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How Celeste Headlee’s ‘safe space’ for colleagues became a movement against racism in public radio
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Colleagues who convened for Zoom chats evolved into a group pushing for change at stations and networks.
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Colleagues who convened for Zoom chats evolved into a group pushing for change at stations and networks.
Mizutani, who is leaving his job at a nonprofit, is a former television newsman.
“It’s still a work in progress,” says GM Joanne Urofsky. “But we’re really proud of what we’ve launched.”
An executive at WAMU’s licensee said that an agreement may not be in place until 2022.
The funds allow all of Indiana’s public TV stations to build capacity to deliver lessons to students who can’t access the internet.
Instead of celebrating great moments of PBS’ history, 2020 has been a year to figure out what will “meet the needs of people right now,” says the organization’s president and CEO.
Riksen joined NPR in 2003.
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“What constitutes Middle America, rural America, small-town America?”
Public Media for All Day “left me wondering how people with disabilities remain underrepresented in our leadership, content creation, strategic goals and budgets.”
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Watson was previously talent development manager for NPR, where she worked for more than 20 years.
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The network had moved to dismiss a complaint filed in June by a former technician.
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