Author: Tyler Falk
Illinois Public Media launches statewide radio talk show
Former WBEZ host Niala Boodhoo will host the new program.KPLU launches $7 million campaign to survive as independent station
The station has only six months to raise the funds.‘Snap Judgment’ to develop television show
The show will include animation, short stories and live storytelling.NPR appoints new programming VP
Anya Grundmann takes over after filling in on an interim basis since May.Michigan Radio PD will join NPR to focus on ‘local experience’ of streaming app
Tamar Charney will be the local editorial lead for NPR One.Stalker of public radio DJ sentenced to probation
Patrick Henry Kelly received five years of probation.NPR tech reporter quits to build ‘a new kind of radio’
The former Planet Money reporter thinks the public radio system isn’t doing enough "to make the jump into the digital age."Eleven stations partner for Indiana news network
CPB is supporting the Indiana-based Regional Journalism Center with a $609,000 grant.PRPD plans study of millennials
PRPD will partner with Jacobs Media on the research next year.Three Alaska stations to collaborate on energy news
This is the fourth journalism collaboration CPB has backed in the last two months.New law clarifies pubcasters’ eligibility for disaster aid
Some broadcasters had been denied federal assistance after damage from major disasters.Utah’s KPCW receives donation of FM signal
The donation was part of an “incentive package” from a commercial broadcaster to get KPCW to move down the dial.Racial diversity of NPR’s newsroom stays level over three years
People of color account for 22.4 percent of the network’s news staff.Seven Illinois stations start news collaboration
CPB will support the initiative with a $715,000 grant.Hearken raises $700,000 in seed funding
The funding will help the company double its staff in the next year and develop new features.
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