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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 fund honors late WGBY host and producer Jim Madigan and hopes to build upon his legacy.
“Home Movies: American Journeys” is the first in a local slice-of-life series to experiment with viewer engagement.
“Since there are so many cuts proposed, it’s a bigger challenge to make our case than ever before,” said Alaska Public Broadcasting’s Mollie Kabler.
“We’re aiming to provide greater clarity to broadcast applicants and thus make the process easier for them, deliver more new services to the listening public, and reduce appeals of our comparative licensing decisions,” said FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.
More than 4,000 episodes of the show will be made available to the public over the next year.
The former host claimed a new WGBH woodworking show used his name, image and trademark without permission.
Support from Minnesota Public Radio is enabling a website covering the state’s immigrant communities to expand into a full-time venture for its founder.
Matt Thompson will oversee CIR’s newsroom and its “Reveal” show and podcast.
To answer a reader’s question, we asked NPR and WBUR how they approach advertising on podcasts.
Rusty Hassan has seen shows and stations come and go during his long career on Washington, D.C., airwaves, and he’s still at it.