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Relief bill would give university licensees access to PPP loans
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Hundreds of previously ineligible stations would have access to the financial assistance if the bill is signed into law.
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Hundreds of previously ineligible stations would have access to the financial assistance if the bill is signed into law.
The “It’s Been a Minute” producer is one of 12 Nieman Visiting Fellows for 2021 and the only one working in public radio.
A crowdfunding campaign benefiting Alice Brock, who needed help with living expenses, raised more than $125,000 in 24 hours.
The network had moved to dismiss a complaint filed in June by a former technician.
“We believe both shows will tell some of our nation’s most important stories and provide programming for your audiences that is relevant and engaging,” said NPR’s Andrew Haden.
NPR Music’s “Louder Than a Riot” explores hip-hop as a “microcosm for the Black American experience” with the criminal justice system.
An excerpt from a new book suggests that NPR look to the past and overseas for examples of programming with wider appeal.
In just 25 minutes, the video broke the record for the most-viewed Tiny Desk performance within 24 hours of premiering.
A projected shortfall of $29 million will be closed with furloughs and other cost-saving measures.
Leaders of NPR’s SAG-AFTRA union are demanding the organization make changes around 13 issues related to diversity, equity and inclusion.
In early 2005, few people inside NPR understood podcasts or knew how to listen to one. But that would change by summer’s end.
NPR and stations said they were told that Social Security numbers and credit card and bank account information were not exposed in the security breach.
NPR will continue to distribute the radio show.
Organizations in the Public Media Village at this month’s event ran into new challenges in networking with job-seekers. But attendees said they still welcomed the opportunity.
Producers are using the popular platform to test ideas while also reaching new and younger audiences.
University stations have been shut out of applying for the relief loans.
Three full months into the COVID-19 pandemic, listening to NPR News stations remains only 80% of what it was a year ago. Full recovery of the lost listening is nowhere in sight despite a few changes in the margins.
A journalism school professor argues that NPR’s emphasis on unaccented English “undermines NPR’s original mission of engaging listeners civically.”
Davis previously worked for the Washington Post and the Marshall Project.
Current Executive Director Julie Drizin responds to Lansing’s call to action to confront racism.