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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 San Bernardino Community College District said that the local community won’t lose access to NPR and PBS.
Downing joined PBS Distribution in 2009 after holding top roles at PBS and Discovery Communications.
The national program will help 30 students make science videos about topics of their choice.
“The ways we embrace change and respond to the unknown will define us,” writes Patricia “Patty” Cahill, former CPB director and retired GM of KCUR.
“Clearly, this is an extraordinary result for PBS at this stage of the year,” said CFO Tom Tardivo.
Nielsen data shows that listeners are finding the programming on NPR News stations more important in their lives than ever, and by extension, more worthy of support.
CPB estimates that total losses to the public media system due to the pandemic could approach $400 million.
“We were most focused on reflecting the fact that what we’re building and operating are shared infrastructure platforms that are meant to serve the entire broadcast industry,” said President Erik Langner.
In a memo, GPB CEO Teya Ryan said the appointment of a new president will give her more time to focus on larger projects.
The VPM + ICA Community Media Center is a free and public recording studio and workspace that aims to make creating podcasts more accessible.