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The Your Public staff toasts during a celebration of WYPR's 20th anniversary in January 2022. Credit: Maddie Bristowe.
The Your Public staff raises their glasses during a celebration of WYPR's 20th anniversary celebrated in 2022. Join our team! Learn more about open positions below. Image credit: Maddie Bristowe.

It takes extraordinarily talented people to bring you the programs you enjoy on WYPR. With the growth at WYPR we will occasionally need experienced self motivated people to work in several departments. Regretfully, we cannot accept telephone applications. Thanks for your interest in WYPR.

Annual EEO Public Report

The Organization

WYPR is a long-standing, reliable source of news, captivating programming and community engagement in the greater Baltimore and Maryland region. 

The mission of Your Public Radio Corporation is to inform, connect and even challenge the listeners we serve in the metropolitan Baltimore area and the State of Maryland by broadcasting programs of intellectual integrity and cultural merit so as to provide an unbiased perspective of the events of today and to enrich the minds and spirits of our audience.

When jobs are posted, submit cover letter (cite recruitment source) and resume using link on the posting or to Business Manager-WYPR, 2216 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218 . No phone calls, please. WYPR is an EOE.

Employment Opportunities

Radio Underwriting Sales Executive

Your Public Radio is the public radio service for Baltimore, Central Maryland, and the Eastern Shore. We are WYPR 88.1 FM (NPR News) and WTMD 89.7 FM (AAA music) and we are seeking a full-time sales professional to join the underwriting team. The Sales Account Executive will be a part of a collaborative and successful sales team. The ideal candidate is responsible for developing revenue by soliciting business, non-profit, and foundation support in the form of underwriting on radio, digital platforms, and event sponsorship. You will use your strong relationship selling skills and develop win-win solutions for our sponsors as they align their brands with the highly valued and trusted resource of public media in the Baltimore area. This goal focused candidate must be able to interpret industry qualitative & quantitative research. If you are super professional, passionate, resilient and a very creative thinker who can work together with the programming and membership departments of both stations and creatively develop and combine opportunities, please apply. Prior media sales experience is a major plus.

Learn more and apply here with cover letter and resume. Alternative mailing address: Business Manager, 2216 N. Charles St., Baltimore., MD. 21218. WYPR is an Equal Opportunity Employer. No phone calls, please.

News Host Full-Time

WYPR 88.1 FM is Baltimore’s NPR radio station. The live News Host will guide WYPR’s listeners through daily news programming in ways that are listener-focused, engaging, personable, and timely. They will be good company, an engaging guide, and let listeners know what’s happening each day in Baltimore and the world. The host delivers the highest public radio standards for presenting news, weather and produced content. The host will also create periodic content for broadcast and digital (e.g., fundraising, web, production and participating in live on-air fundraising), and fill in on other shifts as needed.

Learn more and apply here with cover letter and resume. Alternative mailing address: Business Manager, 2216 N. Charles St., Baltimore., MD. 21218. WYPR is an Equal Opportunity Employer. No phone calls, please.

Institutional Giving Manager

Baltimore Public Media is the public radio service for Baltimore, Central Maryland, and the Eastern Shore. We are WYPR 88.1 FM (NPR News) and WTMD 89.7 FM (AAA music) and we are seeking a full-time Institutional Giving Manager (IGM) to contribute to the strategic growth for both stations by developing and implementing strategies to increase philanthropic support from foundations, corporations, and other organizations. The IGM will serve as a key member of the Major Gifts & Institutional Giving department. This includes tracking funding needs and strategy; prospect research; maintaining the calendar of grant applications; project management for grant applications; writing, preparing, and submitting Letters of Interest (LOIs) and grant applications; calendaring, tracking, and submitting grant reporting on grant deliverables; tracking all documents and program information required by funders; maintaining grants tracking, filing, and database entries; summary of awarded applications and project management of award signature process; developing and fostering relationships with public and private grant makers.

Learn more and apply here with cover letter and resume. Alternative mailing address: Business Manager, 2216 N. Charles St., Baltimore., MD. 21218. WYPR is an Equal Opportunity Employer. No phone calls, please.

Internship Opportunities

WYPR is looking forward to welcoming interns in the near future. We will provide more information on upcoming opportunities soon.