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April Simpson

April Simpson

Former Associate Editor

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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.

Programs/Content

KALW’s ‘The Intersection’ goes deep by staying in one place

By April Simpson, Former Associate Editor | November 14, 2018

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.

Programs/Content

Upcoming ‘Nova’ documentary examines history, future of violence in human society

By April Simpson, Former Associate Editor | November 12, 2018

The two-hour film is scheduled to air in November 2019.

Programs/Content

KUT removes freelancer’s coverage of its newsroom from website

By April Simpson, Former Associate Editor | November 8, 2018

Managing Editor Matt Largey told news staff that attorneys advised KUT to withdraw the stories from its website, according to three staffers.

Development

Amid forecast of fundraising declines, pubcasters should focus on sustainers, cultivate major gifts

By April Simpson, Former Associate Editor | November 6, 2018

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.

Court of Appeals upholds decision backing KET criteria for debate participation

By April Simpson, Former Associate Editor | November 2, 2018

David Patterson, a Libertarian candidate who ran for U.S. Senate in 2014, sued after being excluded from a 2014 candidate forum.

Quick Takes

NPR business editor accuses Indian politician of rape

By April Simpson, Former Associate Editor | November 2, 2018

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.

1A

WAMU to take ‘1A Across America’ with CPB grant

By April Simpson, Former Associate Editor | October 25, 2018

The two-year collaborative initiative, unveiled Thursday, establishes an editorial partnership between WAMU and six public media stations across the country.

Programs/Content

With community baby shower, Ohio news outlet puts healthy spin on ‘depressing topic’

By April Simpson, Former Associate Editor | October 22, 2018

By celebrating healthy babies and moms, Richland Source aimed to draw attention to its county’s infant mortality problem.

System/Policy

After ‘transformative’ experience in executive training, leadership fellows face scarcity of jobs

By April Simpson, Former Associate Editor | October 15, 2018

“So much depends on who you know, and who knows you.”

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