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.
And a sitting CPB board member discusses why the corporation should be defunded.
“I don’t really care if NPR comes off as politically biased one way or the other, because what I care about is that people’s lives are on the line and that the truth is on the line.”
At most stations, individuals who contribute at least $1,000 cumulatively over a year are considered major donors. But outside of public media, major gifts involve much larger donations.
The announcement brings an end to a two-year search to replace longtime President Doug Eichten.
Sara Schapiro recently helped found Digital Promise, an independent bipartisan nonprofit that backs educational innovation.
Last year’s letter was signed by a bipartisan group of 132 members of the House.
Organizers delivered petitions to members of Congress, bearing 660,000 signatures gathered online to save CPB funding.
The petitions contain more than 660,000 signatures of public broadcasting supporters.
PBS’s Beth Hoppe said her team is eyeing other American dramas.
Small and midsize stations must be especially creative in developing ways to engage and grow their pools of major donors.