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Author: April Simpson

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.

  • Programs/Content

    Nonprofit news site will produce bilingual coverage of Nevada politics

    Jon Ralston, host of a public TV series that was cancelled last year, plans to produce Spanish-language videos and text-based web coverage ...
    By April Simpson
    January 18, 2017
  • WNYC, MPR to launch call-in show with rotating co-hosts

    "Indivisible" will offer a forum for listeners to discuss the first 14 weeks of Trump's presidency.
    By April Simpson
    January 13, 2017
  • Programs/Content

    Missouri’s KCUR expands public media coverage of Kansas

    With reporters from the Topeka-based Kansas News Service, public stations in the region will boost coverage from the state capital and other ...
    By April Simpson
    January 13, 2017
  • API publishes guidelines for philanthropic funding of news

    The ethical framework, which offers best practices for ensuring editorial independence, emerged from two years of work with grant-makers and leaders of ...
    By April Simpson
    January 12, 2017
  • Rocky Mountain PBS partners with Weather Channel for local news and weather

    The video service adopted by RMPBS provides short segments of hyperlocal content.
    By April Simpson
    January 11, 2017
  • People

    Longtime public radio professional Vidal Guzmán drowns trying to save son

    Colleagues remember Guzmán for his bravery, character and dedication to family.
    By April Simpson
    January 5, 2017
  • KQED staffers grapple with grief as they cover Oakland warehouse fire

    Losses in the Ghost Ship fire hit close to home for some in the Bay Area’s public media community.
    By April Simpson
    December 22, 2016
  • Knight Foundation to match gifts to nonprofit news and public media outlets

    “There’s no better way to battle misinformation and false information than with really good reporting.”
    By April Simpson
    December 19, 2016
  • Programs/Content

    DuPont-Columbia awards recognize outstanding journalism, and other awards in public media

    Public TV’s “Frontline” received a duPont for its reporting on Syria and Iraq, including the program “Children of Syria.”
    By April Simpson
    December 15, 2016
  • Programs/Content

    Collaborations between public broadcasters, nonprofit news outlets can boost impact but come with challenges

    Partnering with public media organizations can add stability and enable growth that nonprofit news outlets may not be able to achieve independently. ...
    By April Simpson
    December 13, 2016
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    Focus on opportunity before location when starting out in public radio

    Recruiters, our audience and other public radio professionals answer a reader’s question about where to begin a career.
    By April Simpson
    December 12, 2016
  • Three letters for a young public radio job-seeker

    “The only way to really mess this up is to go into PR. Don’t go into PR.”
    By April Simpson
    December 12, 2016
  • More advice for a soon-to-be college grad beginning her career in public radio

    Tweets, Facebook comments and more sparked by our series.
    By April Simpson
    December 12, 2016
  • System/Policy

    After ban, Baltimore public radio reporter is back at mayor’s press conferences

    At a press conference Wednesday, Burns returned to his usual seat near the front of the room.
    By April Simpson
    December 8, 2016
  • Development

    With post-election pitches, the Guardian puts a left-leaning spin on U.S. public media fundraising

    Donald Trump’s win provided an occasion for an effective pitch to readers as the U.K. media entity builds up a new income ...
    By April Simpson
    December 7, 2016
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