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 ...

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 ...

Audience analyst Dave Sullivan has been trying to “sound the alarm” about public radio’s declining cume ratings, a key metric for station fundraising and sustainability. The average weekly cume for ...

Rusty Hassan’s career in Washington, D.C., jazz radio spans four stations and more than five decades. His recounting of his times on air and the connections he made in the city’s jazz community are ...

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

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 ...

In a four-part series, the co-authors of “The Growing Strength of Public Media Local Journalism” have excerpted their findings for the Current readership. In the report, the co-authors make the case ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

The Public Media Bridge Fund is awarding $26 million in its first round of grants to public media organizations that are most in need following the loss of federal funding earlier this year. The funds ...

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 ...