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Alan Montecillo: ‘I want people to know that we give a damn about them’
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The idea of publicly funded newsrooms rooted in local communities had never occurred to Montecillo until he volunteered at a public media station.
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Kevin McElvaney: ‘Public media is public service’
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A career change taught this social media manager that “art can help us make sense of the world and even lead better lives.”
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Rob Sachs: We are connectors
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Over his 18 years in public radio, Rob Sachs has aimed to keep listeners both informed and engaged.
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Who’s public media?
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We snapped photos at public media events throughout 2017 to answer that question.
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Josiah Luis Alderete: Telling our stories, in our voices, is a form of resistance
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“I hope to diversify the voices that we hear on the air. I don’t just mean somebody telling my cultura stories, but also my other brothers and sisters from other cultures.”
Larry Bennett: My job is to support ‘rebalancing of the social process’
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“One of the functions of culture is to help us assign meaning and thereby establish values. If we wish to rebalance our social process, we must act within the cultural arena.”
Elena Rivera: ‘I’m hoping to be a bridge between communities’
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Public media means “bringing the community closer together through all of the amazing stories that we have on a daily basis.”
Sean Powers: Public radio gets me out of my comfort zone
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“I love the fact that as a journalist, I can get outside of my comfort zone and meet people who don’t look like me or sound like me.”
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Garland McLaurin: Like America, public broadcasting is a work in progress
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“When I think about public media, I think about what Frantz Fanon said: ‘What matters is not to know the world but to change it.'”
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Maggie Martin: Public media is a place for great stories
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In college, Maggie Martin felt invigorated telling listeners what was happening and why it was important.
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Ashley Montgomery: Serving all Americans means finding unfamiliar voices
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Public media helped Ashley Montgomery make sense of the world in her youth. Now, as a CPB fellow, she’s making sense of the system.
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Robert Malesky: Before my career in pubmedia, ‘I had to make a choice’
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Looking for his first job out of college, Malesky had two offers. One was from a strip club; the other, a new outfit called NPR.
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Phillip Manning: Covering natural disasters and municipal meetings, we report the facts
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A KTNA news producer learned about public media’s vital role during an emergency.
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Lawrence Holden: Public TV was my Chautauqua
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Childhood summers at the Chautauqua Institution led this now-retired executive to seek a mix of showbiz, education and culture in public television.
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Maria Murriel: ‘Let’s put our humanity at the forefront of our work’
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The freelance journalist says public media should lead by putting people first.
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Bill Nigut: ‘You cannot help people understand politics and all the nuances in a minute and 30’
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Georgia Public Broadcasting’s Bill Nigut loves talking with people about politics.
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Nandini Sen: We connect through shared experiences
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A public radio story about migration helped Nandini Sen feel connected to the U.S. and led to her career in public media.
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Bill Shribman: My wife said I had to work for WGBH
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Luck, circumstance and some steering from his spouse led Bill Shribman to public media and WGBH.
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Lauren Chapman: From the top down, everyone wants to better inform Indiana
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Lauren Chapman chose public media because the newsroom doesn’t have to fight with management to hold public officials accountable.
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Joni Deutsch: ‘Public media is what you make it’
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Public media encouraged Joni Deutsch’s evolving musical appetite with indie and alternative bands and little-heard sounds.