2025-12-12 The lawsuit may determine not only control of foundation money but also whether PBS programming will continue on the station beyond 2026. The post WSRE Foundation files lawsuit against college licensee for control of donor funds appeared first on Curre …›
2025-12-12 Danny Miller, co-EP of WHYY's Fresh Air, is retiring. The post Comings and goings: ‘Fresh Air’ co-EP Danny Miller to retire, Houston Public Media appoints station manager … appeared first on Current. …›
2025-12-12 The Arkansas Educational Television Commission voted 6-2 Thursday to drop PBS programming next summer. The post Arkansas PBS to drop PBS, rebrand as Arkansas TV appeared first on Current. …›
2025-12-12 As growth rates slow, retaining new donors will be key to a successful 2026. The post November CDP Index: Growth continues through October but at slower pace appeared first on Current. …›
2025-12-11 The organization is looking to use the funds to increase staffing capacity, expand initiatives and bolster infrastructure. The post AIR receives five-year, $1.5M Ford Foundation grant appeared first on Current. …›
2025-12-11 Produced and directed by longtime collaborators, the film is scheduled to be completed next fall. The post New documentary feature will examine life and work of Bill Moyers appeared first on Current. …›
2025-12-11 John Oliver did in eight minutes what many pledge drives struggle to do in eight days: He explained precisely what public media is. The post Opinion: Three things public media should steal from John Oliver’s ‘Last Week Tonight’ episode appeared f …›
2025-12-10 Settlement of the CPB–NPR lawsuit creates a new opportunity for innovation and efficiency in digital publishing and monetization. The post Opinion: Competition for technology services will help transform public media appeared first on Current. …›
2025-12-10 Child, who grew up in Portland, left American Public Media’s Performance Today in October after 25 years hosting the classical music show. The post All Classical Radio names Fred Child next CEO appeared first on Current. …›
2025-12-10 PRX and Wave Maker Media Present “The Palisades Fire: A Sandcastles Special” from Acclaimed Producer Adriana CargillThe two-part documentary debuting January 7 tells a story of hope and adaptation from the darkest hours of one of California’s wo …›
2025-12-09 The funds enable Koahnic to hire a chief content officer and expand distribution of its programs. The post CPB awards $3 million to Koahnic Broadcast Corporation appeared first on Current. …›
2025-12-09 PRX Brings “Click Here” Hosted by Dina Temple-Raston to Public Radio, Exploring the Ways Technology is Changing Our WorldThe new weekly public radio program is available to stations nationwide beginning January 7Pulitzer-winning public media orga …›
2025-12-09 PRX to Distribute WABE’s Public Health Program “Health Wanted” to Public Radio Stations Nationwide Beginning in January 2026The weekly public radio show hosted by Laurel Bristow is a collaboration with Emory University’s Rollins School of Publ …›
2025-12-05 The all-day event on February 6 will take place in Apple’s London offices at Battersea Power Station, featuring free workshops and learning sessions for podcastersPublic media organization PRX — bringing acclaimed podcasts and radio to millions …›
2025-11-12 PRX’s 2025 Annual Report highlightsBelow is a reflection from PRX CEO Kerri Hoffman as part of PRX’s 2025 Annual Report:PRX has been a driving force of innovation in public media for more than 20 years. We’ve built digital-first audio infrastruc …›
2025-11-12 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Announces “Music Makes Us” Podcast in Partnership with Talkhouse & Radiotopia with Season One Hosted by Kathleen HannaEpisode 1 debuts November 18. Guests include Amy Taylor, Chaka Khan, Hayley Williams, Laufey, Na …›
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 …›
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, …›
2024-02-15 Hello! Welcome (back) to All Hear, the Everything List for Audio Opportunities. This is my first All Hear as a freelancer… I haven’t been fully freelance since I left university (when it was just a thinly veiled disguise for “unemployed …›