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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.
Hoffman joined WUCF in 2016 after working for KMOS and stations in Akron, Ohio.
It’s never the subject that makes you unique — it’s what you do with the subject.
The majority of the funding is supporting the station’s live-events venue.
“The Cannabis Question” “is very different than the show that would have been on 10 years ago,” said neuroscientist Dr. Yasmin Hurd during the summer Television Critics Association press tour.
Nelson was senior director of programming for NPR.
Speaking during the Television Critics Association summer press tour, Burns said he supported PBS’ new initiatives to increase programming diversity.
Taylor succeeds Jon McTaggart, who announced last year plans to leave the organization.
CPB gave $3 million to establish regional centers for member stations, while the National Science Foundation will boost PBS Terra, the YouTube science hub.
During the annual Television Critics Association summer press tour, the PBS president said she spoke with filmmakers and many others with ties to public television about complaints that the network has favored white documentarians.
“Neal did every job you could do in radio,” said Robert Siegel, former “All Things Considered” host, of his longtime colleague. “He was terrifically gifted at everything.”