Melody Kramer is looking at how a listening audience can gain a sense of ownership at a station.
Some conversations about public media, and the role of public radio stations in particular, have been making their way across social media this week.
Melody Kramer, formerly an editor and digital strategist at NPR, is a fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The foundation selected six journalists and media executives to spend a little time at Harvard developing ideas to "advance journalism."
Kramer has been engaged on social media channels asking questions and generating ideas about new models for public media membership. She's considering ways that don't involve direct cash for a community to contribute to a station.
Kramer is also looking at how a listening audience can gain a sense of ownership at a station. Recently, Kramer posted 19 ideas for improving public radio, based on the headline, "If I Ran a Station."
So WNPR's executive producer Catie Talarski decided to chime in.
Below are Kramer's ideas, followed by Talarski's responses, and additional ideas from a couple others at WNPR.
How would you run a public radio station?
