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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 top news exec at NPR says he chose public media because society needs robust journalism.
ProPublica shared the prize for public service while International Center of Investigative Journalists won for explanatory reporting.
It’s unclear if Gov. Justice, who expressed support for maintaining full funding to WVPB, will sign the bill.
A Republican lawmaker accused CPB having an “agenda” by supporting three films.
WBUR plans to hire three journalists to tackle stories such as opioid addiction, climate change and immigration.
Jacqui Helbert filed a lawsuit over her dismissal.
Seventeen House Republicans are among 166 members of Congress advocating for CPB’s appropriation.
Public radio listeners skew toward the liberal end of the spectrum while PBS viewers are more conservative. But in demographic terms, both share characteristics with Trump voters.
A cautionary tale of what goes wrong when a licensee doesn’t affirm the editorial independence of the newsroom.
“Ending federal support for the NEA, NEH, or CPB would be a radical, unprecedented action,” the letter said.