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CPB provides $1.9M to bolster editorial oversight at NPR
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The grant follows NPR’s earlier plan to create a “Backstop” team to review news reporting.
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The grant follows NPR’s earlier plan 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 will lose about half its annual operating budget, according to GM Jonathan Ahl.
At what point would public media speak out about threats to press freedom?
“This is like a health public utility,” said South Florida PBS EVP Bill Scott.
Few public broadcasters have joined the coordinated effort to refute President Trump’s attacks on the press.
KUT in Austin, Texas, along with Philadelphia’s WHYY, Seattle’s KUOW and San Francisco’s KQED, are all engaged in efforts to gather and analyze data on their sourcing in news reports or show segments.
PRX’s Kerri Hoffman will run the new organization, while PRI’s Alisa Miller will move into a board leadership role.
Grants will pay tribute to the Peabody Award–winner who died in January at age 52.
Some 50 public broadcasters hold licenses to use spectrum in the 2.5 GHz band for educational services and other purposes.
The ruling found RIPBS had violated labor law by refusing to recognize IBEW’s representation.
Danielle Karson has reported for NPR since the 1980s.