System/Policy
CPB awards $2.65M for state government coverage
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The grants will benefit stations in seven states.
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The grants will benefit stations in seven states.
“Southwest Florida in Focus,” a half-hour of TV news for Fort Myers and beyond, launched as a cost-effective model for producing local coverage.
Public media newsroom leaders are being asked to complete five surveys to help “improve the strength of our journalism system-wide.”
Attendees at the Public Radio Program Directors conference heard an update on the collaboration involving four stations in Texas.
Twin Cities PBS in St. Paul, Minn., has hired Wilson as its first VP of digital publishing.
The Lenfest Institute announced Tuesday a second round of funding to help newsrooms listen to and build trust with audiences.
Bob Daino is currently COO of Acreage Holdings, which owns cannabis cultivation, processing and dispensing operations in 12 states.
The funding cut will cost the station about half of its annual $1 million operating budget.
The Labor, Health and Human Services and Education bill would provide $445 million for CPB in FY21.
“During drive time, if you can communicate that you are live and doing things locally, you will stand out,” Jeff Rowe told attendees at the Public Radio Program Directors conference.
Colleagues recalled him as a “meticulous mastering engineer” with a “mellifluous announcing voice.”
The Public Radio Tech Survey also found strong growth in public radio listening among millennials.