The arrangement resolves litigation filed by NPR accusing the corporation of illegally yielding to Trump’s demands that the network be financially punished for its news coverage.
Staff at the Urbana-based station learned in an email Tuesday morning that the College of Media is removing current executive director Moss Bresnahan, moving him to an advisory role within the college.
Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, died Thursday at the age of 87.
Thomas Jefferson, no fan of the press himself, once wrote that our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, “and that cannot be limited without being lost.”
At NPR and many member stations, listener contributions have spiked up significantly. They are helping to make up for the cuts, at least in the short term.
NPR Morning Edition host talks early hours and the importance of public media with IPM’s Kimberly Schofield.
Shapiro began his career at NPR as an intern for Nina Totenberg. He went on to be an International Correspondent, a White House Correspondent and a Justice Correspondent.
For years, NPR’S Emily Feng criss-crossed China, bringing intimate and informative stories about the nation of 1.4 billion people, but in 2022, the country’s government said she could not report from there anymore.
The veteran news leader’s announcement comes just days after the Republican-led Congress, driven largely by President Trump’s claims of liberal bias at NPR, voted to strip public broadcasting of all federal funding.
The House approved a Trump administration plan to rescind $9 billion in previously allocated funds, including $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Public broadcasting stations in the state are bracing for big changes.
The Senate has passed Donald Trump’s request to cancel about $9 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting spending, moving forward on one of the president’s top priorities despite concerns from several Republican senators.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting remains part of the package and stands to lose about $1.1 billion in funding.
Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Appropriations Committee pushed back against the Trump administration’s bid to kill $9 billion in federal funding that Congress already has approved for public broadcasting and international aid programs.
The House of Representatives narrowly approved legislation Thursday to claw back two years of federal funding for public media outlets.