System/Policy
CPB awards $2.65M for state government coverage
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The grants will benefit stations in seven states.
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The grants will benefit stations in seven states.
“Southwest Florida in Focus,” a half-hour of TV news for Fort Myers and beyond, launched as a cost-effective model for producing local coverage.
NCPR is building an open-source platform to collect photos of locals working from the earliest days of permanent settlement in the region to the present.
Jurors and viewers picked shorts presented by NBPC and PIC.
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Robert Costa told TV writers that he wants to focus on “fact-based analysis” in his role as moderator.
Lauren Chapman chose public media because the newsroom doesn’t have to fight with management to hold public officials accountable.
“There is no plan B” to replace federal funding, Paula Kerger told TV critics during her executive session at the Summer Press Tour.
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Kathy Merritt is the new SVP for journalism and radio at CPB.
The Future Business Strategies initiative is a different kind of project for CPB.