Local that Works
Local that Works spotlights innovative, community-focused media initiatives that expand, engage, diversify, serve local audiences and create civic value. LTW is an annual contest, database, a reporting project, and a webinar series. Sign up for Current’s newsletter to receive updates about the Local that Works competition and webinars.
Local that Works spotlights innovative, community-focused media initiatives that expand, engage, diversify, serve local audiences and create civic value. LTW is an annual contest, database, a reporting project, and a webinar series. Sign up for Current’s newsletter to receive updates about the Local that Works competition and webinars.
Series of conversations between prisoners and community members wins Current’s Local That Works contest
Alaska Public Media's "Community in Unity" initiative aims to “get people who wouldn’t normally interact in the same room."Watch the four finalists in our Local That Works contest
The winner, chosen by the audience at the Public Radio Super-Regional conference, will get $5,000.With community baby shower, Ohio news outlet puts healthy spin on ‘depressing topic’
By celebrating healthy babies and moms, Richland Source aimed to draw attention to its county's infant mortality problem.Brewery concerts bring new audiences to N.C. classical station
The music series is “intended to eliminate the formality and pretense often associated with classical music.”Letter from the executive director: Announcing ‘Local that Works’ finalists
Our panel of judges selected four projects that they believe deserve wider attention and adoption within public media.How a station used ‘deep listening’ events to take on Sacramento’s housing crisis
Capital Public Radio's “Story Circles” brought wildly diverse residents face to face to envision a way forward.Local That Works at the 2018 PMDMC
Looking for some inspiration to apply for this year’s Local That Works contest? Hear from these stations at the Public Media Development ...In Milwaukee, a station’s music education program shows power of community partnerships
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 ...KUOW uses speed-dating format to help people understand each other
Events designed to bridge cultural and political divides have lasting effects on participants.With storytelling series, Iowa’s Siouxland Public Media finds new audiences, funders
Since its launch two years ago, the Ode series has boosted Siouxland's profile in the community, expanded its social media following and ...
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