Adopt A Station Un-Wrapped: How to Recycle Data

Semipublic's newest product isn't just a donor engagement tool, it's a way to re-use a dataset of hundreds of thousands of industry social media posts.

Dec 18, 2025 • Alex Curley

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Arkansas TV Says It Could Face a $6 Million Deficit by 2030. The Reality May Be Worse

The Arkansas Educational Television Commission says it will save at least $2 million a year by ending its affiliation with PBS. It may not be enough.

Dec 12, 2025 • Alex Curley

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November 2025

No Kings Protests Were Public Media’s Biggest Facebook Moments of 2025

A study of over 113,000 Facebook posts by public media stations showed that No Kings demonstrations in June and October set user engagement records.

Nov 26, 2025 • Alex Curley

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We're Turning Semipublic Into a Non-Profit

Help us continue to provide actionable, data-driven insights about the public media industry as it changes by contributing to our GoFundMe.

Nov 14, 2025 • Alex Curley

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Help Make Semipublic's First Industry-Wide Survey a Success

We're tracking changes in the public media industry and need your help.

Nov 10, 2025 • Alex Curley

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Public Media Jobs Index: October 2025

A revamped index shows that total listings, as well as average starting salaries for entry to mid-level positions, rose compared to September

Nov 5, 2025 • Alex Curley

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October 2025

2025 Is Now Public Media’s Biggest Year for Lobbying Spending Ever

Also, meet public media's hired lobbyists.

Oct 28, 2025 • Alex Curley

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Introducing a New Jobs Website for Public Media

jobs.semipublic.co aggregates listings from public media job boards across the web into one simple-to-use site.

Oct 15, 2025 • Alex Curley

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Public Media Jobs Index: September 2025

Industry layoffs, even in the two and a half months since the rescissions bill passed, could soon overtake job listings.

Oct 9, 2025 • Alex Curley

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Public Media's New Era Begins Today, For Better or For Worse

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is (functionally) dead. Long live public broadcasting.

Oct 1, 2025 • Alex Curley

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September 2025

My Helene Story, One Year Later

In July, I was asked to talk about why preserving public media's federal funding was important with Sen. Kelly and Rep. McGarvey. Here's what I told…

Sep 26, 2025 • Alex Curley

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Free Press and Current Join Semipublic's CPB Records Request

The two companies have co-signed a records request Semipublic and the State of Local News Project at Northwestern University’s Medill School of…

Sep 17, 2025 • Alex Curley

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