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CPB provides $1.9M to bolster editorial oversight at NPR
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The grant follows NPR’s earlier plan to create a “Backstop” team to review news reporting.
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The grant follows NPR’s earlier plan to create a “Backstop” team to review news reporting.
A $100,000 grant from Press Forward will help Radio Catskill in New York hire at least one additional reporter.
The station relied on participatory journalism to inform its project “After the Assault,” which examined how support systems fall short in helping survivors heal and find justice.
The short-form radio program has aired for more than 30 years.
NPR named Chris Nelson SVP of technology operations and boosted Laura Soto-Barra and Keith Jenkins to VP roles.
A music director argues that while classical music can soothe, it’s more than just “aural wallpaper” to its fans.
Mackey most recently worked as president and executive director for the Public Television Major Market Group and is also co-founder of Public Media Women in Leadership.
HPM was preparing to release a 10-part series on how energy companies like Chevron are “working towards a lower carbon future.”
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.