Author: Dru Sefton
Marketplace selects new managing editor, Dawson joins AIR, and other comings and goings in public media
Mina Kim is the new Friday host for Forum with Michael Krasny, a live public affairs program on KQED-FM in San Francisco.MacArthur Foundation doles out $2 million in grants to documentary filmmakers
At least three filmmakers affiliated with public media will receive part of $2 million in grants for documentaries announced today by the ...FCC delays spectrum auctions by several months, until early 2016
The FCC has postponed its auction of television broadcast spectrum to early 2016, according to a blog post on the commission website ...Pubcasters can follow example of Texas Tribune, says editor-in-chief
ADDISON, Texas — More than one-third of the roughly 300 attendees at the annual National Educational Telecommunications Association’s professional development conference this week ...Success in sharing arts content inspires new programming co-ops for public TV
Public TV stations are starting two new programming co-ops modeled after the Arts and Culture Major Market Group project, which gathers and ...Public TV freelancers in Writers Guild approve contract extension
More than 200 members of the Writers Guild of America who work as freelancers in public TV have ratified a two-year extension ...KET debate proceeds without Libertarian candidate who challenged exclusion
When Kentucky Tonight host Bill Goodman introduced U.S. Senate candidates on the air the evening of Oct. 13, one was missing: Libertarian David Patterson, whose ...KQED appoints executive editor, San Antonio’s KLRN hires president, and other comings and goings in ...
Holly Kernan is one of three hires for KQED News, including a new executive producer and senior editor.Judge denies Libertarian candidate’s request to appear on KET program
A federal judge has rejected an argument that Kentucky Educational Television violated a Libertarian candidate’s First Amendment rights by denying his request ...CDC requests 200 DVDs of Frontline doc to train workers fighting Ebola
For the second time this year, health professionals have requested copies of a Frontline documentary for training purposes.CPB funds will go toward helping pubTV execs make spectrum decisions
CPB will spend $3 million to give public television executives access to expert advice on the upcoming broadcast spectrum auction. The extremely high ...New multicast channel gives Blue Ridge PBS room for afternoon kids’ shows
Blue Ridge PBS in Roanoke, Va., launched a multicast channel Monday that returns children’s programming to its afternoon schedule. President James Baum said ...KET loses bid to dismiss Libertarian candidate’s lawsuit over debate
A U.S. District Court judge in Kentucky has denied a public television station’s request to dismiss a lawsuit from a Libertarian candidate ...FAIR study finds strong corporate ties on public TV boards
An “overwhelming” number of board members at five major public television stations have links to the corporate and financial sectors, a new ...Libertarian Senate candidate sues Kentucky Educational Television over exclusion from campaign forum
A Libertarian candidate for the U.S. Senate is suing Kentucky Educational Television, contending that the station is barring him from an upcoming ...
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