What Works Episode 18 | Pam Johnston

What Works: The Future of Local News

Pam Johnston, general manager for news with GBH, has a deep background in local television in Boston at WLVI, and earlier at local stations in Raleigh, North Carolina and Portland, Maine. At GBH, which is a public media company, she has a broad portfolio. She is responsible for news operations across all platforms, including radio, television and digital. She also supervises two NPR programs, GBH's Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Pam joined GBH in 2012 as director of audience development for Frontline, the investigative series, where she is credited with diversifying the audience and connecting it with long-form documentaries, virtual reality experiences and podcasts. Dan has a Quick Take on a multimillion-dollar glitch in ad tech by Gannett, and Ellen reports on a union survey of Tribune Publishing workers that reveals big gaps in pay equity.

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