PRPD President Jody Evans has elected not to renew her contract and will be departing the national service organization in the late spring of 2019.

The Cronkite School at Arizona State University is seeking applicants for the Editorial Integrity and Leadership Initiative, which will provide training for 100 editors to strengthen their ability to lead public media’s growing newsrooms and collaborations while upholding the highest editorial standards. All expenses are paid.

For just a bit over an hour, The New York Times’ Theo Balcomb and Michael Barbaro walked PRPD18 attendees through the genesis and evolution of “The Daily.” The podcast is an unqualified success that’s now taking root on public radio stations and the crowd was primed to hear Balcomb and Barbaro share some of the ingredients in the secret sauce.

The podcast landscape has now gotten much more interesting. Google's new podcast strategy has the potential to dramatically change two areas that have hampered podcasting: recommendation and discovery.

Start planning now to attend the 2019 Content Conference in Minneapolis....

Community engagement has reached an inflection point. The promise of deeper, richer relationships with a wider cross section of our community has been smacking headlong into cynicism as local station leaders struggled to get started. Public radio stations can’t stay stuck in neutral any longer. 

2018 Content Conference Online!

Yes, you read that right. PRTS 10! Ten years of tech survey. The PRTS helps inform your content creation, as well as your budgeting process, and it’s the most comprehensive, trackable survey available to all public radio stations in the U.S.

We are so excited to gather next week in Austin for PRPD's 2018 Content Conference.  The agenda is jam packed with great sessions and opportunities to network with your colleagues. But we also know that all work and no play makes Jack a very dull public radio colleague so we want to encourage you to get out and experience Austin - one of the greatest cities in the world.

We are just a week away from the 2018 Content Conference and we are excited to see everyone in Austin, TX.