Werman will also serve as the University’s First Journalist in Residence. Based out of GBH in Boston, the International News Show “The World” is distributed by PRX to nearly 300 public radio stations across the U.S. — PRX, GBH, and the University of California San Diego today announced that Marco Werman, host of the international news program “The World” from GBH and PRX, will serve as Journalist in Residence for UC San Diego’s Department of Communication. …

Producers from France, Colombia, Malaysia, Taiwan, and the U.S. will participate in the global training program for creators seeking to level up their productions across topics and genres including personal finance, true crime, fiction, the environment, experimental storytelling, and parenthood — Public media organization PRX — one of the leading podcast publishers — today announced participants in the 2022 Google Podcasts creator program, a podcast accelerator and intensive 20-week training program for audio producers around the world. …

The cast features Lindsay Nicole Chambers, Rachael Grace Holmes, Jon-Michael Reese, Joseph Medeiros, and Chris Barron of the Spin Doctors. Performers include Glynn Washington, Mo Rocca, and Joshua Malina. “Newts!” is inspired by the work of 20th century science fiction pioneer Karel Čapek — Podcast creators Ian Coss (“Forever Is A Long Time”) and theater artist and screenwriter Sam Jay Gold today announced “Newts!”, a new audio drama with original music. Made in partnership with the iconic fiction podcast “The Truth” from Jonathan Mitchell and PRX Productions, “Newts!” …

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights organization awarded the seven-part serial investigation in the radio category — Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights has named the multi-part series “Mississippi Goddam: The Ballad of Billey Joe” from Reveal and public media organization PRX the winner of a 2022 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award in the radio category. The 2022 RFK Book and Journalism Awards ceremony took place on May…

Hosted by public media health reporter Rosemary Westwood, “Banned” will track how “the nation’s toughest abortion ban” moved through the federal court system to the U.S. Supreme Court, leading to this consequential moment in America. The podcast will also feature reporting from the Jackson Women’s Health Organization in Mississippi, the only clinic of its kind in the state — Public media organizations WWNO in New Orleans, WRKF in Baton Rouge, and PRX today announced “Banned: The Mississippi Case to End Roe V. Wade,” a new podcast series.

Applications for the PRX Journalism Podcast Accelerator are now open to journalists in communities supported by Knight Foundation who want to refine, re-launch, or sustain a podcast — Public media organization PRX today announced the PRX Journalism Podcast Accelerator, a podcast development and training program for local journalists across the United States who are located in and serving communities supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. …

“For a distinguished example of audio journalism that serves the public interest, characterized by revelatory reporting and illuminating storytelling” — The Pulitzer Prizes announced the winners of the 2022 awards, naming the podcast series “Suave” from Futuro Studios and public media organization PRX as the winner in the Audio Reporting category. “Suave” is a seven-part podcast series about the criminal justice system that sentences juveniles to life in prison —…

The WNET Group, KERA, East Tennessee PBS, Ball State PBS, and KSPS PBS to develop new podcasts for kids and caregivers — PRX, PBS KIDS, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) today announced a Ready To Learn Podcast Accelerator training program for five teams of public media producers from stations across the United States to develop new educational on-demand audio programming for children ages 2–8 and their caregivers. This podcast training…

The winners of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards were announced today, honoring brave concepts, companies, policies, and designs that are pursuing innovation for the good of society and the planet. “Ear Hustle” — part of the Radiotopia podcast network from PRX, sharing the daily realities of life in…