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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.
PBS will also reach out directly to public TV stations that don’t air independent film showcases at feed time.
“We apologize for putting PBS and its member stations in the position of having to defend the integrity of their programming,” said Gates and a co-producer.
Quayle’s vision for NPR was to provide “excellence and diversity to noncommercial radio.”
SoundStir, an Android app that lets users customize a feed of public radio stories and build communities around topics, took first place in the eighth annual Reynolds Journalism Institute Student Competition.
Mackey takes the helm at the MMG in August.
Affleck characterized his request to Henry Louis Gates, the show’s host, as part of the “collaborative creative process.”
A new audio processing device takes on a shortcoming of the Portable People Meter system.
The system developed for digital content distribution hopes to increase adoption among stations.
A study of 57 stations found that more than half saw audience growth during the promotional campaign.
The station identified seven experts and asked each to create a list of obstacles to a lasting cleanup of the bay, as well as alternative strategies.