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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 current strength and vitality of public media took decades to come to fruition,” write the authors of a new study. “Because organizations and media systems take time to mature, funders and industry leaders should continue to take the long view in the task of rebuilding local news.”
Sara Robertson most recently worked as SVP of production at the Texas station.
The collaborative based at WUSF in Tampa will provide reporting to 12 local public and commercial outlets.
The station in Fort Myers, Fla., turned its TV studios over to a local Fox affiliate and relied on an auxiliary radio transmitter to stay on the air.
As stations become more mature and financially sustainable, a new study says, they are building their capacity to deliver local journalism.
Data show the growth of the system’s newsrooms and investments in new formats and partnerships.
Irving, a CEO of a consulting company and a former telecommunications policy expert during the Clinton Administration, became chair last year.
PBS and America’s Public Television Stations asked the commission to take on obstacles reducing access to public TV channels.
A new Peacock docuseries takes a look at one of public television’s most divisive endeavors.
“It’s heartening prison radio is being used all over the world as a tool … to advocate for people,” said Thanh Tran, a host and producer for KALW’s “Uncuffed.”