Tag: Leadership
Lloyd Wright: ‘In order to lead, you must serve’
"I give a lot of credit to those around me who have helped make WFYI and me successful," says Wright, who recently ...John Boland: ‘It is the local connections that matter most’
Regardless of the role you play in a public media organization, "always remember that it is all about serving the needs of ...Rob Gordon: ‘Understand that what worked well for others might not work for you’
Develop relationships with local supporters to improve your station's community service, says the retired Nashville Public Radio GM, because advice from public ...Laura Walker: ‘Meeting mission and achieving deep impact are not warring principles’
Reflecting on her 23 years as CEO of WYNC and NYPR, Laura Walker says success in public media comes from reaching ...‘We needed to work to change the culture of media organizations’
Jill Geisler and Cathy Trost, co-creators of the Newseum's training program for media leaders, describe their approach for building a workplace culture ...Arizona’s Cronkite School will manage CPB’s editorial leadership training
The two-year project will train 100 editors to “strengthen their ability to lead public media’s growing newsrooms,” CPB said.After ‘transformative’ experience in executive training, leadership fellows face scarcity of jobs
"So much depends on who you know, and who knows you."Training opportunities for ‘rising stars’ aiming for executive ranks are growing
Upcoming initiatives include a two-year training program from CPB for newsroom leaders.Diverse revenue streams for stations depend on agility, board support
A retiring CEO shares lessons from her career on the frontlines of building revenue.NPR Board appoints Haaga as interim chief, announces 10-percent buy-out plan
Paul Haaga, a lawyer and financier who has served as NPR vice chair since last fall, was appointed interim president as the ...Robben Fleming, 93
Robben Wright Fleming, 93, a former president of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and of the University of Michigan, died Jan. 11, ...Robben Fleming, one of CPB’s best presidents, ‘seemed to me the least interested in himself’
David Stewart, one of CPB’s original employees and later a writer and Current contributing editor, sent this letter after the death of Robben ...Palm Beach station staff pushes out chairman
In a series of dramatic events covered avidly by local news media, the staff of Palm Beach’s public TV/radio licensee last month ...
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