Author: April Simpson
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.
KALW’s ‘The Intersection’ goes deep by staying in one place
The radio show and podcast, a finalist in Current's Local that Works contest, explores a changing San Francisco through the people and ...November 14, 2018Upcoming ‘Nova’ documentary examines history, future of violence in human society
The two-hour film is scheduled to air in November 2019.November 12, 2018KUT removes freelancer’s coverage of its newsroom from website
Managing Editor Matt Largey told news staff that attorneys advised KUT to withdraw the stories from its website, according to three staffers. ...November 8, 2018Amid forecast of fundraising declines, pubcasters should focus on sustainers, cultivate major gifts
Fundraising experts project that 2018 will close with a decline in charitable giving from last calendar year, but station fundraisers said the ...November 6, 2018Court of Appeals upholds decision backing KET criteria for debate participation
David Patterson, a Libertarian candidate who ran for U.S. Senate in 2014, sued after being excluded from a 2014 candidate forum.November 2, 2018NPR business editor accuses Indian politician of rape
The Washington Post published an op-ed Thursday in which NPR chief business editor Pallavi Gogoi accused a top Indian politician of assaulting ...November 2, 2018WAMU to take ‘1A Across America’ with CPB grant
The two-year collaborative initiative, unveiled Thursday, establishes an editorial partnership between WAMU and six public media stations across the country.October 25, 2018With community baby shower, Ohio news outlet puts healthy spin on ‘depressing topic’
By celebrating healthy babies and moms, Richland Source aimed to draw attention to its county's infant mortality problem.October 22, 2018After ‘transformative’ experience in executive training, leadership fellows face scarcity of jobs
"So much depends on who you know, and who knows you."October 15, 2018INN releases report on nonprofit media sector
The Institute for Nonprofit News report details challenges nonprofit news outlets face in raising funds.October 2, 2018KUT’s interim GM resigns after bumpy four months
Patti Smith will step down Oct. 8, according to an email she sent to staff Monday afternoon.September 24, 2018Vehicle-donation programs CARS, V-Dac merge
Charitable Adult Rides & Services and Car Talk VDP/V-Dac will operate as a single nonprofit.September 24, 2018Filmmaker Perry Miller Adato remembered for elevating women
The documentarian died Sept. 16 at the age of 97.September 24, 2018Amid continuing concerns in newsroom, KUT leader urges staff to ‘move on’
Interim GM Patti Smith and KUT journalists also disagreed when Smith intervened in the station's coverage of its own internal matters.September 20, 2018WOSU Public Media receives $5 million gift
Two longtime donors committed the funds as the public broadcaster prepares for the public phase of a capital campaign.September 14, 2018