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Nine pubcasters receive $100,000 Press Forward grants
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The funding initiative awarded a total of $20 million to 205 news outlets.
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The funding initiative awarded a total of $20 million to 205 news outlets.
The June through August 2024 period was, at best, sluggish for station fundraising across several key performance indicators compared to the same period in 2023.
At least one finalist will be chosen in November to become a member of Radiotopia.
Also, a public radio veteran in California announces his retirement.
Public media in the state is taking a blow from a dire funding crisis.
Through June, the station is using social media to encourage listeners to give by posting a video of themselves singing the Beatles rock classic, “With a Little Help from my Friends.”
NPR Pentagon Correspondent Tom Bowman and producer Monika Evstatieva escaped injury.
MPR is the latest public radio newsroom to join SAG-AFTRA.
“Podcasts help you tell the vital story of your unique little patch of dirt. And every single public radio outlet should be making them.”
The 30-minute show, which discusses how racial relations of today are reflected in the civil rights movement, is part of a package that includes rebroadcast rights for Eyes on the Prize I and II.
The number of licensees carrying debt ratios of more than 50 percent has nearly tripled since 2009, according to CPB’s latest “state of the system” report.