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ProPublica partners with The News Outlet to educate journalism students in northeast Ohio
Nonprofit investigative-journalism organization ProPublica announced Tuesday a new partnership with The News Outlet, an community-journalism nonprofit based in northeast Ohio. The initiative, ...Alabama ETV commission hires law firm for defense against Pizzato complaint
In a special meeting Tuesday, the Alabama Educational Television Commission voted to hire a Birmingham law firm to defend it against a ...Former associates announce first Tim Emmons scholarship
Applications are now being accepted for the first Tim Emmons Memorial Mentoring Scholarship. Emmons, former program director and general manager of Northern Public ...Radiolab producers don’t believe Lehrer’s contributions to be “compromised”
WNYC, the producer of public radio’s Radiolab, has found “no reason to believe” that frequent contributor Jonah Lehrer’s appearances on the show are ...GPB laying off staffers as it outsources station master-control operations
Georgia Public Broadcasting is laying off eight full-time employees and nine part-timers as it outsources its master-control operations over the next 90 ...New Orleans journalism venture won’t compete with T-P, Wilson says
The new nonprofit newsroom that NPR and WWNO announced today will not compete directly with the Times-Picayne, NPR’s Kinsey Wilson told Current in an ...NPR, WWNO launching new nonprofit newsroom in New Orleans
NPR is launching a new nonprofit newsroom in New Orleans in conjunction with WWNO, the local public radio station owned by the ...Sesame Workshop launches educational franchise business in India
Sesame Workshop is getting into the for-profit educational franchise business, starting with India, where it’s launching Sesame Schoolhouse preschools and after-school clubs, ...WGBH, the top producer of PBS programs, now owns Public Radio International
In a move signalling its ambitions to extend its clout and influence in public radio, Boston’s WGBH has acquired Public Radio International, ...Pacifica Foundation Board won’t renew contracts for two top executives
The national board of the Pacifica Foundation voted Sunday (July 22) to begin a search for two new top executives. The board ...OPB Radio overhauls schedule; drops six shows, adds seven
Oregon Public Broadcasting is making major changes to its broadcast radio lineup as of Aug. 6, reports The Oregonian. “All the long-form music programs ...Noncom groups file comments on FCC’s third-party fundraising proposal
NPR, PBS and the Association of Public Television Stations are among broadcast organizations weighing in with the FCC on its April proposal ...Grants bolster Native radio program services
Two foundations will back capacity-building for Koahnic Broadcast Corp., the public media nonprofit that operates KNBA in Anchorage, Alaska, and Native Voice ...Attorneys for former APT exec director Pizzato file suit against Alabama ETV Commission
Current has learned that attorneys for Allan Pizzato, the former head of Alabama Public Television, have filed a civil suit against the Alabama ...Marketplace bureau chief riffed in APM downsizing
Ten employees of American Public Media will lose their jobs in a strategic reorganization announced this afternoon, according to an internal memo ...
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