People
PBS North Carolina CEO Lindsay Bierman leaving station
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Bierman will become executive director and CEO of the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
Tech
Stuck in KUOW purgatory: Seattle Mazda drivers can’t change the radio dial
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Seattle’s KUOW often hears from listeners who say that their car radio is always set to 94.9. But now some drivers don’t have a choice.
People
Kurt Wilson to leave station manager role at WHQR
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Wilson has led the station since March 2020.
People
NPR taps Meredith Corp. exec as COO
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Will Lee most recently worked as an SVP and head of digital for the publisher of “People” and “Entertainment Weekly.”
Diversity
How GBH’s inclusion and equity officer is rolling out her four-phase plan for DEI work
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Yemisi Oloruntola-Coates began her time with the Boston station by holding “really intensive listening sessions” with over 200 people.
System/Policy
Bill in legislature seeks to put Iowa PBS content in public domain
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“The bill as written would make it impossible for us to defend or protect any of the existing contracts that we have on all of the productions that we do,” said Susan Ramsey, director of communications for Iowa PBS.
Development
Stations look to cryptocurrency as new option for donors
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By accepting the gifts, stations have the potential to draw younger donors who give more generously.
System/Policy
Senate confirms three appointments to CPB board
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The confirmed members are Elizabeth Sembler, Tom Rothman and Laura Gore Ross.
System/Policy
Rust Belt collaborative aims for diverse recruitment strategy with CPB grant
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The CPB funds are allowing participating stations to expand management training that wasn’t previously possible with tight budgets.
People
Comings and goings: KERA hires executive editor, Fred Rogers Productions names director …
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Gilbert Bailon, KERA’s new executive editor, was editor-in-chief of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
System/Policy
With $61M pledged, Chicago Public Media now owns the ‘Sun-Times’
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The donors include the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Chicago Community Trust and the Joyce Foundation.
People
Comings and goings: Tania Ghee promoted at PBS, NPR’s Tayla Burney appointed to director role …
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Ghee joined PBS in 2014 and most recently worked as director of early learning program development.
Programs/Content
Amid attacks on democracy, newsrooms are rethinking approaches to the politics beat
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“January 6 crystallized this — this was not just something where a politician was throwing out spin. This goes beyond anything we have experienced.”
Programs/Content
Pioneer PBS looks to strengthen community ties with website obituaries
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Through a partnership with the company Epilogg, the station is offering a platform for shareable video obituaries.
People
Jad Abumrad steps down from ‘Radiolab’
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Latif Nasser and Lulu Miller will continue as hosts.
Obituaries
Bob Dambach, retired director of TV for Prairie Public, dies at 70
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Dambach’s many award-winning productions for Prairie Public include a series of documentaries on Germans from Russia.
Obituaries
Walt Gillette, longtime WAMU fundraiser, dies at 64
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Colleagues knew Gillette for his passion for public radio, his wry wit and a sanguine nature that never waned even during tough fundraising campaigns.
System/Policy
Born at the BBC, a framework for balancing gender representation in content goes global
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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.
System/Policy
NPR asks federal court to throw out discrimination lawsuit
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The network argued that former employee Kevin Langley had released discrimination claims when he signed a separation agreement.