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KQED DIGITAL, WHICH INCLUDES KQED.ORG, DEVELOPS CONTENT AND APPLICATIONS FOR DIGITAL PLATFORMS, SMART SPEAKERS AND MOBILE DEVICES; HOSTS ONLINE SERVICES FOR KQED PUBLIC TELEVISION, KQED PUBLIC RADIO AND KQED EDUCATIONAL SERVICES; AND SERVES AS A COMMUNITY CONVENER, PROVIDING EVENT LISTINGS, RESOURCES, ONLINE POLLS, PODCASTS, BLOGS AND OTHER ITEMS OF TIMELY INTEREST. KQED.ORG FUNCTIONS AS KQED'S THIRD MEDIA PLATFORM, DELIVERING CONTENT SPECIFICALLY ACQUIRED AND PRODUCED FOR THE WEB.KQED SERIES AND BLOGS INCLUDE DEEP LOOK, A REMARKABLE SCIENCE VIDEO SERIES ON THE PBS DIGITAL STUDIOS NETWORK; ABOVE THE NOISE, A SERIES THAT INVESTIGATES CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT MATTER TO HELP YOUNG VIEWERS DRAW INFORMED CONCLUSIONS, ALSO ON THE PBS DIGITAL STUDIOS NETWORK; IF CITIES COULD DANCE, A VIDEO SERIES THAT EXPLORES DANCERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY; MINDSHIFT, A BLOG AND PODCAST SERIES EXPLORING THE FUTURE OF LEARNING IN ALL ITS DIMENSIONS; LOCAL NEWS PODCASTS; AND THE CALIFORNIA REPORT. ADDITIONAL PODCASTS INCLUDE BAY CURIOUS, ABOUT THE UNEXPLORED SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA; THE BAY, A LOCAL NEWS PODCAST; AND MORE. KQED DIGITAL IS A LEADER IN THE NATIONAL PUBLIC BROADCASTING ARENA, DEVELOPING INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS AND DIGITAL CONTENT THAT SERVE THE BAY AREA'S GROWING DIGITAL-FIRST AUDIENCE. THIS YEAR, WE REACHED THIS AUDIENCE THROUGH A SMART SPEAKER SERIES CALLED THE VOICEBOT CHRONICLES, WHICH EARNED A WEBBY AWARD FOR BEST WRITING IN THE APPS, MOBILE AND VOICE CATEORY. IN FY21, KQED.ORG SERVED AN AVERAGE OF JUST UNDER 1.7 MILLION UNIQUE USERS EACH MONTH AND AN AVERAGE OF JUST OVER 4.3 MILLION MONTHLY PAGE VIEWS OF ITS ONLINE CONTENT. IN FY21, KQED REACHED A WEEKLY AVERAGE OF APPROXIMATELY 448,000 UNIQUE WEBSITE USERS. KQED RECEIVED PROMINENT AWARDS FOR MULTIMEDIA/WEB CONTENT IN FY21, INCLUDING:- THREE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENT/SCIENCE-NEWS FOR SHORT-FORM CONTENT FOR DEEP LOOK;- A HUMAN-INTEREST NEWS OR SHORT-FORM CONTENT AWARD FOR DEAR BELOVED; - A LIFESTYLE: LONG-FORM CONTENT AWARD FOR CHECK, PLEASE! BAY AREA; A POLITICS/GOVERNMENT/SOCIETAL CONCERNS-NEW FOR SHORT-FORM CONTENT AWARD FOR WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AN ANTIRACIST?;- A PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM AWARD FOR OUT ON THE INSIDE: TRANSGENDER WOMEN SHARE STORIES FROM A CALIFORNIA PRISON. IN ADDITION, KQED WON FIVE NATIONAL EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS: EXCELLENCE IN SOUND FOR CALIFORNIA SOUNDS; - NEW YEAR'S DAY MUSIC THAT HASN'T BEEN HEARD IN 500 YEARS; IN INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING FOR OLDER AND OVERLOOKED. AND FIVE REGIONAL EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN DEI: SOUND OUT; - EXCELLENCE IN INNOVATION: THE VOICEBOT CHRONICLES; - EXCELLENCE IN SOUND: NEW YEAR'S DAY MUSIC THAT HASN'T BEEN HEARD IN 500 YEARS; - FEATURE REPORTING: FOR HIV SURVIVORS, THE PANDEMIC IS A SAD REMINDER OF EARLY DAYS OF AIDS; - INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING: FOR OLD AND OVERLOOKED. IN ADDTION, KQED WON A WEBBY AWARD FOR VIDEO IN THE TRAVEL & LEISURE CATEGORY FOR IF CITIES COULD DANCE; - A JACKSON WILD MEDIA AWARD IN ANIMAL BEHAVIOR SHORT FICTION FOR DEEP LOOK, AND AN SPJ NORCAL EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM AWARD FOR SCIENCE, ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH REPORTING (TV/VIDEO) FOR DEEP LOOK SEGMENTS. UNDER KQED'S LEADERSHIP, CALIFORNIA'S PRE-K-12 EDUCATORS CONTINUE TO HAVE FREE ACCESS TO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DIGITAL RESOURCES FROM KQED AND PBS THROUGH PBS LEARNINGMEDIA, INCLUDING VIDEOS, GAMES, AUDIO, PHOTOS, AND IN-DEPTH LESSON PLANS. MORE THAN 150,000 USERS ARE REGISTERED IN THE PORTAL. KQED IS HELPING STUDENTS BUILD MEDIA LITERACY SKILLS AND FORM EVIDENCE-BASED ARGUMENTS WITH THE EDUCATION VIDEO SERIES ABOVE THE NOISE. THIS CONTENT DIRECTLY ENGAGES STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FROM AROUND THE BAY AREA AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE OF ISSUES IMPORTANT TO THE LIVES OF YOUTH. IN FY21, KQED'S EDUCATION RESOURCES AND SERVICES, INCLUDING STUDENT MEDIA AND LEARNING PLATFORMS AS WELL AS TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, FOCUSED ON SERVING THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS WITH THE GREATEST EDUCATIONAL NEEDS FROM HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED BACKGROUNDS. WE PARTNERED WITH MORE THAN 60 LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS IN FY21. KQED EDUCATIONAL MEDIA WAS USED 9.75 MILLION TIMES DURING THE YEAR AND KQED.ORG/EDUCATION WEB PROPERTIES RECEIVED MORE THAN 3.18 MILLION PAGEVIEWS. THE ABOVE THE NOISE YOUTUBE SERIES RECENTLY SURPASSED 5 MILLION VIEWS AND 29,800 MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE USING THE KQED LEARN PLATFORM TO STRENGTHEN THEIR SKILLS ANALYZING, EVALUATING, CREATING AND SHARING MEDIA. SINCE THE LAUNCH OF KQED'S YOUTH MEDIA CHALLENGE SHOWCASE IN 2021, NEARLY 1,000 YOUTH-CREATED MEDIA PIECES HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED, ACCESSIBLE BY KQED'S GENERAL AUDIENCE. ADDITIONALLY, KQED IMPACTED MORE THAN 17,200 EDUCATORS THROUGH KQED TEACH, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COURSES, AND MICROCREDENTIALS IN FY21, WHO IN TURN IMPACT MORE THAN 1,376,000 STUDENTS.