Currently Curious
What do you want to know about public media that Current might try to answer for you? Dozens of reader questions have become assignments for our reporters. What are you curious about? Send your inquiries to news@current.org. If we decide to pursue your question, we’ll get in touch.
Beyond politics, public media audiences and Trump supporters have some things in common
Public radio listeners skew toward the liberal end of the spectrum while PBS viewers are more conservative. But in demographic terms, both ...Focus on opportunity before location when starting out in public radio
Recruiters, our audience and other public radio professionals answer a reader’s question about where to begin a career.Three letters for a young public radio job-seeker
“The only way to really mess this up is to go into PR. Don’t go into PR.”More advice for a soon-to-be college grad beginning her career in public radio
Tweets, Facebook comments and more sparked by our series.Former employees describe end of Oregon call center
Our coverage of the demise of Comnet Marketing Group brought responses from former staffers.When GOP last held control, funding for public broadcasting remained steady
But the first possible hurdle for CPB funding in the new administration could come fairly soon.A soon-to-be college grad wonders where to start in public radio
Where should an aspiring journalist begin her career?Collapse of Oregon call center leaves public media in the lurch
Comnet Marketing Group apparently shut down with little notice and murky explanations.Even after retiring, MPR founder Bill Kling seeks to improve public radio
Kling retired in 2011 but still has plenty to say about his field.A reader asks: What’s Public Radio International’s future within WGBH?
We’re answering the question for the latest story in our Currently Curious series.
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