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.
Didi Schanche becomes the network’s chief international editor.
Grants are supporting a digitization project involving stations in the states and the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.
NPR was incorporated Feb. 26, 1970, marking a new stage in the growth of a public media system rooted in education.
CPB has asked the Department of Homeland Security to set aside funds for public broadcasting emergency communications.
Hubbard has been serving as interim director since 2019.
When racist radio host Rush Limbaugh gets a Presidential Medal of Freedom and a standing ovation in Congress, Current’s executive director is worried that this year’s lobbying effort may not be enough to save federal funding for public broadcasting.
Vic Vela, a journalist and recovering drug addict, hosts Colorado Public Radio’s “Back From Broken.”
Four stations in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana will form the collaborative newsroom.
Arno will oversee the Community Service Grant program.
“It’s troubling that in an industry with nearly 20,000 people, the employees who seek career-path counseling, leadership development and diversity/inclusion training aren’t able to find what they need to build their skills and careers.”