Engagement
How a station used ‘deep listening’ events to take on Sacramento’s housing crisis
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Capital Public Radio’s “Story Circles” brought wildly diverse residents face to face to envision a way forward.
Programs/Content
In Milwaukee, a station’s music education program shows power of community partnerships
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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.
Programs/Content
With storytelling series, Iowa’s Siouxland Public Media finds new audiences, funders
By 
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.
Programs/Content
Vermont PBS bets on local pride with ‘Made Here’ slate of films
By Jill Goldsmith |
The station’s promotion of local filmmakers has drawn younger viewers and fueled pledge-drive success.
Programs/Content
We reveal the winner of our Local That Works contest
By 
Tyler Falk, Assistant Editor |
The envelope, please…
Programs/Content
Meet the finalists in our Local That Works contest
By 
Mike Janssen, Digital Editor |
Watch our Facebook Live of presentations by the competition’s four finalists.
System/Policy
These ‘Local That Works’ finalists can inspire you to innovate
By 
Julie Drizin, Executive Director |
We’ve picked four finalists in our search for initiatives that have boosted audience, income and engagement.
System/Policy
How WAMU and WYSO found success in reinvention
By 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.
Programs/Content
First year of Indiana TV show on education brings bigger budget, wider reach
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Griffin Rowell, Editorial Intern |
WNIT added “EducationCounts_Michiana” to its local lineup in response to a lack of area reporting.
Programs/Content
North Country Public Radio project collects photos to trace a changing northern New York
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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.