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April Simpson

Former Associate Editor

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.

People

In Jefferson Lecture remarks, Ken Burns sees past in present

By April Simpson, Former Associate Editor | May 10, 2016

Burns weaved anecdotes from his upbringing with a larger argument about the persistent legacy of racial divisions.

Development

Crowdfunding campaign nets TV station $20K for web series on climate change

By April Simpson, Former Associate Editor | May 6, 2016

Station Manager Paul Hunton says the crowdfunding campaign tapped into a formula that can be scaled to size.