Ideastream Public Media serves the people of Northeast Ohio as a trusted and dynamic multimedia source for illuminating the world around us. Publicly supported and locally owned, Ideastream Public Media is indispensable and highly valued for its unique ability to strengthen our community.

Our Vision

Ideastream Public Media is indispensable and highly valued for its unique ability to strengthen our community.

Our Mission

Ideastream Public Media is a trusted and dynamic multimedia source for illuminating the world around us.

History

In 2001, the boards of WVIZ and WCPN consolidated all resources in ideastream, a new multimedia public service organization that applies the power of media to education and public service. The purpose of consolidation was to leverage assets to achieve greater cost effective community service using all forms of media.

In 2002, ideastream launched a model partnership with the Playhouse Square Foundation to build a regional resource for the arts, technology and education. Following a combined capital campaign completed in 2005, the Idea Center became the headquarters of ideastream, a home for Playhouse Square Community Engagement and Education and a community gathering place. In 2006, ideastream completed its physical consolidation of all staff and production facilities and moved into the Idea Center. WCLV subsequently moved to the Idea Center in 2010 and became a part of ideastream in 2013.

ideastream became Ideastream Public Media in 2021, the 20th anniversary year of its founding.

The transition to Ideastream Public Media was more than a name and logo change. It signaled the organization’s continued evolution and symbolized Ideastream Public Media’s stations and services coming together as a unified organization to strengthen the community.

Today, Ideastream Public Media is the home of five public television stations (WVIZ, WVIZ OHIO, WVIZ WORLD, WVIZ CREATE and WVIZ KIDS); WCPN, Northeast Ohio’s NPR news and public affairs radio station; and WCLV, Northeast Ohio’s classical music radio station. Ideastream Public Media produces the award-winning children’s series “NewsDepth” and manages The Ohio Channel and the Ohio Public Radio and Television Statehouse News Bureau on behalf of all Ohio’s public broadcasting stations.

Careers

Ideastream Public Media is a 24/7 operation run by a dedicated group of full-time and part-time employees, and a host of volunteers. We take great pride in being a proactive, pace-setting organization in a complex, creative and diverse community with many talents.

From time to time, we have full- or part-time job openings for new positions, for existing jobs that need to be filled, and for paid and unpaid internships. On such occasions, detailed announcements of all current openings are listed on this page. Instructions for application to these opportunities are noted within each posting.

Ideastream Public Media is an equal opportunity employer; women, minorities, people with disabilities, veterans, and others are all welcome in our diverse workplace.