Tag: Foundations
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Three of the five Localore Live grantees will partner with NPR member stations.‘The Pub’ #63: The ethics of foundation-supported journalism
Are journalists allowing themselves to be the instruments of policy advocacy?Survey finds ‘areas of sensitivity’ in foundation support for nonprofit news
Most newsrooms lack clear guidelines, and funders are upfront about agendas.WHYY resignations reportedly disrupt talks about large grant
The departure of Chris Satullo from WHYY has complicated talks about a potentially large grant to the station, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Saturday. According ...Growth in aid to media foundations aimed mostly at web-based efforts
Foundation support for media-related activities increased 21 percent between 2009 and 2011, according to a study that examined how private philanthropies responded ...Seeking the next $100 million
A review of public stations’ financial data over the past 15 years shows that, despite their widely divergent revenue trajectories, public radio ...Partner up, get local for best shot at funding, execs advise
Grantmakers at foundations increasingly look for public radio and television stations to move beyond traditional broadcasting and serve their communities in new ...Foundations favor grantees with digital, local news chops
By giving two seminal news-related grants last year, the Pittsburgh Foundation broke from what chief executive Grant Oliphant described as the foundation’s ...Ford Foundation spending for educational broadcasting, fiscal years 1951-76
The Ford Foundation was noncommercial television’s first big funder, years before Congress contributed large sums — supporting efforts to acquire reserved channels, ...Funders buy time for rethinking in WDUQ sale talks
When Duquesne University declined to accept bids for WDUQ-FM by its staff and supporters, an alliance of Pittsburgh foundations stepped in to ...Prenups: precautions for prudent producers
Too many couples were splitting up before the offspring came along. Or they lived together grumpily, keenly aware they shouldn’t have had ...Woody Wickham, 66
Woodward A. (Woody) Wickham, 66, a strong supporter of independent documentary films and public media producers, died of cancer Jan. 18 [2009] ...Target: sitters who could be teachers
KCET in Los Angeles unveiled a multimillion-dollar initiative to help prepare kids for kindergarten by training the adults who care for them. ...Carnegie I: Members, Preface and Introductory Note, 1967
A 15-member commission created in 1965 by a major foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, released its report, Public Television: A Program ...
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