Author: Dru Sefton
Pubcasters warned to up their advocacy on Capitol Hill
Efforts to build political support for continued federal funding of public broadcasting have gained little or no traction on Capitol Hill, a ...Robert Kotlowitz, father of pubTV icon series, dies at 87
Robert Kotlowitz, a pioneering public broadcaster at New York’s WNET who developed several public television series that became signature PBS programs — ...CPB IG audit questions spending by Capitol News Connection
An audit by the CPB Inspector General’s Office of Pundit Productions, the nonprofit that operated a public radio news bureau on Capitol ...Madeleine Brand departs KPCC
Madeleine Brand has left KPCC “in order to pursue other career opportunities,” the station announced today (Sept. 21). Stepping in for her ...Public Media Futures forum to discuss online and mobile news and tech issues
The fourth in a series of Public Media Futures forums exploring the next steps for public broadcasting will be streamed live from ...News service goes the co-op route in Hawaii
The Hawaii Independent began as a small for-profit corporation five years ago. But earlier this year the news venture morphed into a co-op, offering ...Mundt: Without innovation, stations may be “pedestrian repeaters of national content”
Todd Mundt, editorial director of NPR’s Digital Services, is concerned for the future of public radio. “I think there’s great opportunity,” he ...Actor Stanley Tucci to host Independent Lens
Independent Lens just announced that actor Stanley Tucci will be this season’s host. This year, the 11th season of the documentary showcase, now on ...Newspaper columnist to step into Edwards’ WBEZ shoes, temporarily
Chicago Tribune columnist Rick Kogan will serve as interim host for WBEZ’s The Afternoon Shift, in the wake of Steve Edwards’ announcement he’s leaving the station, ...WNET renews Need to Know through June 2013
WNET has renewed its national weekly newmag, Need to Know, through June 2013. Marc Rosenwasser, series executive producer, said in a statement that he ...Adkins out as head of West Virginia pubcasting, effective Dec. 21
Dennis Adkins, the executive director of West Virginia Public Broadcasting, will retire Dec. 21, according to the Charleston Gazette. The announcement came after an ...PBS member stations elect six to board, including three new directors
Six new professional directors have been elected to the PBS Board in nationwide member-station voting that concluded at the end of August. ...Should reporters pledge allegiance at rallies? Shapiro tweets spark dialogue
NPR White House Correspondent Ari Shapiro sparked an interesting journalistic debate Tuesday (Sept. 11) with two of his tweets from a campaign ...Bill Siemering on radio, “a source of information and imagination”
Bill Siemering, an early organizer of National Public Radio and its first program director, looks back on his career in an email ...CPB Board elects Cahill as chair and Sembler as vice chair
Patricia Cahill is the new chair of the CPB Board, with Elizabeth Sembler as vice chair. The two were elected to the ...
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