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Annual Awards Presented at Washington DC Conference

This year's PRNDI awards were presented at the PRNDI annual conference, held in Washington DC. In addition to presenting 93 awards, PRNDI honored long-time public radio trainer David Candow with the Leo C. Lee Award. A news release about the awards is available by clicking here. A complete list of all of the awards presented is available at the PRNDI Awards Page. Want to see conference pictures? Click here.

The Prez Sez:

I'm in Los Angeles with fellow PRNDI Board Member Amy Tardif and PRNDI NewsWorks Trainer Mike Marcotte at the PRPD Conference. We're sharing the news of PRNDI's great new initatives - the regional training sessions, online News Directors Guide, and the Telling The Story Project. We are also here representing PRNDI member stations in discussions and sessions, and advocating for more local news. We've had productive conversations with many PD's, station managers, network representatives, and program producers.

Many other PRNDI members are here, and it's been great to catch up with them. If you happen to be at PRPD, stop by our booth and say hello.

Jonathan Ahl, PRNDI President

Upcoming Events

PRNDI 2009 Annual Conference

June 10-13, 2009
Portland, OR

It's never too soon to mark your calendars for next year's conference and start making plans to be there. Note for the first time, the conference is in June instead of July. Keep checking in with the web site for more information.

Member Profile

Joe Barr
Our latest PRNDI profilee is Joe Barr. He is the news director of Capital Public Radio in Sacramento and says his shop has been going through a number of changes. Read More...

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Telling the Story

Discussion Forum

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PRNDI discussion forum.

Southern Stations - Next Regional Training Coming to YOU!

PRNDI's second regional training will be in Atlanta September 15-16, 2008. To nominate a reporter or get more information, contact Julianne Welby (juliannewelby@yahoo.com).

Our pilot regional training was at Chicago Public Radio in April 2008. We're seeking host stations in the west and northeast for sessions in 2009.

PRNDI News Director Guide

Phase one of this exciting new project will be unveiled at the PRNDI Conference in Washington D.C. There will be opportunity for PRNDI members to see the progress, ask questions, and give input on the future directions we go in completion of the guide. Past PRNDI President Michael Marcotte has made great progress on the on-line guide that will be a constantly evolving resource for PRNDI members use for years to come. The project is the result of a partnership between PRNDI and NPR's Local News Initative.

PRNDI is contributing ongoing programmatic and content expertise to The Public Radio Exchange. The current PRX News Curator is PRNDI Board Member Julianne Welby.

NPR's Local News Initiative

This NPR funded project includes many facets, some of which include involvement and support of PRNDI and its members. All of them have the potential to help PRNDI members improve their product and better serve their audiences. Check out LNI's web site for more information.