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The radio show and podcast, a finalist in Current’s Local That Works contest, explores a changing San Francisco through the people and institutions that intersect at street corners.
Text 413 Families brings innovative educational experiences to parents’ fingertips.
Alaska Public Media’s “Community in Unity” initiative aims to “get people who wouldn’t normally interact in the same room.”
Stations and nonprofit news organizations have submitted more than 200 projects to our Local That Works competitions. See what they’ve been up to and steal their ideas.
By celebrating healthy babies and moms, Richland Source aimed to draw attention to its county’s infant mortality problem.
Our panel of judges selected four projects that they believe deserve wider attention and adoption within public media.
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 marketing and strong talent, the right partnerships can make community engagement sustainable, scalable and cool.
Watch our Facebook Live of presentations by the competition’s four finalists.
We’ve picked four finalists in our search for initiatives that have boosted audience, income and engagement.