System/Policy
Senate Appropriations Committee recommends level funding for CPB
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The committee splits from the House proposal to zero out public media’s funding.
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The committee splits from the House proposal to zero out public media’s funding.
Shane Hunt, a friends board member for Idaho PBS and a dean at Idaho State University, achieved the feat this spring.
The hybrid conference aims to draw new staffers to public radio with scholarships for more than a dozen engineers.
The CPB-funded Next Gen Public Media Accelerator jump-starts content development for 12 stations targeting the “Missing Middle.”
Arnie Seipel, who joined NPR in 2008, will be deputy Washington editor.
Under Maribel Lopez, who became head of PBSDS in December, the unit is branching out nationwide and developing STEM content aimed at women and people of color.
“One thing that … is really important is not to frame the work we’re doing as farmers versus environmentalists,” says Executive Director Sara Shipley Hiles. “I never want to see that headline or that framing on the story. because I don’t think that’s accurate and it’s not helpful, either.”
Kelly McEvers will step back from her full-time role to launch a podcast production company.
The three-year grant program backs five stations as they build digital platforms, sponsor intergenerational music collaborations and rethink the definition of jazz.
Devall, an independent audio editor with extensive experience in podcasting, previously worked for the Center for Investigative Reporting, American Public Media and NPR.
Public broadcasters who have weathered hurricanes, floods and power outages cite growing risks of damage and disruption due to climate change.
Two public media stations and 13 independent projects received nearly $4.3 million supporting films, podcasts and archival preservation.