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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.
Contributing artists to a new compilation album include Dolly Parton, Devendra Banhart, They Might Be Giants and Kash Doll.
And former PBS and CPB executive Jennifer Lawson is the new vice chair of the American Archive of Public Broadcasting council.
A Lakeshore PBS executive said the mishaps have amounted to a “perfect storm of unfortunate circumstances.”
As part of the reorganization of Commonwealth Public Broadcasting, WCVE President Curtis Monk will leave his position Sept. 14.
The station will lose about half its annual operating budget, according to GM Jonathan Ahl.
At what point would public media speak out about threats to press freedom?
“This is like a health public utility,” said South Florida PBS EVP Bill Scott.
Few public broadcasters have joined the coordinated effort to refute President Trump’s attacks on the press.
KUT in Austin, Texas, along with Philadelphia’s WHYY, Seattle’s KUOW and San Francisco’s KQED, are all engaged in efforts to gather and analyze data on their sourcing in news reports or show segments.
PRX’s Kerri Hoffman will run the new organization, while PRI’s Alisa Miller will move into a board leadership role.