PRNDI | Mission & Goals

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PRNDI's Mission

PRNDI is a non-profit professional association that exists to improve local news and information programming by serving public radio journalists.

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PRNDI educates, advocates and organizes to promote high standards, ethical principles, and significant public service.

PRNDI's Goals

Strengthen the skills, capacity & professional position of News Directors and, through them, strengthen public radio's local news & public affairs efforts in ways that are embraced by audiences, station leaders, networks and supporters.

  • Training at the national conference
  • News Director Handbook
  • Training at the regional level
  • Web resources
  • National training outside of the conference

Foster a compelling vision of service and a sustainable business model for local public radio news & public affairs that is broadly embraced by station leaders, networks and public radio's supporters.

  • Research
  • Engage with decision-makers in organized way
  • "Proven Practice" business models - different sites/formats
  • Develop funding agenda for CPB
  • Create a "Leaders Circle"

Discussion Forum

Check out the new
PRNDI discussion forum.

PRNDI Training


Upcoming Webinars:

Stay tuned!

Registration information will be sent to PRNDI members via e-mail ahead of each event. 

Questions?  Want a link to a webinar you missed? Suggestions for webinars in 2012?  Contact George Bodarky at gbodarky@wfuv.org

PRNDI News Director Guide

The Public Radio News Director Guide (PRNDG) is now online.  Written by former PRNDI President Michael Marcotte, the PRNDG is a field guide for Public Radio News Directors around the country.  It's organized in six chapters and deals with a wide variety of topics facing today's Public Radio newsroom and newsroom manager.  The PRNDG is a joint project of PRNDI and NPR's Local News Initiative.  It's available at http://www.prndg.org/.


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.