2026-04-17 Sens. Mike Rounds and Dan Sullivan are pushing to keep federal funds flowing to Native stations. The post Some Republicans want to reverse GOP cuts to rural and tribal radio stations appeared first on Current. …›
2026-04-17 She is moving to South Carolina to be closer to family. The post Jody Hamblett steps down as WUOT GM appeared first on Current. …›
2026-04-16 There are a few reasons why Eric Nuzum doesn’t write about public radio so much anymore. The notion that it’s beyond saving isn't one of them. The post Opinion: ‘You just have to accept that public radio really isn’t interested in saving i …›
2026-04-16 The gifts include the largest ever to NPR from a living donor. The post NPR lands “remarkable” $113M in gifts from two donors appeared first on Current. …›
2026-04-15 Klose was “unrepentantly idealistic about the role of public media in a democracy,” said NPR CEO Katherine Maher. The post Kevin Klose, former NPR president, dies at 85 appeared first on Current. …›
2026-04-14 “This semester is our last semester in our current radio station, so we would love the opportunity to show off our wacky and wonderful space,” emailed WAMH-FM station manager Finley Liu in response to my request for a tour. With th …›
2026-04-10 Early indicators in 2026 point to eventual plateaus and likely declines in new donors and high-end giving in the next fiscal year. The post March CDP Index: Growth continues but at slower pace, especially for new donors appeared first on Current. …›
2026-04-07 Caroline Ross became COO of Public Media Co. The post Comings and goings: Public Media Co. hires COO, GBH names documentary leader … appeared first on Current. …›
2026-04-07 The podcast and public radio series reflect “work that informs, challenges, and drives meaningful change”The Peabody Awards announced the nominees in their 86th annual honors, celebrating stories that defend the public interest, encourage empathy, …›
2026-04-06 A new PRX podcast explores why Black mothers in the U.S face higher maternal mortality rates and how midwives and community-based care are part of the solutionBlack women in the United States continue to face alarmingly high maternal mortality rates, …›
2026-04-03 Radio Catskill and WIOX signed a memorandum of understanding to move forward with a merger. The post New York community radio stations plan merger appeared first on Current. …›
2026-04-01 More than a dozen nominees span arts, culture, science, news, and documentaryThe International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences (IADAS) announced the nominees for the 30th Annual Webby Awards. Established in 1996, the awards celebrate digital exc …›
2026-03-31 More Perfect and PRX Present “In Pursuit with Colleen Shogan,” A New Civic Podcast for America’s 250thThe podcast series featuring acclaimed writers, historians, and thinkers will explore lessons of the past to write the nation’s futureThe bip …›
2026-03-17 The awards were presented at SXSW in Austin, TexasiHeartMedia announced honorees in the 2026 iHeartPodcast Awards, which took place on March 16 live at SXSW in Austin, Texas. Hrishikesh Hirway of Song Exploder was presented with the Innovator Award, a …›
2026-03-13 Alex Goldman and Caroline Thompson Launch “Amityvilleville,” A New Radiotopia Podcast Delving Into All Things “Amityville Horror”This Friday the Thirteenth, acclaimed independent podcasters Alex Goldman and Caroline Thompson are delighted to in …›
2026-03-04 Culture Writer John Spong, PRX, and Texas Monthly Present A New Season of “One by Willie,” the Podcast Exploring the Life & Music of Willie NelsonGuests including Kenny Chesney, Tami Neilson, George Saunders, and Taj Mahal, who describe how Wi …›
2026-02-26 PRX is the most represented podcast publisher among the finalistsPRX and Radiotopia podcast partners are finalists in the 2026 National Magazine Awards, announced by the American Society of Magazine Editors. Honoring the best magazine storytelling publ …›
2026-02-26 “Live from Mount Olympus” and “Work It Out Wombats!” represent the best in children’s mediaTwo PRX show partners are winnes in the 2026 Kidscreen Awards, which represent the best work in children’s television and digital media:Live from Mo …›
2026-02-25 Winners include “Embodied,” “Radiotopia Presents: Red for Revolution, and “Reveal”The Podcast Academy announced winners as part of its annual awards for excellence in audio, The Ambies®. Among the 2026 winners are multiple shows brought to …›
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 …›
2024-02-13 I remember talking to Matej Praprotnik, the Assistant Director of Radio at Radio Slovenia, and practically demanding that he “Get Maja out of the studio!” In another meeting, this time with Mirko Stular, the Director of Radio, I made the same state …›