Author: April Simpson
Report: Most Americans don’t cite NPR, PBS as objective
A Gallup/Knight Foundation report released Tuesday finds a strong correlation between political values and distrust of the media.Reporters who broke stories about harassment in pubmedia reflect on changing attitudes
A daylong summit about sexual misconduct in newsrooms included discussion of how NPR and other media organizations have enabled powerful men at ...WETA seeks county incentives to stay close to current home
The public broadcaster has been looking for a new location for its studio and headquarters.New York Public Radio fires Leonard Lopate and Jonathan Schwartz
WNYC placed the hosts on leave earlier this month following allegations of inappropriate behavior and sought outside counsel to investigate.Sesame Workshop and International Rescue Committee win $100M MacArthur grant
The nonprofits partnered to win a five-year grant to educate children displaced by conflict in the Middle East.Va. radio network seeks to split music, news formats with purchase of two signals
Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corp. in Richmond was a big winner among pubcasters in the FCC's spectrum auction.NPR’s Kelly will replace Siegel as ‘ATC’ co-host
Meanwhile, Kelly McEvers will leave the show to continue work with the podcast "Embedded."‘Prairie Home Companion’ gets new name
MPR gave up legal rights to the 'Prairie Home' name when it terminated its contracts with former host Garrison Keillor.PRI terminates relationship with Tavis Smiley
An investigation of alleged misconduct also prompted PBS to suspend distribution of his weeknightly talk show.‘Evolving Hatred’ traces worldwide rise of anti-Semitism
The two-hour film is expected to begin in Ukraine and travel across contemporary Europe.CUNY seeks to fill gap left by closure of New America Media
The university's journalism school is exploring how it can expand on its work with ethnic and community media.NPR chief news editor no longer on staff after sexual harassment allegations
Edith Chapin is resuming her role as executive editor following David Sweeney’s departure.Knight Foundation aids hurricane relief in Puerto Rico with LPRC grant
The funds will help stations get back on the air and maintain service after Hurricane Maria.PBS drops ‘Charlie Rose’
More than a dozen women have told the Washington Post and other news outlets that Rose sexually harassed them.Podcast ‘super listeners’ are big public media consumers — but are they loyal?
Nearly one-third of podcast “super listeners” told researchers they had donated money to their local public radio stations in the last year, ...
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