Programs/Content
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.
“Public radio is journalism, shows, music, culture. Content is an inexact blob that people in a boardroom can cut to a convenient and profitable size.”
In a hearing Thursday, station leaders said they are taking steps to avoid future violations of state procurement law.
The four-part pilot series will be released on YouTube and the PBS video app.
Phillips joined Iowa PBS in 1990 and became its leader in 2013.
The public TV station is reeling from the unexplained death of former CEO Lesley Matuszak and disclosures of “questionable, unauthorized or improper” expenditures.
Eppler most recently worked as chief human resources officer for Cutera, a medical equipment manufacturing firm.
The three-year contract is expected to go into effect in the coming weeks.
The cuts primarily affected roles within WNYC Studios, the division that houses the organization’s podcasts.
Shane Miner will shift from CTO to COO for GBH in Boston.