Quick Takes
Louisville Public Media receives matching grant to build investigative reporting center
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The proposed Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting has a projected three-year budget of $1.5 million.
Development
Reporters go extra mile with funds from iCrowd
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… There’s a lot of hype about crowdfunding — raising production money through a website. So far, the technique hasn’t been able to support full-time journalists, much less a beat, a substantial weekly program or a newsroom. But independent journalists, public media stations, newspapers and web startups all have had successes…
Collaboration
Shared reporting planned for Ohio Basin ecosystem
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If any news subject lends itself to coverage by multistation collaborations, it’s the environment of places like the Ohio River Valley, a region of 25 million people who share the river’s assets and liabilities.
Louisville Public Media’s WFPL is leading plans to build a pubradio reporting consortium for the region, starting with a public conference this month.