Public media and the coronavirus
Current’s coverage of how public media is reporting on and responding to the global pandemic. Do you have a question, or do you want to share information? Email us at news@current.org.
Stations report higher gifts as door-to-door canvassing resumes
With pandemic restrictions easing, stations that have relaunched canvassing have seen a 10% increase in average new sustainer gifts.#PBSForTheArts campaign documents how arts have survived pandemic
#PBSForTheArts is examining how arts organizations are working to “stay around, stay relevant and then fight back,” said WNET Group CEO Neal ...Without a live audience, this variety show had to find a way forward
“It really was just a process of us starting and stopping and having to reassess,” said a co-EP of public radio's "Live ...New York Public Radio lays off 14 staffers, including newsroom leaders
"We cannot achieve our goals and meet our commitments while shouldering a fourth year of losses,” said CEO Goli Sheikholeslami.Shuttered by COVID, theaters find new audiences in pivot to radio dramas
“It’s been a happy accident that we were kind of forced into this, but we’ve really enjoyed doing it."
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