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WBGO hires Steven Williams as CEO
Williams will begin leading the jazz station in January.Pubmedia employees’ donations to political candidates skew left, favor progressives
A review of FEC records found donations from more than 1,200 public media employees across 275 organizations.Comings and goings: Roesler to leave APM, Major Market Group and Small Station Association announce ...
Roesler has held several roles at American Public Media and Minnesota Public Radio since joining in 2001.Indian Country Today expands into TV with weekday news show
ICT's eponymous program covers breaking news, politics, COVID-19 data and popular culture relating to Indigenous communities.Steve Youngwood elected CEO of Sesame Workshop, Sherrie Westin named president
Youngwood and Westin will take over for Jeffrey Dunn, who will retire in June.The ‘Local that Works’ — and what’s still needed
"The presence of frontline reporters throughout the country provides a different sort of opportunity for public media journalism: to surprise, to uncover, ...Sahan Journal wins 2020 Local that Works contest
The nonprofit news organization won $20,000 in Current's annual competition.Donald Boswell announces plans to leave WNED/WBFO
Boswell led the Buffalo, N.Y., stations through a 2012 merger to strengthen public radio news service for the region.To truly reflect diversity, PBS must end its overreliance on Ken Burns as ‘America’s Storyteller’
It’s time to rethink PBS’ commitments to one man’s lens on American history and culture, writes filmmaker Grace Lee.WGCU GM Rick Johnson will retire
Johnson has led the station since 2008.Comings and goings: Sharahn Thomas-Fulton named NPR VP, Houston Public Media promotes two …
Thomas-Fulton has helped with planning and logistics for every live news event covered by NPR since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.Sylvia Bugg promoted to PBS chief programming exec
Bugg will replace Perry Simon, who informed PBS he was stepping down this summer.Coalition organizes day of action for movement to fix public media’s workplace culture
Public Media for All calls on those who seek to improve diversity, equity and inclusion across the system to take a break ...WNIN taps college students to highlight untold stories of COVID’s impact on Midwest
The station promises that listeners “won't hear these pandemic stories anywhere else.”Comings and goings: Bruce Ramer reelected CPB board chair, Chicago Public Media names new interim ...
Ramer joined the board in 2008 and has served as board chair from 2010–12 and since 2018.
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