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40-50 new hires ‘expected’ after WBEZ's merger with Chicago Sun-Times
Will the deal be a national model? Station executives weigh in.How serendipity, the 1986 World Series and believing in possibilities changed my filmmaking career
When Henry Hampton called, "I was unemployed and living in New Orleans with no money for another film, no prospects at all. Everything changed after that."APM names Joanne Griffith CCO of podcast division
APM also promoted Thomas De Napoli to chief strategy officer of APM Studios.
Public broadcasters ask FCC to update forms with nonbinary gender options
Law firm Foster Garvey PC has seen “an increasing number of licensees” that have “expressed concerns with the binary options provided to answer the question of gender" on some FCC forms.These stations are adopting new strategies to attract more diverse donors
“We spend a lot of time thinking in the clouds and being a little more highbrow and not coming out of those offices and coming down to the people,” said Nikki Swarn, GM and PD at The Drop. “So many public media stations don’t make that entry point as simplistic as it could be.”Michigan Radio adds grant-funded criminal justice beat
The Public Welfare Foundation backed a new reporting position and community-focused events.
NEH pandemic relief grants boost indie filmmakers
ITVS, Firelight Media, the Sundance Institute and Appalshop Inc. received $5.5 million for filmmaking initiatives and other projects.Ken Ikeda resigns as AIR CEO
Amanda Hickman is serving as interim executive director.Comings and goings: Frazier promoted at South Carolina ETV, Pizzi joins Public Media Venture Group …
Stephanie Frazier joined SCETV in 2019.New NPR SAG-AFTRA contract expands parental leave, includes DEI provisions
Unit members overwhelmingly approved the three-year deal.Kristen Blessman to lead PBS12
Blessman will join the station after leading the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce.Carlos Watson resigns from NPR board
The Ozy Media CEO stepped down as the governance committee prepared to reconsider his role on the board.New 'NewsHour' initiative deepens reporting on diverse communities
“The misery from a local perspective continues even after some of the national media has left. But the unique thing with The Communities Initiative is we're still here. We're still recording.”Comings and goings: Lulu Garcia-Navarro joins New York Times, NPR names chief culture editor …
Garcia-Navarro recently announced her departure from NPR.Chicago Public Media moves closer to acquiring Sun-Times
The outlets agreed to a nonbinding deal Wednesday.
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