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 ...
The station has doubled its content staff, increased its digital traffic sevenfold, attracted new members and grown general revenues.
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 ...
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 ...
Amid the crisis in local news, there are signs of hope as new media outlets arise to address community concerns and deliver vital information. In their new book, What Works in Community News: Media ...
In the last year, you have likely heard about the rise of groundbreaking tools such as DALL-E, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion. Trained on vast datasets of existing images, these AI image generators ...
An interview that went awry for Radiolab co-host Robert Krulwich sparked an outcry from listeners and an unusual apology from a show unaccustomed to accusations of insensitivity. The interview, ...
When public media host and journalist Celeste Headlee began a series of Zoom meetings last year, she didn’t know the discussions would lead to a movement to address racism in the industry. But the ...
More than 20 years ago, the federal government released a review of decades of reading research whose findings should have charted a path toward better instruction and higher reading levels. Based on ...
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’m a stay-at-home dad. It’s the best job I’ve ever had, if possibly the hardest. I love spending time with my daughter, and I love watching her grow up and learn. Before my daughter was born, I ...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed nearly $6 million in funding to the state’s public broadcasters Monday. The legislature passed a budget last month that provided funding of $370,400 for each public ...