Year: 2010
Harvard professor who helped develop Sesame Workshop model dies at 84
Former Harvard professor and chairman of the Children’s Television Workshop’s board of advisors, Gerald Lesser, died Sept. 23, according to the Harvard Crimson. He ...Independent Filmmaker confab session definitely not “butt-clenchingly boring”
POV Series Producer Yance Ford moderated last week’s (Sept. 19-23) Independent Filmmaker Conference panel with the intriguing title, “Cage Match: ...Former NPR voice Ketzel Levine goes to the dogs
When NPR correspondent Ketzel Levine was laid off in 2008 after 30 years with the network, “the shock left me numb,” she ...PBS takes third place in News and Documentary Emmy Awards
In what the Hollywood Reporter is calling “an upset,” both CBS and NBC beat out PBS, the usual top winner, for most News and ...“Smiley & West” partners up pubcaster and Harvard professor
Public broadcaster Tavis Smiley and Princeton professor Cornel West are co-hosting the new radio show Smiley & West, premiering Oct. 1. The program was ...Imagine all the people!
The American Masters presentation of “LENNONYC” will have a free screening on Oct. 9, which would have been Lennon’s 70th birthday, in New York ...Public media for young Angelenos: it’s more than news
“For our target audience, entertainment is the gateway drug to news,” said Nicole Childers of L.A. Public Media (LAPM) when she unveiled ...Here’s a map to the public media network universe, without all those annoying folds
Do you feel caught in the kudzu of the public media 2.0 ecosystem as entities network and proliferate? Check out “A Guide ...Library discovers film gems in PBS collection, turns over copies to British Film Institute
The Library of Congress is turning over to the British Film Institute more than 68 rare recordings from 1957 to 1969 that ...PRSS posts a new version of its “Public Radio Resource Guide”
The Public Radio Satellite System has updated its “Public Radio Resource Guide,” listing everything from technology and equipment services to training, ...WGBH’s Dot Diva hopes to increase computer geekiness in young women
The Sept. 27 launch of Dot Diva, a new initiative co-sponsored by WGBH to get young Massachusetts women interested in computing, is ...NETA heading for Music City USA in January
Grab your guitars, the NETA Nashville 2011 conference registration is now officially open. Once you’ve registered for the January event you can ...WNET.org partners up for “At the Paley Center” interview show
Angela Lansbury, Jimmy Fallon, Brian Williams and Joel Grey are among celebrities set to appear on At the Paley Center, a new ...Columbia U selects NPR’s Siegel for John Chancellor Award
NPR’s Robert Siegel, senior host of All Things Considered, will receive the 2010 John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism, Columbia University announced today ...Autobiography by NPR’s Michele Norris tackles tough memories
“The Grace of Silence,” the new book by All Things Considered host Michele Norris, reveals painful parts of her family history, reports ...
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