PRX’s Mission to Ensure Public Media Remains Vibrant
We invite you to explore our 2024 Annual Report highlights
Below is a reflection from Kerri Hoffman, CEO of PRX:
In a year when trustworthy media has never been more crucial, your support of PRX has helped protect and expand a vital space where authentic storytelling flourishes. Today, I’m excited to share our 2024 Annual Report and audio highlights to celebrate the impact we’ve achieved together:
This year, PRX’s reach extended to virtually every corner of America:
- Our broadcast shows reached 99% of the U.S.
- PRX podcasts were downloaded more than 550 million times.
- The PRX Dovetail publishing platform supports more than 400 shows from 124 organizations and 33 public radio stations.
But numbers tell only part of the story. What matters most is how we’re fulfilling the promise of public media outlined in the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967: encouraging creative risks and serving diverse audiences that commercial media often overlooks.
For two decades, PRX has been at the forefront of change in the audio industry — building the technology and community-centered infrastructure that enables and supports the people making the most engaging, poignant, and innovative audio available. Since our founding, PRX has put more than $140 million directly into the hands of thousands of creators, allowing them to make the audio that drives their passion and never dictating the content they produce.
PRX provides a critical service to local public radio stations around the country, providing high-quality programming at subsidized rates, including intrepid, in-depth journalism through shows like The World, Left, Right & Center, and Reveal. We continue to advance our technology platforms to protect listener privacy, while ensuring creator success. And we champion emerging voices supporting their artistic, technical, and professional success — some of which is reflected in the prodigious awards PRX programming has received this year.
We believe in innovation in service of the public good. In an era where commercial media increasingly chases clicks over substance, your support has allowed PRX to take a different path. We’ve maintained our commitment to supporting creative risks in storytelling, expanding access to diverse voices and perspectives, and developing technology that supports access to public information and podcast innovation.
As we enter 2025, we know the media landscape will continue to face extraordinary challenges. Commercial pressures threaten journalistic independence, while digital giants reshape how stories reach audiences. But with supporters like you, PRX continues to carve out protected space where meaningful storytelling can thrive.
Your continued partnership makes this work possible. Every dollar you invest supports our mission to ensure that public media remains vibrant, diverse, and accessible to all.
With gratitude,
Kerri Hoffman
