PRX Named to Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2022
PRX is among the top 10 most innovative media companies
Public media organization PRX has been named to Fast Company’s prestigious annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2022.
PRX is named among the top 10 most innovative media companies. Additional recipients in this category include Magnolia Network and Discovery+, 6AM City, and Spotify.
This year’s list honors businesses that are making the biggest impact on their industries and culture as a whole — ultimately thriving in today’s ever-changing world. These companies are creating the future today with some of the most inspiring accomplishments of the 21st century. Approximately 500 organizations are recognized across categories such as design, film & television, music, social good, and more, including Microsoft, Color of Change, The New York Times, A24, Roblox, Samsung, SoundCloud, GitHub, and WarnerMedia.
PRX is a non-profit public media company specializing in audio journalism and storytelling. The organization serves independent producers and organizations by helping them connect to their most engaged, supportive audiences. One of the world’s leading podcast publishers, PRX works in partnership with TED, PBS, the Smithsonian, Futuro Media, GBH, Religion of Sports, and more. PRX is also home to Radiotopia, known as one of the most creative and successful podcast networks. In addition, PRX distributes trusted and treasured public radio programming to hundreds of stations nationwide, including “The World,” “The Moth Radio Hour,” “This American Life,” “Snap Judgment,” “Reveal,” “The Takeaway,” and “Latino USA.” PRX programs have been recognized by the Peabody Awards, the duPont-Columbia Awards, the IDA Documentary Awards, and the Pulitzer Prizes.
In the past year, among other accomplishments, PRX has forged new audio partnerships with acclaimed podcast and radio producers — including Futuro Media and Religion of Sports — opened the PRX Podcast Garage at KQED as a new audio training and community facility, and continued to expand the Radiotopia podcast network through the launch of Radiotopia Presents, a home for bold new limited series from independent creators.
Fast Company’s editors and writers sought out the most groundbreaking businesses across the globe and industries. They also judged nominations received through their application process.
The World’s Most Innovative Companies is Fast Company’s signature franchise and one of its most highly anticipated editorial efforts of the year. It provides both a snapshot and a road map for the future of innovation across the most dynamic sectors of the economy.
Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies issue (March/April 2022) is available online here and on newsstands beginning March 15.
