Author: April Simpson
Freelance producer for KQED dies in Oakland fire
Alex Ghassan pitched and created content to attract a “younger hipper audience” for the KQED's arts department.Longtime NCPR membership director June Peoples dies after being struck by vehicle
"It’s one of those sad, life-ain’t-fair stories.”RadioPublic releases apps for iOS and Android
The app helps users discover and listen to podcasts.WETA sets up scholarship fund in honor of Gwen Ifill
The fund will bring younger, diverse journalists into public TV.NPR’s Oreskes says localism, independence crucial to future of journalism
Localism and independence are crucial for rebuilding trust and serious connections with the audience, Oreskes argued.Bay Area Video Coalition honored at White House
The community media center received a National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award in recognition of its Next Gen youth program.Gwen Ifill, trailblazing journalist and public TV icon, remembered for warmth and leadership
Colleagues and friends also remember Ifill, who died Monday at 61, as a "tough, smart reporter."Gwen Ifill of ‘NewsHour,’ ‘Washington Week’ dies at 61
Gwen Ifill died Monday after several months of cancer treatment, according to WETA President Sharon Rockefeller.Celebration for Diane Rehm honors departing host’s warmth, grit and voice
Speaking in the aftermath of the election, Rehm urged public radio to listen “better and harder to those to whom we have ...Should newspapers have a CPB equivalent?
A journalist argues that newspapers should seek to emulate the funding model already supporting public media.California Arts Council report outlines changes to public media program
The council will consider the new guidelines in December and begin accepting applications for grants in 2017.News nonprofits volunteer to keep Sunlight Foundation tools alive
ProPublica will adopt the foundation’s federal legislative tools.A soon-to-be college grad wonders where to start in public radio
Where should an aspiring journalist begin her career?‘Frontline’ doc ‘Divided States of America’ explores deepening rifts in political life
The series will air in two parts Jan. 17 and 18, just days before a new president is inaugurated.Phoenix’s KJZZ to launch mobile production unit that doubles as food truck
Soundbite is expected to hit metropolitan Phoenix in mid-December.
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