Marceleen Mosher

How journalists of color are expanding radio’s definition of a ‘good talker’ Voice standards can shift to ensure clear, dynamic speech without excluding guests who lack training and experience in institutional spaces.

"The vague and subjective criteria of having a story that includes 'good talkers' ... end up favoring experts and guests with experience within and connections to white institutional spaces," writes @lauragarbes.bsky.social. current.org/2025/09/how-...

09.09.2025 14:18 — 👍 14    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0

Listeners Like Who? Exclusion and Resistance in the Public Radio Industry by Laura Garbes

How public radio has perpetuated racial inequality since its founding—and how journalists of color are challenging white dominance in the workplace and on the public airwaves.

Laura Garbes' Listeners Like Who? is out now. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

10.09.2025 18:04 — 👍 27    🔁 17    💬 1    📌 1

Opinion | Public media’s ‘elitism’ is a result of funding failures "Ironically, any elitism that Republicans charge public radio with is a result of their own attacks on the system," Laura Garbes writes.

Essential reading as we reimagine public media. @lauragarbes.bsky.social knocks this out of the park!

10.09.2025 20:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

New study reveals surprising breadth of student reporting in public media - Current College students help cover communities at 88% of stations, according to a report by the University of Vermont’s Center for Community News.

"In almost every corner of America, college students can receive real-world experience at their local public media stations." current.org/2025/06/new-...

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Innovate with Current: The Secret History of Public Media. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. We all know the origin story of public media—the 1960s, Lyndon Johnson, the Public Broadcasting Act, the premiere of Sesame Street, and NPR’s first broadcasts. But public media’s spirit of innovation,...

Join our next "Innovate with Current" webinar Feb. 20 @ 2pm ET. You’ll learn how struggles faced by public media’s previous generations mirror today's challenges with @joshshepperd.bsky.social, Allison Perlman, Laura Garbes and Leslie Fields-Cruz. Register now: uwmadison.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

10.02.2025 18:27 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1