Push to keep Channel 31 community TV on free-to-air theage.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theage.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Tribune-Review received 26 Keystone Press Awards in the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association’s annual competition, including its most prestigious recognition, the G. Richard Dew Award, for its “Tragedy at Brighton” project. The Dew Award is presented to a news organization or individual across all circulation categories that has made an outstanding
“Guilty on all three counts.”
A man read the verdict from a cell phone as a crowd of several dozen people gathered Tuesday at Freedom Corner in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. Jurors convicted former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. Floyd’s death last May led to protests in Pittsburgh and worldwide, along with increased scrutiny of police tactics and racism in the United States.
By 7 p.m., the crowd grew to about 100. Some marchers walked to Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood and were still there at 8:30 p.m.
Floyd died May 25 after Chauvin, a 45-year-old white officer, pinned his knee on or close to the 46-year-old Black man’s neck for about 9½ minutes as Floyd gasped that he couldn’t breathe and onlookers yelled at Chauvin to get off.
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April 13th, 2021 By David Knox 5 commentsFiled under: News,
Community broadcasters C31 Melbourne and C44 Adelaide are calling on the Communications Minister to include community television in its proposed re-stack of Australian TV spectrum and keep C31 Melbourne and C44 Adelaide on-air until their broadcast spectrum is repurposed.
Since 2014, the Federal Government has provided seven last-minute broadcast licence extensions, insisting that community TV stations transition to an online-only model. During that time community broadcasters have folded in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth, but Melbourne & Adelaide have endured, including through a last minute reprieve announced by Paul Fletcher on
Q+A, just 26 hours before they were due to lose broadcast spectrum.