Current (https://current.org/series/podcasts/)
“I started thinking about what I wanted to do next and how I can help people in a variety of ways. I had a lot of time wandering the desert to think about it.”
Stephanie Mirah, Editorial Intern | The VPM + ICA Community Media Center is a free and public recording studio and workspace that aims to make creating podcasts more accessible.
With its new Minutes project, the station is making city council meetings more accessible while helping its reporters find stories.
Stephanie Mirah, Editorial Intern | Launched this month, “The Parker Edison Project” gives “complete creative freedom” to a local rapper and journalist.
Tyler Falk, Reporter | An Acast executive said RadioPublic “brings even better tools and deep … secret-sauce technology” to the Sweden-based podcast company.
“The idea was, how can we listen to people in their neighborhood and tell their stories?”
Tyler Falk, Reporter | The plan to sell Pocket Casts is in “early stages of development,” according to an NPR spokesperson.
Tyler Falk, Reporter | Station leaders and the Public Radio Program Directors Association are questioning the Times’ damage control related to its podcast “Caliphate.”
Julian Wyllie, Reporter | The grant will help SCPR’s LAist Studios serve younger and more diverse audiences.
Stephanie Mirah, Editorial Intern | “Our goal is to help people understand and use language better,” said Lisa Schneider, Merriam-Webster’s chief digital officer and publisher. “I think the NEPM role in the community meshes really well with that.”