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Former Associate Editor
April Simpson covered funding and innovation for Current from 2016–18. She relocated from South Florida, where she was a freelance journalist and writer for a global development charity. April was a Fulbright fellow in Botswana and Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo fellow with the International Women’s Media Foundation. April has written for the Seattle Times and the Boston Globe, among other publications.
The radio show and podcast, a finalist in Current’s Local that Works contest, explores a changing San Francisco through the people and institutions that intersect at street corners.
The two-hour film is scheduled to air in November 2019.
Managing Editor Matt Largey told news staff that attorneys advised KUT to withdraw the stories from its website, according to three staffers.
Fundraising experts project that 2018 will close with a decline in charitable giving from last calendar year, but station fundraisers said the trend isn’t apparent yet.
David Patterson, a Libertarian candidate who ran for U.S. Senate in 2014, sued after being excluded from a 2014 candidate forum.
The Washington Post published an op-ed Thursday in which NPR chief business editor Pallavi Gogoi accused a top Indian politician of assaulting her when she was in her early ’20s.
The two-year collaborative initiative, unveiled Thursday, establishes an editorial partnership between WAMU and six public media stations across the country.
By celebrating healthy babies and moms, Richland Source aimed to draw attention to its county’s infant mortality problem.
“So much depends on who you know, and who knows you.”
The Institute for Nonprofit News report details challenges nonprofit news outlets face in raising funds.
Patti Smith will step down Oct. 8, according to an email she sent to staff Monday afternoon.
Charitable Adult Rides & Services and Car Talk VDP/V-Dac will operate as a single nonprofit.
The documentarian died Sept. 16 at the age of 97.
Interim GM Patti Smith and KUT journalists also disagreed when Smith intervened in the station’s coverage of its own internal matters.
Two longtime donors committed the funds as the public broadcaster prepares for the public phase of a capital campaign.
Journalists of color have pressed KUT leaders to address multiple concerns about the workplace climate.
Pledge-free web streams have declined in popularity in recent years, but some stations still offer the option to sustainers.
An initiative to benefit stations would solicit donations on NPR’s digital platforms during a campaign at the end of this year.
The Lenfest Institute announced Tuesday a second round of funding to help newsrooms listen to and build trust with audiences.
Contributing artists to a new compilation album include Dolly Parton, Devendra Banhart, They Might Be Giants and Kash Doll.