Year: 2010
Former APTS president Lawson to head up Mobile500 Alliance
John Lawson, former president of the Association of Public Television Stations, is the new executive director of the Mobile500 Alliance, the group ...Local, online, news, profitable, sustainable — Which word does not belong with the others?
“The big opportunity — and where the most disruption is — is in local media.”—Vivian Schiller, president, NPR “I have little doubt ...Soon off to war for APTS: new president, Pat Butler
Patrick Butler, public TV’s new chief lobbyist, wrote speeches for President Gerald Ford, was a founder of the Pew Research Center, and ...Drool on camera first, retire later
Jim Lehrer, the well-anchored anchor of PBS NewsHour, told the Dallas Morning News that he’ll have to “start drooling on the air” before he’ll retire. Being ...New NPR Chair Dave Edwards to name panel on improving net’s services for radio
Dave Edwards, g.m. of Milwaukee Public Radio (WUWM) for 25 years, who took over this month as chair of the NPR Board, ...NPR Board hires counsel to probe what went wrong
Reacting to NPR’s abrupt image makeover — from ascendant news organization to partisan punching bag — the network’s board last week hired ...Schiller discusses Juan Williams affair in remarks to NPR Board
NPR President Vivian Schiller’s remarks near the end of NPR Board meeting, Nov. 12, 2010. Over the last three weeks, I’ve heard from ...NewsWorks from WHYY finds a fan in run-up to launch
Here’s early praise for WHYY’s NewsWorks from J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism at American University. “I love the whole idea of ...Mitchell will head NFCB AfAm Radio services
Doug Mitchell, the news producer who staffed NPR’s Next Generation Radio internship and training programs for years, will be project manager for ...NPR retains outside firm to lead review of Williams dismissal
After the mediasphere firestorm and political attack over last month’s firing of news analyst Juan Williams, critics of the controversial decision by ...NPR finally “useful” to conservatives, columnist writes
In his column today (Nov. 11), Washington Post columnist George Will says that “NPR’s self-immolation” in firing Juan Williams for his public comments on ...Obama’s deficit commissioners advise ending all CPB, PTFP support by 2015
The co-chairmen of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, created by President Obama in February to help balance the budget, ...Science journalism awards for pubcasting
Pubcasters topped three of four electronic journalism categories in the 2010 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards announced today. NPR won for its ...Continuing live election coverage? Count on Alaska’s KTOO
KTOO-TV in Juneau, Alaska, is streaming coverage of the state’s midterm election recount to determine its next U.S. Senator. Visit the station’s 360North ...Layoffs hit KPFA, protests go on-air
The fight over staff cuts at Berkeley’s KPFA-FM has moved from the streets to the airwaves. A Nov. 8 decision by ...
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