American Public Media is receiving a $1.5 million grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to lead a new investigative journalism initiative with Southern California Public Radio (KPCC), Kansas City Public Media (KCUR), New York Public Radio (WNYC), and Public Broadcasting Atlanta (WABE).
APM’s investigative and documentary group APM Reports will partner with the four regional public radio stations to produce investigative stories over the next two years. The initiative aims to fill gaps left by newspapers that in recent years have cut their reporting ranks.
Chris Worthington, managing director and editor-in-chief at APM Reports, will serve as editor-in-chief of the project. “A healthy democracy needs investigative journalism. Without it, the powerful go unchecked and the voiceless have no voice. The initiative strengthens public media’s role in the Fourth Estate at a time when trusted, fact-based news is more important than ever.”
