Pensacola, Fla. — WSRE, PBS for the Gulf Coast, is one of ten PBS and NPR stations across the Gulf Coast region partnering to create the Gulf Coast Consortium, a multi-media project to expand reporting on the aftermath of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Operating under a $538,000 grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the collaboration includes lead station Louisiana Public Broadcasting; WBHM-FM, Birmingham, AL; Alabama Public Television; Mississippi Public Broadcasting; WEDU-TV, Tampa, FL; WUSF-TV/FM, Tampa, FL; WWNO-FM, New Orleans, LA; WSRE-TV, Pensacola, FL; WVAS-FM, Montgomery, AL; and KRVS-FM in Lafayette, LA.
Public media stations in the region have responded to the crisis with in-depth reporting for their own communities and for national audiences via NPR and PBS programs. The grant will help the Gulf Coast Consortium support stations' local journalism efforts to cover the crisis and to facilitate sharing of content among stations for the next year. In addition to creating and sharing content for broadcast and digital distribution, the Gulf Coast Consortium will conduct community engagement activities through social media sites and town hall meetings.
For more about the oil spill, visit WSRE’s oil spill resources web page at www.wsre.org/OilSpill.
