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Ciecalone resigns from KVCR after investigation
KVCR President Larry Ciecalone, who had been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation in March, has resigned, reports the Press-Enterprise in Riverside, ...Young game developers honored at 2012 National STEM Video Game Challenge
WASHINGTON — A competition that gives middle- and high-school students a taste of what it takes to develop educational video games awarded ...Judge dismisses part of broadcasters’ suit against online TV streamer Aereo
A portion of a lawsuit brought by WNET, PBS and several other broadcasters against online television startup Aereo has been dismissed, reports ...“It’s print as an accessory” — Voice of San Diego launches magazine
A Knight Foundation-backed magazine, in print and digital versions, is part of the Voice of San Diego’s new membership program. Seem backwards? ...Frontline and ProPublica team up for cell tower death story
Today, Frontline and nonprofit investigative newsroom ProPublica released their long-awaited collaboration on the issue of poor accountability and safety among cellphone carriers and ...NEH is offering grants for analytical docs looking at humanities themes in one or more ...
June 27 is the endowment’s deadline for receiving proposals for the project, Bridging Cultures through Film: International Topics. The endowment expects to ...PRI receives $1.6 million grant from Gates Foundation for health coverage
Public Radio International has received a two-year, $1.6 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support reporting on health ...PRPD wants help in drafting a “Programmers Manifesto” for public radio
The Public Radio Program Directors Association is asking public radio programmers for help in developing a “Programmers Manifesto,” a collaborative project that ...New America to convene panel on public interest and new technologies May 23
Tomorrow the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C., will host “From Broadcast to Broadband: New Theories of the Public Interest in Wireless.” ...Ford Foundation provides $1 million grant to Los Angeles Times
The Ford Foundation, a longtime supporter of public broadcasting, has given a grant of $1 million to the Los Angeles Times, which will expand ...Patient Harm Community Facebook page now online, from ProPublica
ProPublica, the nonprofit investigative reporting newsroom, has established a Facebook page for people affected by errors, injuries or infection while undergoing medical ...Cato Institute analyst lays out case for defunding pubcasting
Public broadcasting “suffers the main downside of public funding — political influence and control — yet enjoys little of the upside — ...National Forum for Public Television Executives: Phase I of creation
Phase I: Overview of Conclusions and Their Implications Early in the year-long process of founding the Forum, the facilitating consultants, BMR Associates, prepared ...APTS President Pat Butler pushes pubmedia consolidation in Media Institute speech
Speaking at The Media Institute today, Patrick Butler, president of the Association of Public Television Stations, reiterated his opposition to defunding public media ...KCUR picks new G.M.
Nico Leone. Photo courtesy KCUR. KCUR-FM, Kansas City’s flagship NPR station, announced today that Nico Leone would succeed veteran general manager Patricia Cahill starting ...
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