Tag: WHYY
WHYY and the case for infrastructure for equitable journalism
A new book examines the Philadelphia station's efforts to address structural racism and how a newsroom leader's departure affected those initiatives.WHYY workers vote to join union
Approval of joining SAG-AFTRA was nearly unanimous.WHYY employees file NLRB petition for union election
Staffers said they are "still open to voluntary recognition" of their union by management.WHYY employees petition management for union recognition
The petition said talented creative staff have left the station due to "untenable working conditions."WHYY acquires local news site Billy Penn
The Philadelphia broadcaster becomes the latest pubmedia outlet to buy a local news site.Two promising pledge shows claim APT PitchFest prizes
The winners are a show aimed at 50-plus viewers and a program about self-improvement.Through podcasts, kids’ shows also get more airtime on old-school radio
Podcasts give creators of kids' shows more freedom, but finding ways to play to radio's strengths can help them reach more listeners.WHYY efforts focus on increasing racial diversity of staff, audiences
WHYY is undertaking several projects to better understand itself and its audiences so that it can expand its reach to people of ...How pubmedia websites try to serve a fragmented audience
Satisfying radio, TV and digital audiences isn't easy, but WHYY is taking on the challenge with a new website and online identity.‘Made Possible By…’ #1: Rick Breitenfeld shares secrets to success
Our new podcast revisits the roots of public media by bringing together founders and up-and-comers.‘The Pub’ #102: Why WHYY retired its NewsWorks site
The Philadelphia station has doubled down on a call-letters-dot-org online identity.Art Ellis: Failing out of freshman engineering got me hooked on public media
If WHYY's Art Ellis hadn't failed some of his core courses in college, he may not have discovered purpose and a new ...As Cosby faces trial, WHYY podcast looks at how hometown views native son
The show examines the man who wore Philly on his chest and what locals are saying about him.PBS Annual Meeting honors longtime leaders and creative fundraising approaches, and more awards in public ...
Early childhood educator Bill Isler received the PBS “Be More” Award for helping to bring characters like Daniel Tiger to life.What WHYY learned from launching a podcast for kids
“Make sure you have resources to devote to marketing. There is no such thing as a great podcast with no listeners.”
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