2025-10-23 When KQED began producing unscripted audio spots for news stories, the audience response revealed a new strategy for building digital engagement. The post How promos can build audience, and trust, for public media journalism appeared first on Current. …›
2025-10-23 The grant “is both an affirmation of the essential role community radio plays in civic life and an investment in the infrastructure that sustains it,” said NFCB CEO Rima Dael. The post National Federation of Community Broadcasters lands $1.25M MacA …›
2025-10-22 Zoe Clark, who joined Michigan Public in 2006, was promoted to associate GM. The post Comings and goings: Michigan Public names associate GM, KERA appoints Texas Newsroom managing editor … appeared first on Current. …›
2025-10-21 CEO Jennifer Ferro said the station is restructuring to best “position us against the twin challenges of needing to adapt to how people consume media today as well as the loss of federal dollars.” The post KCRW restructures with 10% staff reduction …›
2025-10-21 The stations’ leaders see opportunities in coming together for events and in informing their audiences about upcoming activities in the region. The post Tri-state music collaboration presses ahead despite CPB rescission appeared first on Current. …›
2025-10-21 One of the first things that I noticed when I arrived at WMPG-FM in Portland, Maine was a familiar-looking three-dimensional grey cardboard sign perched in the lobby window. Hidden behind a chair and near stacks of bumper stickers, the sign is …›
2025-10-20 Ron Hetrick resigned Oct. 13 from his role at Pennon, which also includes the LNP newspaper and LancasterOnline website. The post CEO of WITF parent company resigns appeared first on Current. …›
2025-10-20 The initiative formally launched in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic and had continued to receive funding from the state. The post State legislature cuts funding for Michigan Learning Channel appeared first on Current. …›
2025-10-17 Pitter-Armand was most recently chief advancement officer at Crisis Text Line. The post NPR hires Mishka Pitter-Armand as chief marketing officer appeared first on Current. …›
2025-10-17 The merger is with the Public Media Journalism Foundation, which PMJA established seven years ago. The post PMJA members approve merger with sibling foundation appeared first on Current. …›
2025-10-16 Stamberg had retired from NPR in September. The post NPR ‘founding mother’ Susan Stamberg dies at 87 appeared first on Current. …›
2025-10-14 The new podcast hosted by Patrick Redford takes a critical look at sports and culture by exploring how and why people break the rulesDefector Media and Radiotopia from PRX have launched a new podcast, Only If You Get Caught. Hosted by Patrick Redford …›
2025-10-06 USG Audio, Novel, and PRX Present “Mission K-Pop,” A New Podcast Series Following One Woman’s Journey for K-Pop StardomThe series hosted by global journalist Haeryun Kang debuts October 13USG Audio, Novel, and public media organization PRX toda …›
2025-10-06 “How God Works” from David DeSteno and PRX Presents A New Season of the Podcast Exploring the Science Behind SpiritualityEpisodes spanning areas such as friendship, wisdom, and wellness will feature Vox’s “Future Perfect” co-host Sigal Samuel …›
2025-10-02 World Within and PRX Introduce “How to Change the World,” A New Podcast Exploring How to Turn Bold Ideas into ImpactHost and social entrepreneur Rostam Zafari speaks with builders, artists, organizers, and leaders to provide field notes for a more …›
2025-10-01 “Song Exploder” has featured an extraordinary range of artists, including Madonna, Fleetwood Mac, Metallica, Billie Eilish, Green Day, Lizzo, Shania Twain, The Roots, and Phoebe BridgersSong Exploder, the award-winning podcast from host and creato …›
2025-10-01 PRX services also include distribution and technology, production, content development, and promotionPublic media organization PRX — one of today’s leading public radio program distributors and podcast publishers — today announced the str …›
2025-09-22 New releases include “The Loop” from “Ear Hustle,” “Gear” from “Articles of Interest,” “Only If You Get Caught” from Defector Media, “Woodard and Welles: The Story of the Blinded Soldier” from “Radio Diaries,” and moreRadio …›
2025-09-18 PRX Announces Dovetail Spots, A New Feature of PRX’s Dovetail Podcast Publishing Platform Enabling Trades of Promotional Messages Among ShowsDovetail from PRX is built and operated by the nonprofit public media organizationNonprofit public media org …›
2025-09-17 UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics and PRX Present A New Season of the “Altered States” Podcast Hosted by Arielle Duhaime-RossNew episodes explore the world of psychedelics at the intersection of spiritual experience and scientific …›
2025-09-04 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Announces New Podcast in a First-Of-Its-Kind Partnership with Talkhouse and Radiotopia from PRX Hosted by Kathleen HannaHanna will bring her vast experience in the music industry and disarming sense of humor to conversatio …›
2024-07-16 I think this happens to reporters a lot. They see someone who looks interesting. They chat with them, and they think, “Hunh, maybe there’s a story here.” It happened to David Weinberg. Back in 2016 or so, David was producing a series on South Los …›
2024-07-11 Hello! Welcome (back) to All Hear, the Everything List for Audio Opportunities. I recently read a thread in UKAN — a listserv for U.K. audio producers — about people considering leaving the audio industry. It was heartbreaking to read about so many …›
2024-07-02 One of my favorite past times is sending music to friends, usually a link to a song sent by text. Punk, dub, and experimental music to my friends Sven and Matthias. Avant-garde classical and electronic music to Carla… For my daughter, Gwen, I usually …›
2024-06-17 I picked up on something Ira Glass said in the last episode of Sound School that I want to highlight here. Rather than structuring a story as a collection of arguments and ideas, structure it as a narrative, a sequence of events. This happened, then th …›
2024-06-06 Hello! Hello! Welcome (back) to All Hear, the Everything List for Audio Opportunities. This month there’s a few brilliant opportunities for makers who are underrepresented in different ways — those in the Global Majority, those working in a lan …›
2024-06-04 I started counting the number of valuable tips Ira Glass of This American Life offers on this episode of Sound School and I gave up. There were too many. Tips on writing, reporting, structure, scoring… In fact, I think this rare recording I’m featu …›
2024-05-21 I remember thinking: Uh, oh. We hired the wrong translator. I was in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro to be exact, reporting a story on pretrial detention — a netherworld between arrest and arraignment. In Rio and many places around the world, once someone …›
2024-05-07 (I recommend you listen to this episode before reading this post or listening to the audio excerpt below. All of it will make much more sense.) Back in the aughts, one of my students was producing a profile of a singer songwriter. During editorial meet …›
2024-05-02 Hello! Welcome (back) to All Hear, the Everything List for Audio Opportunities. In some personal news, I’m headed to New York for the first two weeks of June to host an In The Dark event at the Tribeca festival — I would love to meet some audio mak …›
2024-04-23 Right this minute, I’m riding an Amtrak train, heading home after visiting my daughter at college. It’s supposed to be a day off. No work. I thought I’d read a book (In case you’re wondering, I packed two: Mama’s Last Hug and How the Garcia G …›
2024-04-16 Note from Sarah Geis: This manifesto is made up of excerpts of interviews I did with fellow members of the core production team: Yohance Lacour, Bill Healy, Erisa Apantaku and Dana Brozost-Kelleher. But the podcast could not have been made without the …›
2024-04-09 During the first couple of minutes of this episode, I take NPR to task for the preponderance of two-ways on the network’s news programs. In particular, my distaste for host interviews with reporters where everything sounds so unsurprising. This is es …›
2024-04-04 Hello! Welcome (back) to All Hear, the Everything List for Audio Opportunities. You might know me as an organiser of resources, but I’m an audio maker too! Last month I wrote an article for Transom, The Many Lives of “Dead Ends”, about a piece I …›
2024-04-02 Looking for a Signal We’ve spent the last five years using our perspective as scientists and funders not only to figure out why exceptional independent creators make the things they make, but to create an ecosystem that amplifies their signal. …›
2024-03-26 Dale Lumsden taught me how to cut tape — as in reel-to-reel tape. I call his teaching approach “The Lumsden Method.” The way Dale did it was this: He straightened himself up at the mic. Got his copy ready. Cleared his throat. Hit record. And …›
2024-03-19 Searching for Story A big “thing” happened early on in my life: my Mum died. When I was three years old she fell off of a cliff while on a work trip in Spain. Her death was ruled an accident, and I grew up knowing that to be true, but as a teenager …›
2024-03-12 We’re revisiting a valuable episode recorded in 2016 for this installment of The Sound School Podcast. Despite my severe hesitation around recording in stereo (I practically break out in hives just thinking about it), I put together the following FAQ …›
2024-03-07 Hello! Welcome (back) to All Hear, the Everything List for Audio Opportunities. It’s International Women’s Day tomorrow and this month there’s some suitably great opportunities for women in audio. Within events there’s the International Women …›
2024-02-27 A journalist friend of mine once joked, “This is how journalists count: One. Two. Trend.” Just in case it doesn’t make sense, I’ll explain. Reporters often seek to report stories on trends. If a bunch of houses go up for sale in a neighborhood, …›