Partners
This paper is intended as a shared statement about public media’s collective commitment to play a strong role in helping to address America’s information crisis. The following leaders across public media and its related organizations hereby endorse this vision.
Matt Abramovitz
President, New England Public Media
Royal Aills
Executive Director, Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Sarah Ashworth
Director of Radio, Wisconsin Public Radio
Steve Bass
President & CEO, Oregon Public Broadcasting
Matt Bingay
Executive Director & General Manager, WMRA
Renai Bodley Miller
President and General Manager, KPCW
Chris Bolt
Executive Director & General Manager, WAER Syracuse Public Media
Pete Booker
General Manager, Delaware Public Media
Michael Brasher
General Manager, KANW
Mark Brewer
General Manager, WOUB Public Media
Kerry Bringhurst
Station Manager, Utah Public Radio
David Brinkley
Executive Director, WKU Public Radio
Tim Bruno
General Manager, Radio Catskill
Asia Burnett
Station Manager, WKMS
Barbara Clark
Development Director, WRKF Baton Rouge Public Radio
Zoe Clark
Interim General Manager, Michigan Radio
Joey Cohn
President & General Manager, KNKX
Mark Contreras
President & CEO, Connecticut Public Broadcasting
A. Rima Dael
General Manager, WSHU Public Radio
William Dahlberg
Executive Director, Public Radio WBHM
Virginia Dambach
Executive Director, The University Station Alliance
Bill Davis
Principal, Station Resource Group
Luke Dennis
General Manager, WYSO
Jennifer Dorian
President & CEO, WABE Atlanta
Duchesne Drew
President, Minnesota Public Radio
Brian Duggan
General Manager, KUNR Public Radio
Mike Dunn
Director, KBIA
Roger Duvall
General Manager, WVTF Radio IQ
Randy Eccles
General Manager, NPR Illinois
Richard Eiswerth
President, General Manager & CEO, Cincinnati Public Radio
Jody Evans Hamblett
General Manager, WUOT
Jennifer Ferro
President, KCRW
Scott Finn
President & CEO, Vermont Public
Fred Fletcher-Fierro
Interim General Manager, KRPS
Jack Gibson
CEO, AZPM
Stephen George
President & CEO, Louisville Public Media
Susan Goldberg
President & CEO, GBH
Abby Goldstein
President & Executive Director, Public Radio Program Directors Association
Michal Heiplik
President, CDP
Ron Hetrick
President & CEO, WITF.
Debbie Hiott
General Manager, KUT & KUTX
Kerri Hoffman
CEO, PRX
Phil Hoffman
General Manager, Ball State Public Media
Rachel Hubbard
Executive Director, KOSU
Bert Wesley Huffman
President & CEO, Georgia Public Broadcasting
Anthony Hunt
Station Manager, WVPE
Paul Hunton
President, WUNC- North Carolina Public Radio
Tim Isgitt
CEO, Public Media Company
Michael Isip
President & CEO, KQED
Eddie Isom
Interim Executive Director, West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Bill Johnson
General Manager, WRTI
Myrna Johnson
Executive Director, Iowa Public Radio
Mollie Kabler
Executive Director, CoastAlaska
Brad Kimmel
Executive Director, WTIU/WFIU
Rachel Knight
General Manager, KSMU
Christina Kuzmych
General Manager, Wyoming Public Media
John LaBonia
CEO, WLRN Public Media
Roger LaMay
General Manager, WXPN
John Lansing
President & CEO, NPR
Frank Lanzone, Jr.
President & General Manager, KCBX
David Lee
President & General Manager, WUWM
Mark Leonard
General Manager, Nebraska Public Media
Nico Leone
President & CEO, KERA
Corey Lewis
General Manager, WGCU
Margaret Low
CEO, WBUR
Paul Maassen
General Manager, WWNO New Orleans Public Radio
Joyce MacDonald
President & CEO, Greater Public
Ju-Don Marshall
President & CEO, WFAE
Kevin Martin
President & CEO, ideastream Public Media
Deanna Martin Mackey
General Manager, KPBS
Caryn Mathes
President & General Manager, KUOW
RC McBride
General Manager, WGLT
David McGowan
President & CEO, WJCT Public Media
Kyra McGrath
President, New Ventures & Enterprises, WHYY
Charles McLarty
President & CEO, WKNO Public Media
Tom Michael
General Manager, Boise State Public Radio
Miguel Monteverde, Jr.
Senior Vice President & General Manager, WETA
Matt Moog
CEO, Chicago Public Media
Joe Moore
President & General Manager, KVPR
Sarah Morris
General Manager, KCUR
Amanda Mountain
President & CEO, Rocky Mountain Public Media
Heather Norman
General Manager, Tri States Public Radio
Maria O’Mara
Executive Director, KUER & PBS Utah
Terry O’Reilly
President & CEO, Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation
LaFontaine Oliver
President & CEO, New York Public Radio
Mary Olson
General Manager, KCLU Radio
Christine Paige Diers
Executive Director, Public Media Journalists Association
Tina Pamintuan
CEO, St Louis Public Radio
Peter Payette
Executive Director, Interlochen Public Radio
Elise Pepple
Executive Director, Marfa Public Radio
Jeffrey Pope
CEO & General Manager, Blue Ridge Public Radio
Dick Pryor
General Manager, KGOU Radio
Erika Pulley-Hayes
General Manager, WAMU
Jim Rademaker
General Manager, WGVU Public Media
Breeze Richardson
Executive Director, Aspen Public Radio
Joe Riley
President & CEO, KWBU, Waco Public Radio
Jim Rondeau
General Manager, KLCC Public Media
Jaclyn Sallee
President & CEO, Koahnic Broadcast Corporation
Mike Savage
Director & General Manger, WEKU
Herb Scannell
CEO & President, Southern California Public Radio
Jim Schachter
President & CEO, New Hampshire Public Radio
Bert Schmidt
President & CEO, WHRO
Rick Schneider
President & CEO, Maine Public
Jonathan Seaborn
General Manager, Little Rock Public Radio
Lisa Shumate
Associate Vice President, University of Houston System & General Manager, Houston Public Media
Norm Silverstein
President & CEO, WXXI Public Media
Joyce Slocum
President & CEO, Texas Public Radio
Judith Smelser
President & General Manager, WMFE Public Media
Mike Starling
President & General Manager, WHCP, Mid-Shore Community Radio
Jayme Swain
President & CEO, VPM
Steve Swenson
President & CEO, Nashville Public Radio
Jean Taylor
CEO, American Public Media Group
Mitch Teich
Station Manager, North Country Public Radio
Tammy Terwelp
President & CEO, KUNC
Bill Thomas
Director of Radio, Prairie Public
Richard Towne
General Manager, KUNM Radio Albuquerque
Shirlee Tully & Vijay Singh
Interim General Management Team, CapRadio
Shawn Turner
General Manager & Director of Broadcasting, WKAR
Ed Ulman
President & CEO, Alaska Public Media
JoAnn Urofsky
General Manager, WUSF Public Media
Stewart Vanderwilt
CEO, Colorado Public Radio & Denverite
Adrian Velarde
General Manager, KRWG Public Media
Mark Vogelzang
CEO, KNPR Nevada Public Radio
Paul Westhelle
Executive Director, Jefferson Public Radio
Rick Westover
Interim General Manager, WCMU Public Media
Leigh Wood
General Manager, KUAF Public Media
Tom Yoder
Executive Director, KSJD,
Community Radio Project
Mary Zatina
General Manager, WDET, Detroit Public Radio
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>> Wisconsin Public Radio: Lee Ester Journalism Fellow Phoebe Petrovic covering the Gov. Tony Evers inauguration at the State Capitol (Credit: J. Potter)
“Investment in local public media is at the heart of solving the news and information crisis facing Americans today. Even in a metropolis as large as New York City, local news is under severe threat. New York Public Radio is proud to be part of a coalition of public media stations alongside NPR that are committed to providing free and accessible journalism in diverse communities across the United States.”
— LaFontaine E. Oliver, President and CEO, New York Public Radio
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Gulf States Newsroom senior reporter Stephan Bisaha outside of the Huge Black Federal Building in Birmingham, Alabama (Credit: Rashah McChesney)
Louisville Public Media reporter Jacob Munoz (Credit: J. Tyler Franklin)
Audience members at the Block Party hosted by Rocky Mountain Public Media’s The Drop in Denver, Colorado (Credit: Gerardo Federico)
Reporter Caitlin Andrews at Springworks aquaponic farm, for a story that was a part of Maine Public's Climate Driven series. (Credit: Rebecca Conley)