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American Public Media
Company typeNon-profit organization
FoundedAugust 2004;20 years ago(2004-08)inCollegeville, Minnesota,U.S.
HeadquartersSaint Paul, Minnesota,U.S.
Number of employees
477
Parent
Websitewww.americanpublicmedia.org

American Public Media(APM) is an American company thatproducesand distributespublic radioprograms in the United States, the second largest company of its type afterNPR.[1]Its non-profit parent,American Public Media Group,also owns and operates radio stations inMinnesotaandCalifornia.Its station brands includeMinnesota Public RadioandSouthern California Public Radio.Based inSt. Paul,Minnesota,APM is best known for distribution of the national financial news programMarketplace.[2][3]

Historical ties to Public Radio International

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Formerly, much of American Public Media's programming content was distributed byPublic Radio International,which itself was named "American Public Radio", or APR, until July 1, 1994. APR was formed by four stations—theMinnesota Public Radionetwork,WGBHin Boston,WNYCin New York, andKUSCin Los Angeles—to distributeA Prairie Home Companion.PRI owns and produces numerous programs today, but still also distributes diverse programming from many sources. In contrast, APM, which was founded in 2004, predominantly distributes content that it owns and produces itself; exceptions includeThe Story with Dick Gordon(which ended production in October 2013), the distribution to US stations of theBBC World Service,and theBBC Promsbroadcasts fromRoyal Albert HallinLondon.[citation needed]

The split happened as MPR and PRI began seeing each other more as potential competitors after MPR lost the partnership toWGBHto produceThe World,and MPR purchased PRI-distributedMarketplacefor its own distribution channels.[4]

APM Reports

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APM Reportsis theinvestigative journalismunit of APM,[5][6]based in St. Paul, Minnesota.[7]Established in November 2015, APM Reports' journalists are drawn fromMinnesota Public Radioand the formerAmerican RadioWorks.[6]It producesdocumentaryas well as investigative journalism.[6]In 2019, APM Reports journalistsMadeleine Baranand Samara Freemark received aPolk Awardfor season 2 ofIn the Dark,their investigation into the case ofCurtis Flowers,who was tried six times for a quadruple murder inWinona, Mississippiin 1996.[7][8]This was the first Polk Award given to apodcast.[7][9]TheIn the Darkjournalists also won twoPeabody Awards,in 2016 and 2020, for the first and second seasons ofIn the Dark.[10]In 2023, the APM Reports educational team, with journalistEmily Hanford,won aEdward R. Murrow Award (Radio Television Digital News Association)forSold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong.

APM Research Lab

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APM Research Labis the research anddata journalismunit of American Public Media.[11]The Lab was established in 2017 under the leadership ofAmerican Public Media Group's CEO Jon McTaggart and EVPDave Kansaswith the hiring of its inaugural Managing Partner, Craig Helmstetter.[12]The Lab was created to further strengthen APM's commitment to factual information as indicated by the tagline "bringing facts into focus."[13]The unit has conducted several research projects in collaboration with newsrooms within theAmerican Public Media Groupand beyond, including partnerships withMarketplace,Minnesota Public Radio News,andPBS/Frontlineand the Texas Newsroom.[14][15][16]

In 2020 the Lab began publishing a project calledColor of Coronavirusthat tracks deaths due toCOVID-19by race and ethnicity in each U.S. state as well as the nation as a whole.[17]This project has been cited hundreds of times, including byThe Guardian,The Atlantic,Newsweek,The Washington Post,The New York Times,and theJournal of the American Medical Association.[18][19][20][21][22]

Classical South Florida

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Until July 2015, APM operatedClassical South Florida(WMLV-FM 89.7), which was sold toEducational Media Foundation,a California-based religious broadcasting company that airs contemporary Christian music; it now brands itself as aK-Lovestation.[23][24]

Programs distributed

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APM also distributes:[5]

Several specials are also distributed by APM on a less frequent basis, including a number ofChristmasprograms,Giving ThanksatThanksgiving,and theBBC Proms.

People

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Accolades

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Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2022 Peabody Awards Podcast & Radio Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong Nominated [25]

References

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  1. ^"Minnesota Public Radio".Minnesota Public Radio.Retrieved2016-12-16.
  2. ^Marc Fisher (July 29, 2007)."To Air Is Divine, Say Backers of Imperiled Station".The Washington Post.Retrieved2008-05-20.
  3. ^About us.American Public Media. Retrieved on 2008-05-20.
  4. ^"Minnesota Public Radio Acquires Marketplace Productions".PR Newswire.14 April 2000.Retrieved22 April2016.
  5. ^ab"Programs".American Public Media.RetrievedAugust 3,2020.
  6. ^abcChris Worthington (May 11, 2016)."Who we are and what we do".APM Reports.American Public Media.
  7. ^abcEileen Sullivan (February 19, 2019)."New York Times Wins Two George Polk Awards".New York Times.
  8. ^Orion Donovan-Smith (February 22, 2019)."In a crowded field of Polk Award honorees, spotlight falls on podcasts".Investigative Reporting Workshop.
  9. ^First Podcast Honored With A Polk Award,Inside Radio(February 20, 2019).
  10. ^APM Reports' In the Dark Wins Second Peabody Award,American Public Media (June 10, 2020).
  11. ^"APM: Investigative & Impact Units".American Public Media.Retrieved23 March2022.
  12. ^Grinapol, Corinne (28 April 2017)."Craig Helmstetter Is Named Managing Partner of APM's New Research Lab and Analyst Group".AdWeek.Retrieved23 March2022.
  13. ^"Doubling down on credibility".APM Research Lab.Retrieved2022-03-23.
  14. ^"These are the states benefiting the most from the $28-billion farm bailout".Marketplace.2019-12-12.Retrieved2022-03-23.
  15. ^"Minnesota's Diverse Communities Survey".MPR News.Retrieved2022-03-23.
  16. ^"Topic: Rural Health Care: The Other Texas Drought | FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site".FRONTLINE.Retrieved2022-03-23.
  17. ^"Color of Coronavirus: COVID-19 deaths analyzed by race and ethnicity".APM Research Lab.Retrieved2022-03-23.
  18. ^"Exclusive: indigenous Americans dying from Covid at twice the rate of white Americans".the Guardian.2021-02-04.Retrieved2022-03-23.
  19. ^Pinsker, Joe (2021-01-05)."4 Numbers That Make the Pandemic's Massive Death Toll Sink In".The Atlantic.Retrieved2022-03-23.
  20. ^Goyette, Jared."On the way to the store, a mask giveaway to protect African Americans from coronavirus".The Washington Post.Retrieved23 March2022.
  21. ^Stolberg, Sheryl Gay (2020-06-07)."'Pandemic Within a Pandemic': Coronavirus and Police Brutality Roil Black Communities ".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.Retrieved2022-03-23.
  22. ^Dowling, Marisa K.; Kelly, Robin L. (2020-07-21)."Policy Solutions for Reversing the Color-blind Public Health Response to COVID-19 in the US".JAMA.324(3): 229–230.doi:10.1001/jama.2020.10531.ISSN0098-7484.PMID32496524.S2CID219315923.
  23. ^John Strasswimmer (July 18, 2015)."Sale of WPBI-FM to leave NPR, classical music gap".Palm Beach Daily News.Archived fromthe originalon September 5, 2015.Retrieved2015-08-24.
  24. ^Ben Mook (July 8, 2015)."American Public Media Group aims to sell Fla. classical network to religious broadcaster".Current.Retrieved2015-08-24.
  25. ^"83rd Peabody Award Nominees".
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