Tag: WYPR
LaFontaine E. Oliver named next GM of Baltimore’s WYPR
Oliver previously led the city's WEAA-FM from 2007–13.How design thinking gave these producers a fresh approach to local podcasts
The producers of the podcasts We Live Here and Out of the Blocks share lessons from PRX's Project Catapult.As Marc Steiner signs off, Baltimore loses a valuable democratic forum
More than anything else, the longtime talk show host's career has been dedicated to dismantling the racial divides that structure the city ...After ban, Baltimore public radio reporter is back at mayor’s press conferences
At a press conference Wednesday, Burns returned to his usual seat near the front of the room.Baltimore mayor bans WYPR reporter from press conferences
The ban extends throughout the mayor’s term, which ends in December.How public media stations are covering police violence
Stations in Louisiana and Minnesota, the sites of last week’s shootings, are taking varied approaches based on staff and resources.New show from Baltimore station tells city stories one block at a time
A new show from the city’s WYPR aims to take a more nuanced look at life in Baltimore.CPB backs collaboration in Baltimore on coverage of Freddie Gray aftermath
Two stations are working together to expand reporting on the city's response to Gray's death.How Baltimore public radio covered the protests
WEAA and WYPR tried to make the most of their limited staffs and resources.Baltimore paper questions underwriting practices at WYPR-FM
A lengthy cover story in Baltimore's City Paper said the station fails to distinguish between underwriting and editorial content.Friday roundup: WYPR union bid fails; stations plan to add news, cut classical
Plus: A blogger considers a classical app, and the Onion tells the truth about Ira Glass.NLRB to resolve contested union election at Baltimore’s WYPR-FM
A dispute over unionization at Baltimore’s WYPR will be resolved by the National Labor Relations Board. WYPR staff voted July 30 on whether ...Friday roundup: WYPR union effort stalls; Downton Abbey reportedly bans modern undies
Plus: Mike Starling starts an LPFM station, and NPR's creative director talks about her work process.As newsrooms expand, employees at several stations push to unionize
Public media employees have increasingly sought to organize unions during the past two years, spurred by expanding newsrooms, shifting management priorities and ...WYPR staffers petition to join SAG-AFTRA union
Editorial staffers at Baltimore’s WYPR are petitioning management for union representation, according to a June 6 release from broadcast union SAG-AFTRA, which ...
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