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“At this time, when stations are stretching themselves so far, can we reach beyond our known audiences and come a step closer to the promise of serving the broadest public?”
Reporters at public radio stations will contribute to “Every 30 Seconds.”
Debuting next year, the TRAX network will cater to tweens.
“For us to be successful, we had to streamline our organization,” said CEO Kerri Hoffman.
The companies’ union is affecting personnel, programming and PRI’s relationship with WGBH.
Public media newsroom leaders are being asked to complete five surveys to help “improve the strength of our journalism system-wide.”
PRX’s Kerri Hoffman will run the new organization, while PRI’s Alisa Miller will move into a board leadership role.
The $1.7 million backs efforts to help under-represented producers of podcasts network and incubate ideas.
The producers of the podcasts We Live Here and Out of the Blocks share lessons from PRX’s Project Catapult.