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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.
Kitty Felde, who covered Capitol Hill for public radio, has written a children’s mystery book, “Welcome to Washington, Fina Mendoza.”
The station wants residents to bring old photos to community events, documenting the history of Las Vegas and its relationship with water.
APTS President Pat Butler also said that the organization is exploring several spectrum revenue partnerships, including with Netflix.
The station’s Community Voices project has made its programming more diverse while also helping to grow revenue.
Look out, Will Shortz, there’s a new puzzle master in town.
“At the beginning of a presidential candidacy, to be doing a valentine to one candidate, I just don’t think it’s a very smart thing to do,” said Oregon Public Broadcasting CEO Steve Bass.
As leaders retire, 2019 is a golden chance for the system to take giant steps in the right direction.
The effort will create “a national picture of the great work that public media is doing in education,” said Georgia Public Broadcasting’s Andrew MacCartney.
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation announced Tuesday support for several journalism initiatives over the next five years.
The company has not signed on with Remote Audio Data, which can give podcast producers expanded analytics tracking their listeners’ habits.