System/Policy
Unions for freelance writers seek new deal with GBH, WNET and PBS SoCal
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The public television freelance agreement expires Oct. 9.
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The public television freelance agreement expires Oct. 9.
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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.
Two journalism collaboratives, the Gulf States Newsroom and Ohio Valley ReSource, are adding beat reporters who will follow the long-term fallout from the reversal of Roe v. Wade.
“It’s not about winning or being competitive, it’s really just connecting through food and our culture,” says Emily Wilderman of WNIN in Evansville, Ind.
The floods submerged the studio of community radio station WMMT and damaged its decades of media archives.
Representation of Hispanics and African Americans grew in leadership ranks, while the percentage of such roles held by Asians and Pacific Islanders fell.
Open to women, nonbinary professionals and men of color, the seven-month program also aims to reshape leadership ranks in pubmedia.