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“The presence of frontline reporters throughout the country provides a different sort of opportunity for public media journalism: to surprise, to uncover, to find not just the local angle but the issues that are most engaging local citizens and might be of broader interest as well.”
October 28, 2020 | https://current.org/2020/10/the-local-that-works-and-whats-still-needed/Ramer joined the board in 2008 and has served as board chair from 2010–12 and since 2018.
October 14, 2020 | https://current.org/2020/10/comings-and-goings-bruce-ramer-reelected-cpb-board-chair-chicago-public-media-names-new-interim-ceo/“It starts shattering the monolith of Latinos or youth,” says a contributor to Every 30 Seconds.
October 5, 2020 | https://current.org/2020/10/collaboration-explores-diversity-of-young-latino-electorate/Andi McDaniel was set to take over the job this month.
September 11, 2020 | https://current.org/2020/09/ceo-hire-withdraws-from-chicago-public-media/The CPM board declined to answer specific questions from staff about the CEO hiring process.
August 24, 2020 | https://current.org/2020/08/chicago-public-media-staffers-push-for-more-transparency-in-ceo-hiring/Five women of color have left WAMU since January 2019, an exodus that prompted a series of tweets on the subject last month by current staff.
July 20, 2020 | https://current.org/2020/07/wamu-licensee-investigates-editor-blamed-for-departures-of-women-of-color/Jacquie Gales Webb joined CPB in 2005.
June 23, 2020 | https://current.org/2020/06/comings-and-goings-cpb-boosts-gales-webb-to-vp-of-radio-harvey-promoted-at-wnet/Current Executive Director Julie Drizin responds to Lansing’s call to action to confront racism.
June 2, 2020 | https://current.org/2020/06/an-open-letter-to-npr-president-john-lansing-racial-justice-is-public-medias-mission/“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.
May 5, 2020 | https://current.org/2020/05/stations-respond-to-quickening-drumbeat-of-mental-health-needs-in-their-communities/KMUW’s Digital Democracy on Tap shifts enlightening live conversations to an online format that allows for expanded reach, flexibility and greater opportunities for audience participation, while still hosting high quality discussions of issues facing our local and national community.
April 26, 2020 | https://current.org/local-that-works/digital-democracy-on-tap/The KPBS Summer Music Series is a multimedia series that highlights San Diego’s diverse music scene with in-depth interviews and music from local artists. This year we’ve made an effort to increase the focus on diversity both in the interviews and with the selection of artists. People need a break from the news cycle, but it’s also important to address the current climate and ongoing struggle for equal rights, and music is a good platform for those conversations.
April 22, 2020 | https://current.org/local-that-works/kpbs-summer-music-series/The move was a “strategic decision reached by PRX and WGBH.”
April 14, 2020 | https://current.org/2020/04/prx-wgbh-end-bbc-partnership-on-the-world/Without our conferences, what holds public media together? How do you gain insight about our industry? How do we share best practices and learn from one another?
April 13, 2020 | https://current.org/2020/04/now-more-than-ever-and-we-really-mean-it/McBride will keep her role as SVP at the Poynter Institute.
April 6, 2020 | https://current.org/2020/04/comings-and-goings-kelly-mcbride-to-serve-as-npr-public-editor-network-adds-news-staff/While U.S.-based journalists have adapted to remote reporting as social distancing has shut down American public life, international correspondents are making tough choices, like uprooting their lives to return home or braving the pandemic’s Italian epicenter in journalistic pursuit of the story.
April 3, 2020 | https://current.org/2020/04/amid-pandemic-pubmedias-international-reporters-get-used-to-a-deeply-uncomfortable-way-of-working/NPR and 15 stations are developing a fundraising pilot “in a full spirit of co-creation.”
March 27, 2020 | https://current.org/2020/03/after-efforts-that-fell-short-npr-and-stations-plan-new-collaboration-to-land-big-gifts/As donors reassess giving priorities during these uncertain times, we must emphasize our time-tested values and service to local communities.
March 24, 2020 | https://current.org/2020/03/how-to-recalibrate-and-press-ahead-with-public-media-fundraising/Ann Klenk was formerly a co-EP of “Hardball with Chris Matthews.”
March 11, 2020 | https://current.org/2020/03/comings-and-goings-washington-week-adds-consulting-ep-wrti-picks-associate-gm/Wichita is a ”big little city with real issues and ambitions,” says Sarah Jane Crespo. She created events where listeners learn about and discuss issues affecting the city.
February 7, 2020 | https://current.org/2020/02/kmuws-democracy-on-tap-assembles-new-town-square-with-happy-hour-vibe/The master of entertaining listeners while explaining complex topics is working with a “new mafia” of media creators.
February 6, 2020 | https://current.org/2020/02/post-radiolab-robert-krulwich-plans-many-more-experiments-with-storytelling/