CPB’s investments in
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (renamed PBS NewsHour during FY 2009) ranged from its general funding for PBS’s National Program Service to a variety of specific projects, such as expanded coverage of the current global economic crisis and projects exploring the future of journalism.
National Program Service 2007–2009 FY 2009 (Year 3 of 3)
Funding for the PBS National Program Service, supporting children's and primetime television programming fed to member stations across the country.
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Digital Collaboration (Economic Crisis)
This project builds on the relationships, infrastructure, tools, and processes established in collaborations during the 2008 election to provide innovative, multiplatform, multimedia content and services focused on the current economic crisis.
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Future of Journalism Projects
During 2009, CPB laid the groundwork for subsequent innovative investments to strengthen public media journalism—especially at a local level, but also in an integrated ecosystem of local, regional, national, and international coverage.
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