inaugural Managing Partner, Craig Helmstetter. The Lab was created to further strengthen APM's commitment to factual information as indicated by the tagline "bringing facts into focus." The unit has conducted several research projects in collaboration with newsrooms within the American Public Media Group and beyond, including partnerships with Marketplace, Minnesota Public Radio News, and PBS/Frontline and the Texas Newsroom. In 2020 the Lab began publishing a project called Color of Coronavirus that tracks deaths due to COVID-19 by race and ethnicity in each U.S. state as well as the nation as a whole. This project has been cited hundreds of times, including by The Guardian, The Atlantic, Newsweek, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and the Journal of the American Medical Association. Classical South Florida Until July 2015, APM operated Classical South Florida (WMLV-FM 89.7), which was sold to Educational Media Foundation, a California-based religious broadcasting company that airs contemporary Christian music; it now brands itself as a K-Love station. Programs distributed APM also distributes: BBC World Service Classical 24 Composers Datebook The Daily Marketplace Marketplace Morning Report Marketplace Tech Marketplace Minute The Dinner Party Download On Point Performance Today Pipedreams The Splendid Table SymphonyCast Several specials are also distributed by APM on a less frequent basis, including a number of Christmas programs, Giving Thanks at Thanksgiving, and the BBC Proms. People Madeleine Baran, host and lead reporter of In The Dark Lynne Rossetto Kasper, former host of The Splendid Table Francis Lam, host of The Splendid Table Nora McInerny, host of Terrible, Thanks for Asking John Moe, former host of Hilarious World of Depression Kai Ryssdal, host of Marketplace and co-host of Make Me Smart with Kai and Molly Molly Wood, Marketplace tech correspondent and co-host of Make Me Smart with Kai and Molly Dave Kansas, former President of American Public Media References External links Current, the newspaper about public TV and radio in the United States 2004 establishments in Minnesota Podcasting companies Organizations based in Saint Paul, Minnesota Organizations established in 2004 Non-profit organizations based in Minnesota