Author: April Simpson
NPR realigns digital news and desk editors
The change are aimed at enabling digital editors to work more closely with reporters and editors in their coverage areas.Empathize, brace yourself, and other advice for journalists of color on hostile turf
Journalists and safety experts offer advice about staying safe and mentally healthy in situations where a reporter may be verbally or physically ...Journalists of color facing racism head-on: ‘It kind of rips you apart’
White nationalists and rowdy Trump supporters have targeted all kinds of media figures at rallies, but journalists of color say they encounter ...Key decision ahead: How to improve Passport experience for viewers, stations
Passport supporters argue that its performance to date has demonstrated its impact, while critics caution that it’s too early to know how ...Charlotte’s WFAE receives $100K grant to experiment on NPR One
The station will hire an on-demand producer, develop podcasts, create content to serve “diverse audiences” and “uncover unique, untold stories.”After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico university shuts down PBS station
CPB had given $30,000 to help the station recover from hurricane damage.ASNE survey shows nonprofits more racially diverse than newsrooms overall
ASNE released the annual survey during its News Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C.Broadcasters, nonprofits send help to Puerto Rico
Public broadcasters are sending equipment and engineers to the hurricane-ravaged island this week, while nonprofits and foundations are organizing to combat government ...News Match kicks off with $3 million for nonprofit newsrooms
The Democracy Fund, the Knight Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation are collaborating to match contributions to nonprofit news organizations through the end ...Young journalists travel across U.S. to understand nation’s divisions
GroundTruth started the project to expand its support for coverage of social justice issues.NPR wine club includes broadcaster-inspired offerings
NPR boasts that its wines are “selected by a team of globetrotting experts, who taste over 40,000 wines a year and choose ...Joaquin Alvarado leaves The Center for Investigative Reporting
Longtime CIR leader Christa Scharfenberg will serve as acting CEO.CPB-backed diversity project draws close scrutiny
Participants question the structure and leadership of a collaborative reporting project on race, ethnicity and culture that aims to bring more people ...Back-to-back hurricanes sideline Puerto Rico pubcasters
Hurricane Maria, which left the island without electricity, “has had a catastrophic impact on Puerto Rico’s communications networks,” according to FCC Chairman ...KUOW’s ‘Second Wave’ podcast explores nuances of Vietnamese-American identity
Host Thanh Tan often digs into her personal stories to explore issues of culture, family and the burdens carried by U.S.-born children ...
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