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Home›Author: Dru Sefton (Page 26)

Author: Dru Sefton

Dru Sefton

Dru Sefton covers public television and CPB for Current. She has more than 30 years of experience working at daily newspapers including USA Today as well as Newhouse News Service, a Washington, D.C.–based wire service. When she’s not breaking pubmedia news, Dru enjoys being Current’s official staff baker.

  • New training will help digital staffers polish their skills

    The Digital Immersion Project will provide training, workshops and mentorships.
    By Dru Sefton
    January 23, 2017
  • System/Policy

    ‘Hill’ report says Trump team adopting proposal to cut federal funds for CPB, NEA and ...

    The incoming president’s team is using the conservative Heritage Foundation’s budget blueprint as a template for spending cuts.
    By Dru Sefton
    January 19, 2017
  • Programs/Content

    Peoria station marks debut of PBS Kids channel with party

    Local childhood education experts, elected officials and even a skunk joined children at a special event recorded for later broadcast.
    By Dru Sefton
    January 18, 2017
  • People

    Turner leads development at NHPR, KQED promotes several staffers and other comings and goings

    Deborah Turner helped oversee CPB’s major giving initiative from 2004–07.
    By Dru Sefton
    January 17, 2017
  • Programs/Content

    Launch of PBS Kids streaming channel reshapes multicast lineups

    Stations must make room by dropping an existing subchannel, adjusting bandwidth or acquiring encoders to add an entirely new channel.
    By Dru Sefton
    January 15, 2017
  • Programs/ContentQuick Takes

    Just two more seasons for public TV hit ‘Doc Martin’

    The final season will be shot and broadcast in Britain in 2019 and will available here in 2020.
    By Dru Sefton
    January 13, 2017
  • Hosts familiar to public media filling ‘PBS NewsHour’ co-anchor slots

    NPR's Steve Inskeep joins Judy Woodruff on tonight's broadcast.
    By Dru Sefton
    January 12, 2017
  • South Dakota station takes ‘next step’ in state reporting with portal and app

    Viewers and listeners can access live webcasts, news, meeting minutes and agendas for more than 100 boards and commissions.
    By Dru Sefton
    January 10, 2017
  • People

    Maine tower engineer leads rescue for hopelessly tangled moose

    Jeffrey Mahaney knew what he had to do. He drove two hours to the far-flung site and snowshoed off-road to the tower.
    By Dru Sefton
    January 6, 2017
  • Quick Takes

    Grants support 10 Latino projects headed for public media distribution

    Projects range from a web series of three-minute videos to several 90-minute documentary films.
    By Dru Sefton
    January 5, 2017
  • People

    Charney takes lead at NPR One, McNamara leaves PBS and other comings and goings

    Tamar Charney joined NPR early last year to focus on the mobile app’s use of station content.
    By Dru Sefton
    January 4, 2017
  • People

    Siefken takes lead at Rogers Co., ‘1A’ forms crew, and other comings and goings

    Siefken is VP of broadcast and digital media at The Fred Rogers Co.
    By Dru Sefton
    December 19, 2016
  • Programs/Content

    WNET will end production of ‘Religion & Ethics’

    The show premiered in September 1997.
    By Dru Sefton
    December 15, 2016
  • Spanish-language multicaster Vme will soon drop public TV service

    The channel is transitioning to commercial cable.
    By Dru Sefton
    December 14, 2016
  • Enthusiastic Torah broadcaster interferes with New York Public Radio signal in Brooklyn

    NYPR has filed three complaints with the FCC.
    By Dru Sefton
    December 13, 2016
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