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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.
John Hockenberry’s former co-hosts and colleagues have shared stories of hostile behavior and unwanted attention and physical contact.
As it prepares to sunset Core Publisher, NPR is exploring new ways to integrate digital content from stations and its own platforms.
CPB President Pat Harrison said the forum “focuses on ways public media stations can enhance their educational content and services for new, diverse generations.”
The financing strategy is used by public broadcasters on large capital projects, such as NPR’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.
The FCC’s TV spectrum auction is producing unusual and unexpected gifts for a handful of fortunate broadcasters in major markets.
MPR is also ending distribution and broadcasts of “The Writer’s Almanac” and rebroadcasts of “The Best of A Prairie Home Companion” hosted by Keillor.
Edith Chapin is resuming her role as executive editor following David Sweeney’s departure.
“[W]e see WGBH as a growing force in podcast content creation, distribution and marketing,” said RadioPublic CEO Jake Shapiro.
In an interview for our podcast, Stamberg reflects on her long career at the network.
The projects are among 11 receiving support from LPB’s 2017 Public Media Content Fund.