Thank you Newman!

The New York Times released a story yesterday that announced Newman's Own Foundation, a charatible organization started by late actor, Paul Newman, is giving a 2.2 million dollar grant that will help PBS and nine other local stations. It seems that the current President of the organization, Robert Forrester, wanted to pay homage to the late actor by giving this donation in a form of a grant because Newman "deeply valued" public broadcasting.

The grant was given to help the local stations continue to operate, it will match other donations given from multiple sources. Other stations that will benefit from this grant will be "WNET, Channel 13 in New York city, as well as CPTV, Conneticut Public Television." The grant will also benefit local radio stations such as "WSHU Radio and WAMC Radio."

I am very happy to hear about this story! With growing conglomerates taking over broadcast, local stations are having a hard time keeping up. Espeically non commerical networks like PBS. To me, these networks are important because they provide local programming for communities which is VERY hard to come by. They also create jobs in local areas and smaller markets so that those who wish to be in broadcasting have an avenue. It is incredibly difficult to become a professional in broadcast, especially when top conglomerates are dominating the industry. I think we should all do our part to keep non-commerical networks and local channels up and running! We all benifit from it, whether we know it or not! So i'd just like to take a  moment to say, Thank you Newman! 

Thanks for reading,

Olivia

To read the original story visit: Newman's Own Gives Matching Grant to PBS