Seattle’s PBS station will cease production of its local long-form journalism, leadership announced on Monday.
The move, attributed to a $3.5 million annual loss in federal funding, marks the layoffs of 17 staffers, Cascade PBS President and CEO Rob Dunlop told KUOW.
“With the loss of federal funding for public media, we have been forced to make some hard choices about where we will invest our reduced resources for a sustainable future,” Dunlop wrote to staff on Monday in an email shared with KUOW. “Sadly, we are joining public radio and television stations around the country who are making similarly difficult choices.”
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