# Current (newspaper)
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{{Short description|American trade journal that covers public broadcasting in the United States}}
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'''''Current''''' started as an American [trade journal](/source/trade_journal) that covers [public broadcasting in the United States](/source/public_broadcasting_in_the_United_States). It was described by the [Public Broadcasting Service](/source/Public_Broadcasting_Service) (PBS) in 2003 as "The most widely read periodical in the field".[{{cite web |url= https://www.pbs.org/aboutpbs/aboutpbs_partners.html |title= About PBS Partners |publisher= [PBS](/source/Public_Broadcasting_Service) |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2003-09-19 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20030919024058/http://www.pbs.org/aboutpbs/aboutpbs_partners.html }}] It was formerly published by ''Current LLC'' and is currently published by the [American University](/source/American_University) School of Communication, where it covers all nonprofit media.[{{cite web |url= http://www.current.org/current/index.shtml |title= What Is ''Current''? |publisher= Current |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2004-12-04 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20041204192541/http://www.current.org/current/index.shtml }}][{{Cite web |date=2017-05-15 |title=Rep. Andy Harris Working to Defund NPR - Chestertown Spy |url=https://chestertownspy.org/2017/05/15/oh-brother-rep-andy-harris-working-to-defund-npr/ |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=chestertownspy.org |language=en-US}}][{{Cite web |last=Mullin |first=Benjamin |date=2014-12-19 |title=Julie Drizin will be executive director of Current |url=https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2014/julie-drizin-will-be-executive-director-of-current/ |access-date=2026-03-23 |website=Poynter |language=en-US}}] The newspaper, founded in 1980, was one of the last creations of the [National Association of Educational Broadcasters](/source/National_Association_of_Educational_Broadcasters), an association of noncommercial broadcasters dating back to 1925,[{{cite web |url= http://current.org/current-timeline/ |title= Current Timeline |access-date= 2017-01-12 |archive-date= 2017-01-13 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170113130352/http://current.org/current-timeline/ |url-status= live |website=Current}}] whose members were leaders in founding PBS and [National Public Radio](/source/National_Public_Radio). After the bankrupted NAEB closed in 1981, ''Current'' resumed publication in 1982 as an independent journalistic service of the public television station [WNET](/source/WNET).[{{Cite news |last=Jensen |first=Elizabeth |date=2010-12-13 |title=Public Broadcaster Is to Sell Current, a Trade Publication |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/13/business/media/13current.html |access-date=2026-03-23 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}] In 2014, Julia Drizin became the executive director.