Current (https://current.org/series/local-that-works)
This series highlights innovative and replicable content, engagement and revenue strategies at local public media stations.
Submit your project in our contest — you could win a $5,000 prize. Deadline is July 28.
As one of public media’s only music-based youth programs, The Music Lab at 88Nine Radio Milwaukee shows how with long-term investments, bold marketing and strong talent, the right partnerships can make community engagement sustainable, scalable and cool.
Jill Goldsmith | Since its launch two years ago, the Ode series has boosted Siouxland’s profile in the community, expanded its social media following and attracted new partners.
Jill Goldsmith | The station’s promotion of local filmmakers has drawn younger viewers and fueled pledge-drive success.
Tyler Falk, Assistant Editor | The envelope, please…
Mike Janssen, Digital Editor | Watch our Facebook Live of presentations by the competition’s four finalists.
Julie Drizin, Executive Director | We’ve picked four finalists in our search for initiatives that have boosted audience, income and engagement.
Mike Janssen, Digital Editor | At the 2017 Public Radio Program Directors conference, general managers from the stations shared insights about innovative strategies that powered growth.
Griffin Rowell, Editorial Intern | WNIT added “EducationCounts_Michiana” to its local lineup in response to a lack of area reporting.
April Simpson, Associate Editor | NCPR is building an open-source platform to collect photos of locals working from the earliest days of permanent settlement in the region to the present.
Julie Drizin, Executive Director | Who is getting into the ears and screens, hearts and minds of their listeners and viewers with locally responsive and inclusive content?