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.
Sheikholeslami is leaving Chicago Public Media after five years with the station.
Less than a week after the news site’s employees voted to unionize, management dismissed Florangela Davila over “differences in strategic outlook.”
The deal runs through October unless the two sides agree to an extension.
“I couldn’t have dreamt of two better subjects for films,” says Firelight’s Stanley Nelson.
The agreement allows the stations to “look to the future as more of a broad regional network rather than just individual stations in small rural communities,” said Texas Tech Public Media’s GM.
The national security correspondent will continue at the network in a different role until Jan. 6.
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network said that a resource kit for parents, developed by the autism organization Autism Speaks, furthers “stigma against autistic children and adults.”
The $57 million lawsuit claims NPR published defamatory statements about a Texas investor.
“We felt a need and a desire for people to know and understand more deeply how you can tell the news you’re getting is from a reputable source, but even going deeper than that, to understand the profession of journalism and why it’s important for democracy.”
The ruling affirms a judge’s 2018 decision.