System/Policy
Pennsylvania’s WITF, ‘LNP’ newspaper eliminate 24 jobs
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A spokesperson said the restructuring resulted from last year’s merger between WITF and the daily newspaper.
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A spokesperson said the restructuring resulted from last year’s merger between WITF and the daily newspaper.
Avanza’s goal “is to be not only a radio station but a community resource,” says Program Manager Edgar Zuniga.
Alcindor plans to maintain the show’s traditions while thinking of ways it can speak “to a new generation of people.”
“It really was just a process of us starting and stopping and having to reassess,” said a co-EP of public radio’s “Live From Cain’s.”
“We cannot achieve our goals and meet our commitments while shouldering a fourth year of losses,” said CEO Goli Sheikholeslami.
The funding pool would be similar to the Public Telecommunications Facilities Program, which was eliminated in 2011.
A petition takes aim at Cascade Public Media CEO Rob Dunlop’s compensation and raises.
The three-year grants will help the stations boost revenue to support their journalism.
“Everyone deserves a chance to share their truth unmitigated because we all have so much to learn from the way incarcerated people process trauma and grief, which also happens on the outside.”
The new bargaining unit will cover about 63 employees.
Fass’ “Radio Unnameable” served as a switchboard for social movements of the ’60s and featured musical guests that included Joni Mitchell, Taj Mahal and Bob Dylan.
Brown joined WBEZ in 2019 as managing editor.