Programs/Content
CPB provides $1.9M to bolster editorial oversight at NPR
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The grant follows NPR’s earlier announcement of plans to create a “Backstop” team to review news reporting.
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The grant follows NPR’s earlier announcement of plans 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.
CPB also asked for $20 million for interconnection and $30 million for Ready To Learn.
Three other crew members suffered minor injuries.
Also, WGBH honors host Eric Jackson’s 40th anniversary as the “Dean of Boston Jazz Radio.”
Engineers are examining signal performance, testing interactive functionalities and checking cable integration.
The new show Beta is the first production spawned by WPR Next, an initiative to generate new programming ideas.
“He remains in my mind an exemplar of what it means to be both a broadcaster, and a person,” said Wait Wait host Peter Sagal.
Attendees at the Black Public Media event this month said virtual reality offers a chance to stamp the emerging medium with black stories and sensibilities.
A public TV programmer sees an opportunity for public media to raise awareness about its uniquely noncommercial mission.
A proposed update would lengthen segments and return the show to a format of two newscasts per hour instead of three.
Building relationships with donors through a capital campaign led KEXP to a $10 million bequest.