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API microgrants boost public radio stations' election coverage
The funded projects seek to "cater creatively to the local information needs of voters or tackle misinformation directly."Comings and goings: Bruce Ramer reelected CPB board chair, Chicago Public Media names new interim CEO …
Ramer joined the board in 2008 and has served as board chair from 2010–12 and since 2018.KVCR staffers speak out as licensee considers plan to revamp station
The licensee's board will present a detailed plan in December to be approved by April. The plan may include cuts to NPR and PBS programming, as well as FNX.
'Here & Now' co-host is stepping down
"I’m ready to take a little break from the Here and Now, if you will, and prepare for my next challenge," he said.Justine Nagan to leave AmDoc/‘POV’
Nagan led several new initiatives, including the launch of "POV" shorts.Ohio stations move forward with news collaborative
A CPB grant will help the three stations develop a business and sustainability plan.
Ready To Learn grants to CPB, TPT back four new children’s TV series
Additional programs will be produced by GBH in Boston and Dave Peth.Tom Karlo to retire as GM of KPBS
Karlo has had a 47-year career in public media.KVCR licensee weighs plan to drop NPR and PBS programs, end role with FNX
The interim chancellor of the San Bernardino Community College District is recommending that the district convert its public TV and radio stations into a media training lab by 2023.Collaboration explores diversity of young Latino electorate
“It starts shattering the monolith of Latinos or youth,” says a contributor to Every 30 Seconds.With down-to-earth discussions, GBH's 'All Rev’d Up' highlights issues of faith and Black experience
“The faith that we have is like blood in our bodies. ... We can talk about real life, and you'll see the stream of faith come through that.”Staffers at WAMU and WBGO seek recognition of unions
The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists is representing both groups.Podcast explores racial inequities in criminal justice through hip-hop
NPR Music's “Louder Than a Riot” explores hip-hop as a "microcosm for the Black American experience" with the criminal justice system.Houston Public Media to receive its largest-ever gift
The planned gift was made as part of a larger university fundraising campaign.Comings and goings: David Greene leaving NPR’s ‘Morning Edition,’ John Barth retiring from PRX …
Greene will leave Dec. 29 to “focus on other projects,” according to the network.
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