Tag: Journalism
No-chat zone ’twixt funders and reporters?
Radio news veteran Jim Asendio resigned as news director of Washington’s WAMU-FM last week after an internal dispute over a private fundraising ...Jeff Kaye, veteran media chronicler new to Current
Jeffrey Kaye, an experienced media-industry journalist who recently joined Current as senior editor, died Feb. 11 of a heart attack in Bethesda, Md., ...Unvetted war story slips past producers
A commentary created through an experimental radio project of the New America Foundation turned a harsh spotlight on the editorial vetting process at Marketplace, ...Bay Area news nonprofits consider merging
Two high-profile news nonprofits in the San Francisco area, The Bay Citizen and the Center for Investigative Reporting, will make a final ...Capacity: Radio’s local newsrooms weigh in
As the chorus calling on public media to add more local journalists grows, let’s be mindful of the specific ways adding ...Closing of news bureau leaves regrets, questions
There was no shortage of ideas for keeping Capitol News Connection afloat. CNC’s stock in trade was chasing down politicians for local legislators’ ...APM acquires Knight-nurtured Spot.us crowdfunding site
Minnesota-based American Public Media announced Nov. 29 the future cohabitation of two new-media tools for use by public media newsrooms. APM’s Public ...PRX gets some fuel to incubate public-media journalism tools
With $2.5 million from the Knight Foundation, Public Radio Exchange will rev up a new Public Media Accelerator next year to assist ...A second state news feed arises from Florida funding rift
A dispute over state funding of Florida pubcasters has prompted Miami’s WLRN to create a new system for sharing news stories among pubradio ...After a hard year, NBR investor brings in new management
Rick Ray considered purchasing public TV’s Nightly Business Report earlier this year but last week ended up as its new c.e.o. instead. Atalaya Capital ...Life without CPB aid scary to LJC startups
The seven Local Journalism Centers that launched with major support from CPB have suddenly found themselves on a short timeline to find ...Financial outlook dims for indies in public media
Independent journalists in public media are having an increasingly tough time earning a living as producers for public TV and radio, according ...Life without CPB aid scary to Local Journalism Center startups
The seven Local Journalism Centers that launched with major support from CPB have suddenly found themselves on a short timeline to find ...StateImpact pilot begins scrutiny of government in eight states
Pubcasters in three states have started airing reports and posting stories online as the first participants in StateImpact, a large-scale project spearheaded ...Fanning quotes Friendly: public TV’s greatest right is to ‘rock the boat’ with journalism
In 2011, as partisan critics attacked NPR, Frontline chief David Fanning urged public media to specialize in strong journalism. Fanning, who was accepting ...
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