Author: April Simpson
Licensee of California’s KVCR receives $157M in spectrum auction
The San Bernardino Community College District announced Monday that the FCC accepted its bid to move to a VHF channel.Southwest border journalism hub receives $50K from Ford Foundation
The grant will support reporting on inequality and marginalization along the U.S.–Mexico border.Vermont PBS gains $56M from sale in spectrum auction
The station plans to invest the proceeds in programming.Sesame Workshop named semifinalist in $100M MacArthur Foundation grant competition
Its proposal, one of eight selected as semifinalists, targets children who face violence, limited access to education, loss of loved ones and ...PBS-commissioned survey finds 73 percent of voters oppose eliminating federal funding for public TV
Support for funding spanned all regions of the country, with most respondents citing public TV’s educational mission as its most important value.Who are the rising black talents in public media?
We need your help to identify up-and-coming talents whose names we don’t know yet and should.NPR’s Andrea de Leon to receive PRNDI’s Leo C. Lee Award, and other awards in ...
Also, New Yorker writer Jelani Cobb will receive a Writers Guild award for his contributions to a “Frontline” documentary.Love trumps competition for married couple reporting for Fox News, NPR
With Myre’s move to a new position at NPR, he and his wife Jennifer Griffin are again competing on a beat.Public media projects examine Trump’s first 100 days
Public media journalists are casting a wide net for reactions to the election of Donald Trump.PBS will help stations convert social media followers to donors during March pledge
Stations will work with Goodworld.me, a platform that streamlines the process of making donations via Facebook and Twitter.PBS Development, stations to test social media fundraising platform
A pilot campaign will use Goodworld.me technology to support the March pledge drives of up to 10 stations.WNYC event series uses essays to frame discussions about race
“Dear President: What You Need to Know About Race” brings together unlikely pairings of speakers for micro-conversations about black experiences with racism. ...Knight Foundation report: Public radio needs to work harder to adopt digital-first orientation
“From Airwaves to Earbuds: Lessons From Knight Investments in Digital Audio and Podcasting,” finds that the public radio system is "not yet ...Knight News Match raises more than $1.2 million
“This is yet another sign that the public is willing to pay for quality journalism,” said Jennifer Preston, Knight Foundation’s VP of ...Third Coast offers Radio Residency for audio producers
The one-week program is open to all who identify themselves as part of an under-represented group in public radio and podcasting.
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