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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.
With funding from MGM Resorts, the station aims to help close equity gaps for students in detention.
“He was about as good a colleague as you could ever hope for,” said Don Lee, who worked with Briscoe at NPR.
Ferrer joined PIC in 2008 and led the organization since 2014.
Each station will receive up to $20,000.
Newsrooms that prioritize local climate reporting are finding receptive audiences and collaborative partners.
Lee succeeds John Servidio, who is retiring from the station.
Smith most recently worked as assistant PD for WNYC in New York City.
Newsroom employees cited concerns with wages, vacation days and staffers leaving the organization.
Rewire launched in 2013 as a local engagement project and pivoted to become an online publication in 2016.
NPM is seeing “millions in return on our investment,” said CEO Gina Garrubbo.