San Francisco’s KQED Public Media has announced a major undertaking to expand its news and “provide more high-quality original coverage of Bay Area civic and community news. According to the company’s press release, the initiative will be cross-platform, with original reporting elements on KQED’s radio, television and new site KQEDnews.com. And at a time when layoffs are nearly the rule in news, KQED is hiring eight new staffers to expand its news coverage. KQED radio will add a remarkable 10 newscasts, going from six to 16 over the course of a day. KQEDnews.org is going to beef up its reporting, adding more local coverage, a news blog called “News Fix,” traffic and weather.
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