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A $100,000 grant from Press Forward will help Radio Catskill in New York hire at least one additional reporter.
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A $100,000 grant from Press Forward will help Radio Catskill in New York hire at least one additional reporter.
The funding initiative awarded a total of $20 million to 205 news outlets.
NPR has exceeded financial expectations in the current fiscal year thanks in part to a “great resurgence” in sponsorship.
“Sara is an extraordinary leader and renowned innovator in children’s media,” said PBS President Paula Kerger.
“If new donors continue declining overall, that means retention of those donors is going to be more important than ever.”
PBS’ fiscal year 2021 net income was $5.3 million more than previous forecasts, according to CFO and Treasurer Tom Tardivo.
After a long run as a popular guest musician, Kathy Mattea is the second permanent host in the show’s history.
“It feels good to be employed, it feels better to be in a field that I love, and it feels greater to be working with the people I was doing the work with inside.”
Each project offers a new model for reaching and engaging underserved audiences.
A 2020 study of stations’ online donation practices revealed that public media is woefully behind other nonprofits.
The station has created a new “annual sustainer” option for Passport donors to automatically renew their memberships.
Bennett joined Radio Milwaukee in 2015.