KNKX Joins PMFA
Joey Cohn, General Manager of KNKX, offered the following about why they decided to participate.
“I’m proud to have KNKX support the goals of Public Media for All. We are working to build a station whose content and staff represent the diversity of our community. Our plan is to focus that work in three areas—audience, staff & culture, and content.
AUDIENCE—Our work here is to deepen and expand our listenership to be a more inclusive organization, and to represent the entire population as a true community station.
STAFF & CULTURE—Creating an inclusive workplace in which all voices are encouraged and affirmed is a core part of our values as an organization. We acknowledge the need to add diversity to our staff and create an inclusive culture.
CONTENT—We believe that diversity is essential to authentic, accurate storytelling and reporting. We want to introduce audiences to people and ideas they would not be aware of if it weren’t for KNKX. We honor jazz and blues - music from the African Diaspora. We want the music to remain relevant, innovative, uplifting, and celebrated in our community and worldwide.”
PMFA Annual Report 2020 - 2021
Our first year of Public Media for All has brought far more than we ever could of imagine. Our community has rapidly grown, and the impact of our work has reverberated throughout public media. Learn more in the Public Media for All Annual Report 2020 - 2021 We look forward to continuing to work with our partners to grow diversity, equity and inclusion in public media in 2023 and beyond!
WTJU Joins PMFA
Nathan Moore, General Manager of WTJU, offered the following about why they decided to participate.
“As a community radio station, it's incumbent on WTJU to reflect the community we serve. And we need to do better at that. I'm impressed with the action steps laid out by Public Media For All -- they're very smart steps that are clear and doable, while also addressing real structural issues. WTJU needs to work to be more relevant to the diverse people who make up our community and help address divisions and problems that face our community (and beyond). These steps combined with other inclusivity work offer a needed road map to help make that happen.”
Austin PBS Joins PMFA
Lori Bolding, Acting CEO of Austin PBS, offered the following about why they decided to participate.
“The last few years have seen media companies everywhere address the lack of diversity and equity in content, staff, management and consumers. Energized by this cultural shift, Austin PBS is actively laying the groundwork for real, lasting change in our organization. Our vision to be a leader in public media requires us to stand in strong support of station employees, public media colleagues, community partners and viewers who demand meaningful, intentional improvements in inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility.
Austin PBS is proud to stand with Public Media for All, so together we can challenge sources of systemic bias and improve representation within our organization, our community and across public media.”
WUKY Commits To Diversity
Tom Godell, General Manager of WUKY, shared the following update as part of their participation with PMFA, and their commitment to our DEI action items for organizations. They plan to update the Commitment To Diversity page on their website with the status of various PMFA action items as they progress in their DEI work. WUKY serves as an example of how stations that are university licensees can join PMFA.
“WUKY affirms that in a country and a community that has been rapidly diversifying, where people of color will be the majority in a couple of decades, it is imperative to the survival of our organization and the success of our service to rapidly diversify our programming, audiences, donors, staff and leadership.
To accomplish this WUKY commits to:
Present more diverse voices on air and seek out more diverse sources for news.
Reach more diverse audiences through our broadcasts, new media and community events.
Attract more diverse listeners, members and underwriters.
Increase efforts to diversify the WUKY staff.
Beyond the clear business case for diversity, WUKY is taking these steps because these actions are right, just, fair, and inclusive.
Adopted and in effect: June 2021”