System/Policy
NPR Illinois clashes with university licensee over coverage of harassment on campus
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Journalists at the station are challenging the university’s use of Title IX rules to bar them from protecting anonymous sources.
Quick Takes
ProPublica expands reporting network to increase coverage of state governments
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The investigative news nonprofit is expanding the network after partnering with an initial group of seven newsrooms that included WMFE in Orlando, Fla.
Quick Takes
APM, NPR among winners for radio, podcast and web Peabody Awards
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Other winners include “This American Life” and ProPublica.
WBUR
Boston’s WBUR to launch investigative unit
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WBUR plans to hire three journalists to tackle stories such as opioid addiction, climate change and immigration.
Awards
ICIJ, NPR, Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting win IRE honors, and other awards
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Other award winners include independent producer Jenni Monet, Reveal’s Will Evans and WFAE’s Lisa Worf.
Development
First Look Media and Democracy Fund to provide $12M for investigative journalism
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Grantees include the Center for Investigative Reporting, the Center for Public Integrity and ProPublica.
Awards
NPR’s Andrea de Leon to receive PRNDI’s Leo C. Lee Award, and other awards in public media
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Also, New Yorker writer Jelani Cobb will receive a Writers Guild award for his contributions to a “Frontline” documentary.
Programs/Content
ProPublica builds on election project with database Documenting Hate
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Its latest reporting partnership will be an ongoing initiative to verify reports on hate crimes and collaborate on investigations.
Quick Takes
News nonprofits volunteer to keep Sunlight Foundation tools alive
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ProPublica will adopt the foundation’s federal legislative tools.