Programs/Content
Noel King leaves NPR for Vox Media
By 
Tyler Falk, Reporter |
Public radio listeners will continue to hear King on stations when “Today, Explained” is distributed next year.
Programs/Content
Get a sneak peek at upcoming public media podcasts
By Tyler Falk, Reporter |
Public media producers are preparing a slew of new and returning podcasts for national audiences.
System/Policy
Station leader calls for more coordinated podcast strategy with NPR
By Tyler Falk, Reporter |
Paul Maassen of WWNO said during a network board meeting that NPR and stations are working on podcasts in a “siloed environment.”
Programs/Content
‘Criminal’ will leave Radiotopia to join Vox Media
By Tyler Falk, Reporter |
The move will allow Criminal Productions to expand its staff and namesake podcast.
Programs/Content
In a new NPR podcast, Jay Williams hopes to take his guests to ‘The Limits’
By Tyler Falk, Reporter |
The former basketball star turned ESPN commentator Williams will ask his guests “how they continue to build their own businesses and hustle to the point of their own personal brand … because that’s exactly where I am in my life.”
Programs/Content
Why it’s a big deal that the latest episode of NPR’s ‘Embedded’ includes audio from a Maryland courtroom
By 
Ben Morse, Former Editorial Intern |
A narrow challenge to a law banning broadcasts of criminal proceedings may help expand journalists’ ability to cover trials.
Programs/Content
WMRA podcast reveals stories behind band’s fan-inspired songs
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The Virginia station teamed up with The Steel Wheels, a locally based Americana band, on “We Made You a Song.”
People
APM names Joanne Griffith CCO of podcast division
By Tyler Falk, Reporter |
APM also promoted Thomas De Napoli to chief strategy officer of APM Studios.
System/Policy
New podcast hosted by Grace Lee examines public TV’s track record on DEI
By 
Julian Wyllie, Reporter |
The podcast follows months of criticism directed at PBS and public media about the system’s DEI initiatives and lack of transparency.
Programs/Content
After parole, podcast producers are turning skills learned in prison into paying gigs
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“It feels good to be employed, it feels better to be in a field that I love, and it feels greater to be working with the people I was doing the work with inside.”