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CPB provides $1.9M to bolster editorial oversight at NPR
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The grant follows NPR’s earlier announcement of plans to create a “Backstop” team to review news reporting.
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The grant follows NPR’s earlier announcement of plans 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 is facing “severe cash flow issues,” according to a statement from its board of directors.
By providing more support to emerging filmmakers, EP Chris Hastings aims to bring more exposure to their documentaries and to World.
Nancy Barnes’ remarks during the Public Radio Program Directors Association conference left staffers feeling “uncertain about the direction of this newsroom,” they wrote in a letter to Barnes.
Cunningham has held the position on an interim basis since January.
Former NPR President Kevin Klose told Current the new hire will be “perfect for NPR.”
For the first time, a nonprofit news organization and a statewide public TV collaboration advance to the winner’s round.
Premiering on PBS Sept. 15, the documentarian’s latest film follows the evolution of country music from 1923 to the mid-1990s.
David Safar previously worked as head of music, artist and label relations for the Minnesota Public Radio station.
Escape Lab, a social video series from WGBH, is designed to connect younger audiences with public media.
“Commercial radio has seen that there’s a lot of revenue here, and they’re all crowding our lane,” said Nancy Barnes at the Public Radio Program Directors Association conference.