PBS 39–WLVT

Lehigh Valley Public Media is a community-owned public media organization serving eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey and home of public television station PBS39/WLVT, the local NPR news station WLVR, and the television station WPPT. PBS39 acts as a catalyst to promote civic engagement, and to fulfill the regional needs of the Greater Lehigh Valley through its dynamic communication platforms and resources.

Website
https://www.wlvt.org/
Grantee type
Organization

Grants Awarded to PBS 39–WLVT

$14,000 - Awarded December 2021

Grantees
WHYY
PBS 39–WLVT
Focus areas
Community-Centered Journalism
Description

Providing matching dollars to seven local newsrooms—NextCity, Hidden City Philadelphia, Spotlight PA, Prison Journalism Project, Delaware Public Media, WHYY News, WLVT News—in support of this year-end giving campaign.

$14,000 - Awarded December 2020

Grantees
Philadelphia Public School Notebook
WHYY
PBS 39–WLVT
Focus areas
Community-Centered Journalism
Description

Providing matching dollars to seven local newsrooms—Hidden City Philadelphia, Next City, PA Post, Philadelphia Public School Notebook, Spotlight PA, Tarbell, WHYY, PBS 39 / WLVT—in support of this year-end giving campaign.

$30,000 - Awarded April 2020

Community Storytelling
Grantees
PBS 39–WLVT
Focus areas
Representation in Media
Description

COVID-19 Emergency Fund to 2019 Grantees.

$87,500 - Awarded December 2019

Community Storytelling
Grantees
PBS 39–WLVT
Focus areas
Representation in Media
Description

This one-year planning grant will allow WLVT to explore launching a channel that is robust, local and community-centered, through implementing a survey and analysis of content creators in the region (primarily video content), including the barriers that keep media makers from creating longer form content.

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