oklahoma are participating in the Rural News Network, a new initiative from the Institute for Nonprofit News.
January 6, 2022 | https://current.org/2022/01/stations-contribute-reporting-expand-reach-of-new-rural-news-network/Oliver, president of WYPR in Baltimore, was elected to a second term as chair of NPR’s board.
January 4, 2022 | https://current.org/2022/01/comings-and-goings-lafontaine-e-oliver-reelected-npr-board-chair-wcte-names-new-station-manager/Though not necessarily our most popular coverage, this reporting touched on significant trends and issues that public media faced this year.
December 29, 2021 | https://current.org/2021/12/currents-team-weighs-in-on-our-most-important-reporting-of-2021/Some employees have returned to work in the state-of-the-art facility, but plans for a full reopening have been delayed until next year.
December 16, 2021 | https://current.org/2021/12/kqed-closes-140m-capital-campaign-maps-next-steps-for-creating-sense-of-belonging-in-renovated-headquarters/Nik Khilnani previously worked for Gannett and the Walt Disney Company.
December 2, 2021 | https://current.org/2021/12/comings-and-goings-npr-names-engineering-vp-birdnote-hires-new-leader/Rollout of the public broadcaster’s digital news brand includes launching a website next year.
November 24, 2021 | https://current.org/2021/11/jacksonville-today-newsletter-aims-to-broaden-audience-for-wjct-news-coverage/“The Great American Recipe,” “America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston” and “American Historia” all bring new angles to familiar formulas.
November 11, 2021 | https://current.org/2021/11/new-pbs-shows-baratunde-thurston-john-leguizamo-great-american-recipe/Wood has hosted “Marketplace” shows since 2015.
November 8, 2021 | https://current.org/2021/11/molly-wood-to-leave-american-public-media/The board did not disclose why it fired former executive director Chuck Roberts.
October 20, 2021 | https://current.org/2021/10/oversight-board-appoints-governors-communications-director-as-interim-leader-of-west-virginia-public-broadcasting/Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future is the only local broadcast series dedicated to covering the environment, demystifying the research and rekindling our love of the outdoors.
October 14, 2021 | https://current.org/local-that-works/our-land-new-mexicos-environmental-past-present-future/Blunt Youth Radio launched two youth audio initiatives with new partners: a 12-week, all-virtual program on climate, and three in-person, daylong intro to audio making workshops at the library.
October 13, 2021 | https://current.org/local-that-works/expanding-youth-audio-programming-through-partnerships-blunt-youth-radio-pandemic-edition/