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About Current - Current
WEBCurrent is a nonprofit news organization covering public media in the U.S for professionals in the industry. Leaders and staff at NPR, PBS, CPB, public radio and TV stations, independent producers, board members, and national policymakers rely on Current for information, inspiration and insights into this mission-driven field. Current’s career portal publicmediajobs.org is the leading […]
Pubmedia’s pivot to local news requires deep change, report
WEBJul 12, 2024 · Mike Janssen, using DALL-E 3. Leaders of public media stations that have embraced covering local news say the move requires deep change, but no single approach will work for every market, a new report shows. Those were among the findings of a Wyncote Foundation report released Tuesday, based on interviews with leaders at more than a dozen ...
What is Current? - Current
WEBCurrent is the newspaper and website about public and nonprofit media in the U.S. The paper comes out 23 times a year, usually biweekly, every other Monday. We’re read by people involved in public TV and public radio — station employees, independent producers, local volunteers and board members, viewers and …
The Way We Work Now – Current
WEBThe coronavirus has forced us all to rethink how we live and the assumptions that shape daily routines and relationships. We’re now one year into the pandemic, and vaccines offer hope that the worst is behind us. How has this experience forever changed the way we work? (Illustration: Anthony Foronda)
Current’s team weighs in on our most important reporting of 2021
WEBDec 29, 2021 · Read Next. Layoffs reveal challenges of sustaining public media’s journalism expansion. Revenue losses raise new questions about strategies to build local newsrooms.
Current’s first-ever pubmedia salary survey finds age and gender …
WEBJul 22, 2021 · The median salary among men was 9.6% higher than among women. (1.1% of respondents classified themselves as “non-binary/third gender”; 0.9% declined to provide their gender; and 0.1% responded “Prefer to self-describe.”) That gap can also be found among leaders of organizations, VPs and C-suite roles. Looking at median salary by age ...
Digital editions of Current
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Why we matter - Current
WEBNov 5, 2020 · This year is especially important. Like you, Current has also seen declines in revenue. Still, we have ambitions for the new year: deeper coverage and online engagement opportunities. When you give to Current, you give back to public media. On behalf of our hardworking team, I thank you in advance for your generosity.
Rollout of NPR Network donations tests more than the public …
WEBDec 21, 2022 · And that was successful.”. Last fiscal year, KUOW saw a conversion rate of nearly 10% for NPR digital users in its metro area who had no prior donation history with the station, according to Brown. That’s an increase from just 1.6% the previous year. In FY 2023, the station is on track to reach a 13% conversion rate.