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“I hope to diversify the voices that we hear on the air. I don’t just mean somebody telling my cultura stories, but also my other brothers and sisters from other cultures.”
Public media means “bringing the community closer together through all of the amazing stories that we have on a daily basis.”
The CEO of the Association of Independents in Radio followed her father into broadcasting.
An AIR report argues that live events are important to public media to raise awareness and support and find crucial voices that may be missing from reporting.
Beginning Tuesday, a reporter will rotate into a three-week assignment at the Association of Independents in Radio headquarters in Fields Corner, part of the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester.
Among the report’s findings is that social platforms — such as church services, hot-dog wagons and food pantries — are as important as social media for the future of public media.
The production, based at KNBA in Anchorage, Alaska, recorded village life in remote areas threatened by climate change.
The “metasite” looks for connections among the 15 Association of Independents in Radio projects.
The 19 grants totaling almost $2.5 million were selected from nearly 500 proposals.