$5.5 Million Grant From Eric and Wendy Schmidt to Expand NPR Collaborative Journalism Network
July 11, 2024
July 11, 2024
WASHINGTON, July 11 -- NPR [National Public Radio] issued the following news release:
NPR announced today that it has received a $5.5 million grant from philanthropists Eric and Wendy Schmidt to further expand public media's collaborative journalism efforts. The grant will enable NPR and its partners to create a regional newsroom in Appalachia and the neighboring area; bolster an existing public media collaboration, the Mountain West News Bureau; conduct a multistation visual journa . . .
NPR announced today that it has received a $5.5 million grant from philanthropists Eric and Wendy Schmidt to further expand public media's collaborative journalism efforts. The grant will enable NPR and its partners to create a regional newsroom in Appalachia and the neighboring area; bolster an existing public media collaboration, the Mountain West News Bureau; conduct a multistation visual journa . . .