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What the White House’s Funding Cut Means for WITF and Local Public Media
Manage episode 480746049 series 2661438
Last Thursday, President Trump issued an executive order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to halt federal funding for NPR and PBS. For WITF and hundreds of other public media stations nationwide, that order—and a pending congressional budget vote—could have serious implications. WITF’s Chief Impact Officer Cassie Farrelly and Vice President of Media and Production Fred Vigeant joined The Spark to break down what this all means for local journalism.
Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
110 episodes
Manage episode 480746049 series 2661438
Last Thursday, President Trump issued an executive order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to halt federal funding for NPR and PBS. For WITF and hundreds of other public media stations nationwide, that order—and a pending congressional budget vote—could have serious implications. WITF’s Chief Impact Officer Cassie Farrelly and Vice President of Media and Production Fred Vigeant joined The Spark to break down what this all means for local journalism.
Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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