GPB will head a consortium of public broadcasters from five southern states. Included in the consortium are Alabama Public Television, WBHM-FM, Birmingham, AL., Louisiana Public Broadcasting, KEDM-FM, Monroe, LA., Mississippi Public Broadcasting, WNPT-TV, Nashville, TN., WUOT-FM, Knoxville, TN. The Southern Regional Education Desk will allow each station to add a reporter for the project and to share a regional editor and community engagement coordinator. Reporters will write and produce multimedia, multiplatform stories on the unique, long-standing education challenges facing the South
The Southern Regional Education Desk is one of seven Local Journalism Centers created around the country to report on specific topic areas. GPB is a public media organization with 17 radio stations and nine TV stations across Georgia.
