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APM's Mission

Atlantic Public Media issues an open invitation to every citizen to participate in public broadcasting. We create new and innovative public media institutions, acclaimed series and documentaries, award-winning websites, and a public radio service known for its vitality and creativity – all in the effort to keep the public in public media.

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A Laboratory for the Local...

WCAIWCAI - Cape & the Islands
Atlantic Public Media founded the Cape and Islands public radio station. Through our partnership with WGBH, WCAI has become part of the fabric of the community and, though our innovative and experimental local work, we provide blueprints to other public radio stations around the country.

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New Models for Distribution...

PRXPublic Radio Exchange
Atlantic Public Media co-founded the Public Radio Exchange (prx.org) an Internet-based distribution system for public media, which allows every citizen’s voice to reach the public radio system. PRX received the MacArthur Foundation’s “Genius Organization Award.”

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Unexpected Perspectives...

TransomThis I Believe
APM co-creates This I Believe, which goes beyond the daily news to involve people from all walks of life speaking about what matters most. More than 50,000 people have written essays, and the first book was a New York Times bestseller.

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Training the Next Generation...

TransomTransom.org
Transom.org is an online resource for the next generation of public media makers – a master class and audition stage offering all the tools needed to tell a story, and the inspiration to make that story matter. Transom is the first website ever to win the Peabody Award.

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Peabody AwardOur Series

Atlantic Public Media and its founder Jay Allison have won most of the major awards in broadcasting, including the duPont Columbia and five Peabodys. Some of our productions and collaborations are Lost & Found Sound, Stories from the Heart of the Land, Hidden Kitchens, Life Stories, and hundreds of individual documentaries and features.

Announcements

  • An essay by someone who wants to hear us (03/12/1999)
  • NEH Grant received for Oral History Project (08/26/1998)
  • Big News: WGBH and CICPR join forces! (09/17/1997)

    Press Clippings

  • Giving voice to the voiceless (06/ 7/2007)
  • NY Times: What Does Someone Believe? One Man Has the Answer (11/23/2006)
  • Jay Allison on The Diane Rehm Show (11/23/2006)
  • Jay Allison on The Brian Lehrer Show (11/23/2006)
  • Jay Allison on Fresh Air (10/24/2006)

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    A Gift
    In the early going, photographer Joel Meyerowitz, bless his heart, gave us the use of this image... to anticipate our signal crossing the water. This image, and the single word, "LISTEN," are now the signature of WNAN and WCAI.

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