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Microsoft grants aid journalism in public media newsrooms
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Broadcasters will use the funds to support interns and expand coverage of the pandemic, health care, criminal justice and other topics.
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Broadcasters will use the funds to support interns and expand coverage of the pandemic, health care, criminal justice and other topics.
The station promises that listeners “won’t hear these pandemic stories anywhere else.”
Executives are aiming to get ahead of long-term budget concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pennsylvania’s governor recently announced an $8 million grant to Pennsylvania PBS to build datacasting capabilities for the seven-station public TV network to support distance learning in partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
A projected shortfall of $29 million will be closed with furloughs and other cost-saving measures.