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President proposes $445 million for 2015 for CPB, zero-out of RUS cash for pubstations
President Barack Obama released his fiscal 2013 budget Monday (Feb. 13), which contains $445 million in advance funding for fiscal 2015 for ...Elliott Mitchell dies at 67; pubcasting staffer, public access advocate
Elliott Mitchell III, who worked in public broadcasting in Florida, New York and Tennessee, died Feb. 1 in Nashville. He was 67. ...Former MPR exec Lutman to start consulting business
Sarah Lutman, former s.v.p. of content and media at Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media, is departing her current position as president of ...Pubcasters raise issue with vulgarity in Newsweek
Three pubcasting stations have complained to the Pledge Partner Magazine Premium Program that Newsweek, one of several magazines offered as a gift in ...NPR Digital and KPLU discover Facebook geotagging “a powerful journalism tool”
Here’s a look from the Nieman Journalism Lab at what geotagging on NPR’s Facebook page did for KPLU in Seattle. In October ...NPR’s Richard Harris back on the air, after vocal fold paralysis
NPR Science Correspondent Richard Harris is suffering from unilateral vocal fold paralysis, probably due to a virus, he reveals in a post ...He’s a fan, by George
Who loves NPR? George Clooney, reveals this photo posted by Tanya Ballard Brown, an editor at NPR.org, currently ricocheting around the Internets. ...Coeur d’Alene Tribe’s KWIS-FM now on the air
KWIS-FM, the Coeur d’Alene Tribe’s radio station, is now on the air from Plummer, Idaho, one of more than two dozen Native ...Kansas House committee turns down $800,000 extra for pubcasting
The Republican Kansas House Appropriations Committee chairman broke a 10-10 vote deadlock to reject a request for an additional $800,000 for public ...CPB to present Community Lifeline Awards for station response during disasters
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has established a Community Lifeline Award (PDF) to recognize pubcasting stations “that have provided exceptionally exemplary service ...Knight “evolves” its News Challenge grants program
The Knight Foundation is revamping its Knight News Challenge for 2012, “evolving the challenge to be more nimble and more focused,” it ...Contributions, grants to KCET fall 41 percent in first year away from PBS, paper reports
Contributions and grants to KCET have plunged 41 percent since its departure from PBS membership in January 2011, according to the Los Angeles Times, ...CPB ombudsman criticizes redactions in IG audit of WQED
Joel Kaplan, ombudsman for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, writes in a column Wednesday (Feb. 8) that information redacted from a recent ...KCET announces new spring shows, including first series from $50 million production deal
KCET in Los Angeles will premiere several new programs beginning in March, including a four-part original documentary series on caregiving, Your Turn to Care, ...Elliott Mitchell dies at 67; pubcasting staffer, public access advocate
Elliott Mitchell III, who worked in public broadcasting in Florida, New York and Tennessee, died Feb. 1 in Nashville. He was 67. ...
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