mediageek 2008-02-01: Grants and Public Broadcasting

Bill Poorman is a seven-year veteran of public broadcasting, having worked as a journalist and news director in both radio and television. Even though he contends that public broadcasting still produces the best broadcast journalism in the US, he has a critique that stems from the system’s reliance on corporate dollars and grants. On this edition of mediageek, Bill tells us more about why the grant-driven nature of public broadcasting concerns him.

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