Year: 2010
POV docs receive two Academy Award nominations
Two documentaries airing on POV this year are among Academy Award nominees announced this morning. “Food, Inc.,” scheduled for April 21, ...Pubcasters’ requests among those rejected for broadband stimulus money
At least three public broadcasting requests for broadband stimulus funding have been turned down. The site simulatingbroadband.com, which tracks news about the ...Development Director, Youth Radio, Oakland, CA
Youth Radio/Media International is seeking an experienced Development Director who can grow and lead a development department, diversifying revenue sources while capitalizing ...Director of Radio Engagement, National Center for Media Engagement, Madison, WI
The new Director of Radio Engagement will help shape the thinking and engagement efforts of the public radio community nationwide. The National ...Executive Director, WCQS, Asheville, NC
Western North Carolina Public Radio, Inc. is excited to announce its search for the position of Executive Director. WNCPR, Inc. owns and ...Obama proposes $460 million for CPB in FY13, up $15 million over FY12, but no ...
President Barack Obama’s budget for next year recommends $496 million for CPB, including a $460 million two-year advance appropriation for FY13, according ...Prairie Home Companion goes live in 500 theaters on Thursday
This week, a special Thursday edition of A Prairie Home Companion will be “cinecast” live in HD to some 500 theaters across ...Former reporter appearing on NewsHour now editor of Washington Times
A former Time correspondent whose reports ran on the PBS NewsHour is the new editor of the Washington Times, the paper announced ...PETA files FCC complaint over Sesame link to American Egg Board
In a story headlined, “PETA Smacks Big Bird in D.C.,” Broadcasting & Cable writes that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ...KAET moves to new digital media center at Arizona State
PBS President Paula Kerger was on hand Saturday for the grand opening of KAET/Channel 8’s new digital media center at the Walter ...Light weekend reading from “Grow the Audience”
As a follow-up to its recent report on public radio audience growth strategies, Station Resource Group asked 14 leading pubcasting and public ...CPB issues affirmative action report
The CPB Board earlier this week approved its FY08-09 affirmative action report and FY10 plan (PDF). According to the document, during FY09, ...President Obama congratulates Sesame Street on its 40 years
President Barack Obama has released a minute-long video praising Sesame Street on its 40th anniversary year — or, as he says, “this ...Goldsmith Prize finalists include Frontline producer
Frontline’s Tom Jennings is part of a team of journalists that are finalists for the prestigious Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, the ...Public broadcasting obituaries
Greg Shanley, 49, longtime news director, producer and show host for Iowa Public Radio, died Tuesday night at University of Iowa ...
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