System/Policy
Former WAMU/DCist staffers raise money for new newsroom
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The 51st is planned to begin as a newsletter, with the goal of starting publication in the fall.
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The 51st is planned to begin as a newsletter, with the goal of starting publication in the fall.
Programmers are pessimistic that cume ratings can rebound to their pre-pandemic highs, but that doesn’t stop them from trying.
“The programs are not simple concerts,” says Matthew L. Winer, EP of “Next at the Kennedy Center.” “They are all contextualized with the importance and impact beyond just what is on the stage.”
The change will allow BPR News to reach an additional 250,000 listeners.
Agnew became the station’s GM after working as executive director for Mississippi Public Broadcasting.
NPR business desk editor Pallavi Gogoi will step up to acting managing editor of daily reporting.
The $1.2 million deal combines a cash payment and $525,000 donation to the public broadcaster.
“Our handling of story ideas can have built-in defenses against the biases that all of us bring to work every day.”
Georgia Public Broadcasting and Prairie Public Broadcasting in North Dakota will participate in the initiative.
The series, which launches this month, coincides with LGBT History Month and Transgender Awareness Week in November.
“We have a strong program that’s … really closing that gap,” says the organization’s new executive director. “But it’s not supported enough by organizations that need the diversity and … have the funding to help us invest in that.”