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.
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 ...January 18, 2017WNYC, 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.January 13, 2017Missouri’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 ...January 13, 2017API 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 ...January 12, 2017Rocky Mountain PBS partners with Weather Channel for local news and weather
The video service adopted by RMPBS provides short segments of hyperlocal content.January 11, 2017Longtime public radio professional Vidal Guzmán drowns trying to save son
Colleagues remember Guzmán for his bravery, character and dedication to family.January 5, 2017KQED 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.December 22, 2016Knight 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.”December 19, 2016DuPont-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.”December 15, 2016Collaborations 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. ...December 13, 2016Focus 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.December 12, 2016Three 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.”December 12, 2016More advice for a soon-to-be college grad beginning her career in public radio
Tweets, Facebook comments and more sparked by our series.December 12, 2016After 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.December 8, 2016With 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 ...December 7, 2016