Serving the American public in all of its diversity is an important part of the mission of public media articulated in the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967. But the overwhelming consensus now is that ...

It’s every politics editor’s mission: figure out how to make election coverage more accessible and interesting to people you’re trying to serve, with the staff you currently employ. It can be hard for ...

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 ...

I can’t imagine how people fed and clothed themselves before the Internet, let alone how they reported stories. But I’m envious of one aspect of pre–digital age journalism: that moment when ...

It is rare for everyone in public radio to agree on anything. In 2000, I was asked to put together a PRPD session on “The Truths of Public Radio.” That request followed several years of significant ...

Public media is no stranger to calls for ending its federal funding. Every Republican president since Richard Nixon has proposed reducing, or eliminating entirely, the congressional appropriation for ...

The station has doubled its content staff, increased its digital traffic sevenfold, attracted new members and grown general revenues.

GBH in Boston announced Tuesday that it will lay off 13 employees who work on the history documentary series American Experience and will pause production of new broadcast episodes. In a statement, ...

NPR’s programs to help raise funds for public radio stations have exceeded expectations, network executives reported during a Friday board meeting. The NPR Network revenue programs, which include ...

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden recently observed that the “sounds of the past enrich our understanding of the nation’s cultural history and our history in general.” For over 46 years, NPR has ...

WETA in Washington, D.C., has eliminated 21 staff positions and canceled three TV shows as it looks to cut $4.4 million in spending for this fiscal year. CEO Sharon Rockefeller announced the ...

Current’s first study of executive compensation and financial reporting in public media examined the most recent financial documents available for 85 public television and radio stations in the top 25 ...