Development
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.
With CPB’s backing, the station is exploring whether its format could expand to other cities.
“If we in public radio are to live up to the ‘public’ part of our mission, we’ll have to change more than just the people we interview,” writes NPR’s Keith Woods.
Approaching Native issues can be daunting to non-Native journalists.
Managers and executives of color say the diversity deficit within top ranks is hindering public media’s progress.
“This is about more than just the bottom line,” says CPB’s Joseph Tovares.
Also, NPR’s new Shanghai bureau chief is Rob Schmitz.
WAMU does not own or control the station’s translator near Bethesda, Md.
But Public McRadioface isn’t in the cards.
The veteran Kansas City, Mo., newscaster collapsed in the office Monday.
Free PBS water bottles and PBS PokeStop pins went to the first five people to show up.