CPB, Cronkite School Announce 2020 Public Media Editorial Integrity and Leadership Fellows

Fellows

The CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING (CPB) and the WALTER CRONKITE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION at ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY have announced the second round of fellows for the Public Media Editorial Integrity and Leadership Initiative (EILI).

The new fellows, added to the fellows announced earlier this year, bring the total to 100 participants who will take part in the program at ASU's downtown PHOENIX campus, learning about editorial integrity and reinforcing public media’s commitment to balance and objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency, with one-on-one coaching. The program is funded by a $1 million grant from CPB and led by CRONKITE SCHOOL FRANK RUSSELL Chair JULIA WALLACE.

“The response from the first group of fellows to complete the training has been overwhelmingly positive,” said CPB SVPof Journalism and Radio KATHY MERRITT. “The EILI has helped strengthen them as editorial leaders, with some graduates being elevated to new positions of responsibility. This is the kind of success we hoped for with this program.”

“We are already seeing tremendous success from our EILI fellows,” added WALLACE. “Since completing the program, fellows have gone on to take on higher leadership roles and have expressed more confidence in their abilities to implement real change in their newsrooms. The program is rigorous, but it is designed to help strengthen American public media journalism by helping participants develop the skills needed to face the challenges in today’s media industry.”

The fellows include:

• NORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING News-Talk KERA-F/DALLAS Managing Editor ERIC AASEN
• CAPITAL PUBLIC RADIO/SACRAMENTO Capitol Bureau Chief BEN ADLER
• VERMONT PUBLIC RADIO Dir. of News SARAH ASHWORTH
• SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY News-Talk-Classical WSHU/FAIRFIELD, CT Sr. Editor CASSANDRA BASLER
• IOWA PUBLIC TELEVISION Sr. Producer ANDREW BATT
• PRI's THE WORLD Environment Correspondent and Editor CAROLYN BEELER
• AMERICAN UNIVERSITY News-Talk WAMU/WASHINGTON Director of Collaborative Reporting JEREMY BERNFELD
• UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA-RENO News-Talk KUNR/RENO ND MICHELLE BILLMAN
• TWIN CITIES PBS/MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL "NEXT AVENUE" Editor GRACE BIRNSTENGEL
• WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION PBS affiliate WGBH-TV/BOSTON "PBS FRONTLINE" Dir. of Digital Video CARLA BORRAS
• NATIVE AMERICA CALLING/ALBUQUERQUE, NM Senior Producer MONICA BRAINE
• ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS News-Talk WABE/ATLANTA Senior Editor SUSANNA CAPELOUTO
• BOSTON UNIVERSITY News-Talk WBUR/BOSTON Digital Executive Editor TIFFANY CAMPBELL
• UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY noncommercial KCUR/KANSAS CITY ND MARIA CARTER
• MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC BROADCASTING Director of News and Public Affairs TERESA COLLIER
• ROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA/DENVER Chief Content Officer SAM COHEN
• HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO VP/ND BILL DORMAN
• ESSENTIAL PUBLIC MEDIA News-Talk WESA/PITTSBURGH ND PATRICK DOYLE
• ALABAMA PUBLIC RADIO/TUSCALOOSA ND PATRICK DUGGANS
• THE TEXAS STANDARD/AUSTIN Sr. Managing Producer RHONDA FANNING
• HAMPTON ROADS EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC. Classical WHRO/NORFOLK, VA ND REBECCA FELDHAUS-ADAMS
• APM PODCASTS/SEATTLE Editor PHYLLIS FLETCHER
• OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING/PORTLAND, OR News Editor KIMBERLEY FREDA
• SOUTH FLORIDA PUBLIC MEDIA/MIAMI Digital Director TERESA FRONTADO
• NPR Science Desk Deputy Editor GISELE GRAYSON
• LEHIGH VALLEY PUBLIC MEDIA PBS affiliate WLVT-TV (PBS 39)/ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEM-EASTON, PA Chief Content Officer YONI GREENBAUM
• SOUTH DAKOTA PUBLIC BROADCASTING Dir. of Radio and News And Information CARA HETLAND
• LOUISVILLE PUBLIC MEDIA/KENTUCKY CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING Managing Editor KATE HOWARD
• NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC MEDIA/SPRINGFIELD, MA ND SAM HUDZIK
• NEW YORK PUBLIC MEDIA News-Talk WNYC-A-F/NEW YORK "RADIOLAB" Reporter TRACIE HUNTE
• HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA Exec. Producer for News LAURIE JOHNSON
• VPM NEWS/RICHMOND, VA Sr. Features Editor/Producer CATHERINE KOMP
• BETHEL BROADCASTING Variety KYUK-A/BETHEL, AK ND ANNA ROSE MACARTHUR
• UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MILWAUKEE News-Talk WUWM/MILWAUKEE Managing Editor MICHELLE MATERNOWSKI
• ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO Exec. Editor SHULA NEUMAN
• UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA News-Talk WUSF/TAMPA Health News FLORIDA Editor JULIO OCHOA
• ESSENTIAL PUBLIC MEDIA News-Talk WESA/PITTSBURGH Managing Editor LARKIN PAGE-JACOBS
• NASHVILLE PUBLIC TELEVISION PBS affiliate WNPT-TV/NASHVILLE Exec. Producer WILL PEDIGO
• UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS News-Talk KUT/AUSTIN Interim Managing Editor BEN PHILPOTT
• RIO SALADO COLLEGE News-Talk-Jazz-Blues KJZZ/PHOENIX Senior Field Correspondent KATHY RITCHIE
• NASHVILLE PUBLIC RADIO News-Talk WPLN-A-F-Classical WFCL (91CLASSICAL)/NASHVILLE Sr. Editor CHAS SISK
• WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PBS affiliate WTTW (TV)/CHICAGO Supervising Producer JAY SMITH
• WNIN TRI-STATE PUBLIC MEDIA News-Talk-Classical WNIN-F/EVANSVILLE, IN FM Programming & Operations Manager MAREEA THOMAS-STEVENS
• KQED PUBLIC MEDIA/SAN FRANCISCO Managing Editor, News VINNEE TONG
• NOTICIERO MÓVIL/RENO, NV Editor VANESSA VANCOUR
• NET RADIO/LINCOLN, NE Host, Reporter & Editor JACK WILLIAMS
• BOISE PUBLIC RADIO/BOISE, ID ND SÁŠA WOODRUFF
• WXXI PUBLIC BROADCASTING COUNCIL News-Talk WXXI-A-Classical WXXI-F/ROCHESTER Executive Editor of Collaborative Journalism DENISE YOUNG

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