Development
Nine pubcasters receive $100,000 Press Forward grants
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The funding initiative awarded a total of $20 million to 205 news outlets.
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The funding initiative awarded a total of $20 million to 205 news outlets.
The June through August 2024 period was, at best, sluggish for station fundraising across several key performance indicators compared to the same period in 2023.
The way we make connections that lead to support is just as important as the way we connect through great content.
The Colorado Media Project grants will support initiatives at Rocky Mountain Community Radio, KSJD and KSUT.
A WTTW spokesperson said the station is ready to return to negotiations and has not received a request to do so.
“I thought it was incredible the way the story was told and how things we’re seeing today are encapsulated in this man’s story,” says Judy Greenspan, director of multiplatform initiatives for the New York–based producing station.
The audience for midday classical music has been declining for the past five years, according to GM Jay Pearce.
Under CEO Victor Hogstrom, the public TV station has doubled its revenue, ramped up local productions and financed the purchase and renovation of a new headquarters.
The fund, which will seek donations in perpetuity, will also back community-based initiatives and research aimed at providing equitable and inclusive access to curriculum-based content.
Rocky Mountain Public Media’s The Drop is experimenting with direct licensing for independent musicians by creating an NFT playlist.
Adams succeeds Molly Wood, who left “Marketplace” last year.