Programs/Content
How can public media heal a divided nation?
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You have to get out of your comfort zone to get people to talk.
Programs/Content
Running toward the Renaissance of local news
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While many local journalism analyses — and hand-wringing — have focused on the decimation of local newspapers and the frantic pace of consolidation of local TV stations, nonprofit news has been growing and flourishing.
System/Policy
‘We needed to work to change the culture of media organizations’
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Jill Geisler and Cathy Trost, co-creators of the Newseum’s training program for media leaders, describe their approach for building a workplace culture of respect, trust and integrity.
Programs/Content
KUT removes freelancer’s coverage of its newsroom from website
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Managing Editor Matt Largey told news staff that attorneys advised KUT to withdraw the stories from its website, according to three staffers.
System/Policy
To achieve ambitions for journalism, public radio needs grand strategic plan
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It’s time to stop dancing around the commitment for expanding local news and to plan for it strategically.
Programs/Content
Nonprofit news organizations join campaign for press freedom
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Few public broadcasters have joined the coordinated effort to refute President Trump’s attacks on the press.
Programs/Content
Journalists of color facing racism head-on: ‘It kind of rips you apart’
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White nationalists and rowdy Trump supporters have targeted all kinds of media figures at rallies, but journalists of color say they encounter particular challenges when encountering racist attitudes face to face.
Quick Takes
CPB puts another $3.3 million into news collaborations
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A total of 23 stations are involved in projects funded in this round.
Quick Takes
Knight Prototype Fund to invest up to $1M in spreading facts
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Knight will devote the funding to early-stage projects aiming to combat misinformation.