Author: Dru Sefton
Public television documentaries score three Peabody honors
PBS won a total of five Peabody Awards this month.New content initiative in Louisiana helps children parlent français
Some 4,500 students attend primary and secondary French-immersion programs at 30 schools statewide.Public media pays tribute to Prince
Minnesota’s The Current is playing his entire catalog.TV and radio stations, working together? It’s possible — and potentially powerful
“Focus more on the community-service angle rather than production challenges.”Maine Public Broadcasting to premiere new classical service
Maine Public Classical will air on three new stations, online and on HD radio.CPB will review stations’ technology needs, look to fill gaps
The project comes at a time when funding is scarce for changing equipment.‘Roadshow’ EP discusses updates for show’s 20th season
“People want more appraisals.”Firelight announces fellows, small stations pick leaders, and other comings and goings in public media
“The new fellows are adding to the number of diverse voices that we aim to support in the documentary space.”Bilingual magazine show premieres this week on Massachusetts’ WGBY
“We’ll be using captioning and other tools to make it as accessible as possible to all viewers.”WGBH to partner with joint master control in Florida
“We decided to partner instead of compete,” said Ben Godley, c.o.o. of WGBH in Boston.Veteran pubcasting fundraiser John Reynolds dies at 82
He spent more than two decades at WPBT in Miami and also worked at WNED in Buffalo, N.Y.Rocky Mountain PBS cuts eight production jobs, creates four others
The station aims to “boost investigative reporting strength.”PBS 2017 draft budget contains 1.5 percent dues increase
The dues increase will support general audience content development.‘Old perceptions’ hinder work between CPB and minority consortia, report says
The report was commissioned by CPB to evaluate operations of consortia members.Lawsuit alleges copyright infringement in ‘To the Contrary’ segment
The dispute centers on content in a May 2013 report on international surrogacy.
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