Current (https://current.org/series/local-that-works/)
This series highlights innovative and replicable content, engagement and revenue strategies at local public media stations.
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?
Griffin Rowell, Editorial Intern | Launch of ‘The Music Box,’ including podcast episodes and an online music curriculum, coincides with the station’s annual Summer Listening program.
Julie Drizin, Executive Director | Current and the Public Media Futures Forums are joining forces on a new project, Local That Works.
The way forward for developing local public radio content with impact is likely to be a cycle of “create, copy, improve.”