Quick Takes
Six stations team up for journalism collaborative covering Western U.S.
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CPB is supporting the initiative with a $475,000 grant.
System/Policy
Pubmedia leaders should seek ‘creative ways’ to explore country’s deep divisions
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Newsrooms need to address partisan audiences while also staying vigilant for encroachments on human rights.
People
Pubcasters capture 21 national Edward R. Murrow Awards
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WLRN in Miami won large-market radio Murrows for feature reporting and use of sound. Chicago’s WBEZ also won for news documentary and hard-news reporting. The award for investigative reporting went to KQED and the Center for Investigative Reporting, both based in San Francisco, for “Broken Shield: Exposing Abuses at California Developmental Centers.”
People
Pubcasters win total of 173 regional Murrow Awards
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NPR stations won 82 large-market regional Murrow Awards, while small-market pubcasters captured 91. Among all stations, WLRN in Miami topped public radio’s regional winners by taking 11 awards in 13 Murrow categories: overall excellence, breaking news, continuing coverage, feature reporting, investigative reporting, news documentary, new series, hard-news reporting, use of sound, writing and website. “We feel thrilled and humbled by the honor,” said Dan Grech, news director. “I couldn’t be prouder of the team.”
Four additional large-market pubcasters each won six Murrows: KQED in San Francisco, WBEZ in Chicago, KUT in Austin and WBUR in Boston. And four large-market stations each won four Murrows: KUOW in Seattle; St.