This is so sad. I spent so much time and met so many amazing folks at the Seattle Public Library in the summer of 2015 and 2016 when I was in college. Yet another public good being cut...

Wondering how you can support Vocalo right now to save our station? We're collecting letters from ya'll imploring the board to reverse this deplorable decision to shut down our beloved and necessary cultural institution. DM me for more details! #SAVEVOCALO

I’m sad Chicago Public Media decided to end @vocalo. A station that supports local independent artists and journalist of color. Vocalo was my way into public radio
I’m so grateful to every single Vocalo staffer and former staffers for gifting us such a cool station #SaveVocalo

well....it was not an april fools...it's happening ‼️ we're asking YOU to vote on a name for D.C.'s new worker-led news outlet ‼️ there's an option to leave open-ended feedback as well; we're all ears!
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Dear listeners: In the near future, Curious City will no longer be a podcast. But you’ll still find us on the radio and at the WBEZ website.

We’re collecting your favorite memories of the podcast. See slides for more details 💙

Please read and share... a concise story of #VocaloRadio

My position at Vocalo Radio 91.1 was terminated along with our radio broadcast. I singlehandedly produce This is What Chicago Sounds Like & teach our free Audio Storytelling Workshop. with Vocalo moving to streaming form, This is no longer what Chi sounds like 💔 Thank you for all the luv

In the WBEZ Rundown newsletter, readers share their “disgust” and concern over the layoffs:

“It does not make me inclined to give knowing that priorities are to take care of the people on the top at the expense of the rank-and-file.”

We are losing many incredible colleagues at WBEZ & our sister station Vocalo. H/t to Patrick Smith for starting a GoFundMe to help. Please contribute if you can, and spread the word: tinyurl.com/58xbmaaw

WBEZ SAG-AFTRA leadership is deeply disappointed that Chicago Public Media has decided to lay off nine of our colleagues who create some of the station’s most lauded, well-known programs. This decision eliminates our podcast department, which includes the shows Nerdette…

So many people give to WBEZ — whether they listen to these programs or not — because they think leaders value this work & communities it serves, not page views or downloads. That’s what our lame duck CEO, our board, & leadership involved in this decision thoroughly misunderstand.

facing a financial cliff, social services giant heartland alliance plans to close as early as may 1. some of its components will spin off into independent entities. Dilpreet reports cracks appeared in the org’s finances years before they let on.

chicagoreader.com/news-politics/…

So today I learned that Vocalo Radio 91.1 will cease radio broadcast on May 1st. I was there before it had a name. 17 years. Ayana Contreras was my gift to the city. #vocalo (which I ran for years) was my love letter. A cheerleader for our rich arts music + culture. I hope you all felt it.

In the same email WBEZ leadership says we need to 'participate in our diverse communities,' they cut so many of the people on our staff who do just that. Vocalo Radio 91.1 We Make WBEZ + Vocalo

.WBEZ leadership just announced the elimination of our podcast unit, the end of the Vocalo radio broadcast and the layoffs of 14 people. It's only been two years since we were big enough and financially healthy enough to acquire the Sun-Times.

Amazon billed its 'Just Walk Out' stores as some triumph of AI. In reality, it was powered by thousands of low-paid Indian workers manually adding up items in your cart as you shopped.

How insanely dystopian. gizmodo.com/amazon-reporte…

While Burke’s overall margin of victory was incredibly small — about 1,500 votes or 0.3% — the results were anything but close in most precincts across Cook County. Post-race analysis from Alden Loury and Michael Puente: wbez.org/stories/how-bu…

A student asked me a few weeks ago at NICAR how many Black data journalists there are.

The sad irony here is I couldn't give an answer because of inadequate data.

We have to fix this ASAP.