Development
Nine pubcasters receive $100,000 Press Forward grants
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The funding initiative awarded a total of $20 million to 205 news outlets.
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The funding initiative awarded a total of $20 million to 205 news outlets.
The June through August 2024 period was, at best, sluggish for station fundraising across several key performance indicators compared to the same period in 2023.
Louisiana Public Broadcasting and Latino Public Broadcasting led recipients of $3.9 million awarded to media projects.
“Over the decades, Carlos has built KUVO Jazz to be a place of belonging for so many listeners, volunteers, and staff, uniting community, culture and music,” said Amanda Mountain, CEO of Rocky Mountain Public Media.
The state funds support continuation of PBS and NPR programming on KVCR and will help the community college licensee break ground on a new student media lab.
“I think that the only way we do better is if we have accountability,” said Pallavi Gogoi, head of NPR’s business desk.
Barry Gisser joins APMG from the Science Museum of Minnesota.
The members say that raises and a stipend given to nonunion employees are among the issues at stake.
A NYPR spokesperson told Current that Justin Fairfax’s complaint “is completely without merit.”
A decision to rethink the format gave producers flexibility to create episodes on hotly debated, timely topics.
Liliana Maria Percy Ruiz most recently worked as head of production for Gimlet Media.
“We’re introducing people to our content who wouldn’t have experienced it any other way,” says Laura Durham of PBS Utah.