AIR (Association of Independents in Radio)
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We're a vibrant network of media makers from across the US and all over the world who come together to share resources and training. Join us: https://airmedia.org/.
Happening TODAY — Don’t Miss AIR’s Annual Member Meeting!
🗓️ TODAY, Fri, Dec 12
🕐 12–1 PM EST
🎟️ RSVP NOW: ow.ly/gpBN50XulnG
🗓️ TODAY, Fri, Dec 12
🕐 12–1 PM EST
🎟️ RSVP NOW: ow.ly/gpBN50XulnG
December 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Happening TODAY — Don’t Miss AIR’s Annual Member Meeting!
🗓️ TODAY, Fri, Dec 12
🕐 12–1 PM EST
🎟️ RSVP NOW: ow.ly/gpBN50XulnG
🗓️ TODAY, Fri, Dec 12
🕐 12–1 PM EST
🎟️ RSVP NOW: ow.ly/gpBN50XulnG
Happening TODAY — Don’t Miss AIR’s Annual Member Meeting!
🗓️ TODAY, Fri, Dec 12
🕐 12–1 PM EST
🎟️ RSVP NOW: ow.ly/gpBN50XulnG
🗓️ TODAY, Fri, Dec 12
🕐 12–1 PM EST
🎟️ RSVP NOW: ow.ly/gpBN50XulnG
December 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Happening TODAY — Don’t Miss AIR’s Annual Member Meeting!
🗓️ TODAY, Fri, Dec 12
🕐 12–1 PM EST
🎟️ RSVP NOW: ow.ly/gpBN50XulnG
🗓️ TODAY, Fri, Dec 12
🕐 12–1 PM EST
🎟️ RSVP NOW: ow.ly/gpBN50XulnG
AIR Member @thebgates.bsky.social, "Today We Almost Died" is a fictional narrative podcast set in early-pandemic Brooklyn, following four roommates whose secrets and conflicts threaten their fragile coexistence. A gripping look at resilience, trust, identity & survival. Learn more: ow.ly/w5qS50XHrWb
December 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
AIR Member @thebgates.bsky.social, "Today We Almost Died" is a fictional narrative podcast set in early-pandemic Brooklyn, following four roommates whose secrets and conflicts threaten their fragile coexistence. A gripping look at resilience, trust, identity & survival. Learn more: ow.ly/w5qS50XHrWb
We’re proud of this moment and even more proud of the independents who make this work matter.
Tell us, what part of AIR’s work are you most excited to see grow?
Learn more: bit.ly/AIRfuture
Tell us, what part of AIR’s work are you most excited to see grow?
Learn more: bit.ly/AIRfuture
December 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
We’re proud of this moment and even more proud of the independents who make this work matter.
Tell us, what part of AIR’s work are you most excited to see grow?
Learn more: bit.ly/AIRfuture
Tell us, what part of AIR’s work are you most excited to see grow?
Learn more: bit.ly/AIRfuture
This partnership helps AIR expand creator support, build a stronger workforce, deepen our advocacy work, and grow the models that will move our field forward.
December 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This partnership helps AIR expand creator support, build a stronger workforce, deepen our advocacy work, and grow the models that will move our field forward.
Big news for our community. AIR has received a $1.5M investment from the Ford Foundation to strengthen and support the future of independent audio.
December 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Big news for our community. AIR has received a $1.5M investment from the Ford Foundation to strengthen and support the future of independent audio.
It’s time for AIR’s Annual Member Meeting!
🗓️ Fri, Dec 12
🕐 12 - 1 pm EST
🎟️ RSVP today: ow.ly/gpBN50XulnG
🗓️ Fri, Dec 12
🕐 12 - 1 pm EST
🎟️ RSVP today: ow.ly/gpBN50XulnG
December 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
It’s time for AIR’s Annual Member Meeting!
🗓️ Fri, Dec 12
🕐 12 - 1 pm EST
🎟️ RSVP today: ow.ly/gpBN50XulnG
🗓️ Fri, Dec 12
🕐 12 - 1 pm EST
🎟️ RSVP today: ow.ly/gpBN50XulnG
It’s Giving Tuesday ❤️, and there are many ways to support independent audio creators today. Pick the option that best reflects how you want to support this community.
December 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It’s Giving Tuesday ❤️, and there are many ways to support independent audio creators today. Pick the option that best reflects how you want to support this community.
Abigail Ruhman is the new Health Reporter at KERA in Dallas, Texas. Until Mid-August, they were the statewide health reporter for Indiana Public Broadcasting. Ruhman's goal is to be an accessible resource on complicated issues like health policy and Medicaid for their audience and colleagues.
November 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Abigail Ruhman is the new Health Reporter at KERA in Dallas, Texas. Until Mid-August, they were the statewide health reporter for Indiana Public Broadcasting. Ruhman's goal is to be an accessible resource on complicated issues like health policy and Medicaid for their audience and colleagues.
Christina Lee is an Ambie-nominated host, writer, and producer who "...stumbled into podcasting back in 2017, when [she] cohosted a podcast for WABE and PRX called "Bottom of the Map." [She] joined AIR because [she] has show ideas of [her] own and wants to learn how to bring them to life."
November 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Christina Lee is an Ambie-nominated host, writer, and producer who "...stumbled into podcasting back in 2017, when [she] cohosted a podcast for WABE and PRX called "Bottom of the Map." [She] joined AIR because [she] has show ideas of [her] own and wants to learn how to bring them to life."
This week’s Storyfund project: Conjure — a supernatural drama abt a millennial Conjurer in Brooklyn w/ bad luck, worse exes + a magical turf war on her hands. Oh, and she might be the Chosen One. B/c of course. Join the virtual listening party 11/14: bit.ly/483fHPc
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This week’s Storyfund project: Conjure — a supernatural drama abt a millennial Conjurer in Brooklyn w/ bad luck, worse exes + a magical turf war on her hands. Oh, and she might be the Chosen One. B/c of course. Join the virtual listening party 11/14: bit.ly/483fHPc
What an incredible weekend at RESONATE!
AIR is so grateful to have connected with so many wonderful and familiar faces — from our Board and Staff to members and friends across the audio world.
AIR is so grateful to have connected with so many wonderful and familiar faces — from our Board and Staff to members and friends across the audio world.
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
What an incredible weekend at RESONATE!
AIR is so grateful to have connected with so many wonderful and familiar faces — from our Board and Staff to members and friends across the audio world.
AIR is so grateful to have connected with so many wonderful and familiar faces — from our Board and Staff to members and friends across the audio world.
Are you at RESONATE? Don’t miss your chance to win a Audio-Technica AT8035 Mic
Enter our in-person raffle at RESONATE + boost your odds by:
📬 Joining AIR’s newsletter: lnkd.in/d3HUYrEf
📸 Snapping a photo at our step-and-repeat + tagging us on social media
💰 Purchasing or renewing ur AIR membership
Enter our in-person raffle at RESONATE + boost your odds by:
📬 Joining AIR’s newsletter: lnkd.in/d3HUYrEf
📸 Snapping a photo at our step-and-repeat + tagging us on social media
💰 Purchasing or renewing ur AIR membership
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Are you at RESONATE? Don’t miss your chance to win a Audio-Technica AT8035 Mic
Enter our in-person raffle at RESONATE + boost your odds by:
📬 Joining AIR’s newsletter: lnkd.in/d3HUYrEf
📸 Snapping a photo at our step-and-repeat + tagging us on social media
💰 Purchasing or renewing ur AIR membership
Enter our in-person raffle at RESONATE + boost your odds by:
📬 Joining AIR’s newsletter: lnkd.in/d3HUYrEf
📸 Snapping a photo at our step-and-repeat + tagging us on social media
💰 Purchasing or renewing ur AIR membership
AIR Opens 2025 Board Nominations to Strengthen Leadership and Support Independent Audio’s Future!
We’re seeking candidates with experience in funding, development, or fundraising who understand today’s nonprofit challenges and can help strengthen AIR’s foundation.
Learn more: ow.ly/5v1750Xorz8
We’re seeking candidates with experience in funding, development, or fundraising who understand today’s nonprofit challenges and can help strengthen AIR’s foundation.
Learn more: ow.ly/5v1750Xorz8
November 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
AIR Opens 2025 Board Nominations to Strengthen Leadership and Support Independent Audio’s Future!
We’re seeking candidates with experience in funding, development, or fundraising who understand today’s nonprofit challenges and can help strengthen AIR’s foundation.
Learn more: ow.ly/5v1750Xorz8
We’re seeking candidates with experience in funding, development, or fundraising who understand today’s nonprofit challenges and can help strengthen AIR’s foundation.
Learn more: ow.ly/5v1750Xorz8
[SoundPath Webinar] @indiejournalists.bsky.social Presents Save Time, Money, and Clients with Clear Project Scoping
🗓️ Fri, Nov 14
🕐 9am PT / 12pm ET
🗣 Moderator and panelists: John Asante, @dnnsfnk.bsky.social, @lushikll.bsky.social, and Isis Madrid
🎟️ RSVP for free: ow.ly/1jnj50Xn9zw
🗓️ Fri, Nov 14
🕐 9am PT / 12pm ET
🗣 Moderator and panelists: John Asante, @dnnsfnk.bsky.social, @lushikll.bsky.social, and Isis Madrid
🎟️ RSVP for free: ow.ly/1jnj50Xn9zw
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
[SoundPath Webinar] @indiejournalists.bsky.social Presents Save Time, Money, and Clients with Clear Project Scoping
🗓️ Fri, Nov 14
🕐 9am PT / 12pm ET
🗣 Moderator and panelists: John Asante, @dnnsfnk.bsky.social, @lushikll.bsky.social, and Isis Madrid
🎟️ RSVP for free: ow.ly/1jnj50Xn9zw
🗓️ Fri, Nov 14
🕐 9am PT / 12pm ET
🗣 Moderator and panelists: John Asante, @dnnsfnk.bsky.social, @lushikll.bsky.social, and Isis Madrid
🎟️ RSVP for free: ow.ly/1jnj50Xn9zw
Dianne Ballon Sound encompasses the preservation of AIR Member Dianne Ballon’s birding sound recordings, captured 20+ years ago on DAT, which are being digitized and transcribed for her archive + Bowdoin College—urgent preservation for 21 hours of sonic history.
November 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Dianne Ballon Sound encompasses the preservation of AIR Member Dianne Ballon’s birding sound recordings, captured 20+ years ago on DAT, which are being digitized and transcribed for her archive + Bowdoin College—urgent preservation for 21 hours of sonic history.
We’re so hyped to celebrate AIR Board Co-President @tastykeish and her much-anticipated podcast, “The Secret Life of TK Dutes!”
October 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We’re so hyped to celebrate AIR Board Co-President @tastykeish and her much-anticipated podcast, “The Secret Life of TK Dutes!”
Meet this week’s New Voices Public Radio Fellow: Katie Reuther, a Chinese American audio producer + documentarian exploring adoption, identity + belonging. She’s worked w/ Marketplace, APM Studios + Heritage Radio Network. Her work's archived at Library of Congress + Smithsonian: ow.ly/R8Gf50XjQTh
October 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Meet this week’s New Voices Public Radio Fellow: Katie Reuther, a Chinese American audio producer + documentarian exploring adoption, identity + belonging. She’s worked w/ Marketplace, APM Studios + Heritage Radio Network. Her work's archived at Library of Congress + Smithsonian: ow.ly/R8Gf50XjQTh
🕸️ Got a car gathering cobwebs? Let it spin a new story—one that supports independent audio creators!
Instead of letting that dusty ride sit in the shadows, donate it through AIR’s partnership with CARS. It’s easy, tax-deductible, and makes a real impact for indie audio.
Instead of letting that dusty ride sit in the shadows, donate it through AIR’s partnership with CARS. It’s easy, tax-deductible, and makes a real impact for indie audio.
October 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
🕸️ Got a car gathering cobwebs? Let it spin a new story—one that supports independent audio creators!
Instead of letting that dusty ride sit in the shadows, donate it through AIR’s partnership with CARS. It’s easy, tax-deductible, and makes a real impact for indie audio.
Instead of letting that dusty ride sit in the shadows, donate it through AIR’s partnership with CARS. It’s easy, tax-deductible, and makes a real impact for indie audio.
Meet Relando Thompkins-Jones — a macro social worker, educator, and consultant using storytelling + media to advance equity and social justice.
He founded Social Justice Origin Stories to create space for reflection, connection, and collective action.
Connect with him: airmedia.org/talent/relan...
He founded Social Justice Origin Stories to create space for reflection, connection, and collective action.
Connect with him: airmedia.org/talent/relan...
October 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Meet Relando Thompkins-Jones — a macro social worker, educator, and consultant using storytelling + media to advance equity and social justice.
He founded Social Justice Origin Stories to create space for reflection, connection, and collective action.
Connect with him: airmedia.org/talent/relan...
He founded Social Justice Origin Stories to create space for reflection, connection, and collective action.
Connect with him: airmedia.org/talent/relan...
Our winners list keeps growing! 🎉 Huge congrats to Audio Maverick, Candy Ears, and all the amazing AIR members honored at the Signal Awards. 🏆 Got award news of your own? Drop us a note — we love celebrating your wins!
October 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Our winners list keeps growing! 🎉 Huge congrats to Audio Maverick, Candy Ears, and all the amazing AIR members honored at the Signal Awards. 🏆 Got award news of your own? Drop us a note — we love celebrating your wins!
Meet the production team behind Radio Workshop’s documentary-style podcast and find out more about our audio storytelling work across Africa.
RSVP here: ow.ly/qtKA50XfHg6
RSVP here: ow.ly/qtKA50XfHg6
October 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Meet the production team behind Radio Workshop’s documentary-style podcast and find out more about our audio storytelling work across Africa.
RSVP here: ow.ly/qtKA50XfHg6
RSVP here: ow.ly/qtKA50XfHg6
Congratulations to AIR Members Lisa Woolfork, Toni Kennedy, and Anna DeShawn, who won big at the Black Podcasting Awards!
Lisa is a triple threat, and her podcast Stitch Please won three awards: Best Arts Podcast, Best Black Girl Magic Podcast, and Best Longtime Podcast.
Lisa is a triple threat, and her podcast Stitch Please won three awards: Best Arts Podcast, Best Black Girl Magic Podcast, and Best Longtime Podcast.
October 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Congratulations to AIR Members Lisa Woolfork, Toni Kennedy, and Anna DeShawn, who won big at the Black Podcasting Awards!
Lisa is a triple threat, and her podcast Stitch Please won three awards: Best Arts Podcast, Best Black Girl Magic Podcast, and Best Longtime Podcast.
Lisa is a triple threat, and her podcast Stitch Please won three awards: Best Arts Podcast, Best Black Girl Magic Podcast, and Best Longtime Podcast.
Meet this week’s New Voices Public Radio fellow: LaShawn L. Hudson!
An Atlanta-based multimedia journalist, LaShawn tells powerful stories across print, video, digital + radio. She’s a producer/reporter for WABE’s Closer Look w/ Rose Scott + an AABJ Pioneer Award winner airmedia.org/talent/lasha...
An Atlanta-based multimedia journalist, LaShawn tells powerful stories across print, video, digital + radio. She’s a producer/reporter for WABE’s Closer Look w/ Rose Scott + an AABJ Pioneer Award winner airmedia.org/talent/lasha...
October 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Meet this week’s New Voices Public Radio fellow: LaShawn L. Hudson!
An Atlanta-based multimedia journalist, LaShawn tells powerful stories across print, video, digital + radio. She’s a producer/reporter for WABE’s Closer Look w/ Rose Scott + an AABJ Pioneer Award winner airmedia.org/talent/lasha...
An Atlanta-based multimedia journalist, LaShawn tells powerful stories across print, video, digital + radio. She’s a producer/reporter for WABE’s Closer Look w/ Rose Scott + an AABJ Pioneer Award winner airmedia.org/talent/lasha...
AIR's Community Access Fund provides financial assistance to indep audio makers who need help obtaining an AIR membership. This fund aims to break down financial barriers + ensure talented indiv access vital resources, prof devel + community connections: givebutter.com/airaccessfund
October 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
AIR's Community Access Fund provides financial assistance to indep audio makers who need help obtaining an AIR membership. This fund aims to break down financial barriers + ensure talented indiv access vital resources, prof devel + community connections: givebutter.com/airaccessfund