Author: 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.
WXXI to take over local alt-weekly
Station President Norm Silverstein said the deal “helps WXXI to better serve our community."By Dru SeftonDecember 12, 2018Public TV is best equipped to educate on channel repack, station GM tells lawmakers
Bohdan Zachary of Milwaukee PBS testified in Congress Tuesday on the need for consumer education following the spectrum auction.By Dru SeftonDecember 12, 2018PBS Board adopts tiered pricing model for top sponsorships
The board also heard that PBS' old non–real-time satellite transponder will be turned off Jan. 2.By Dru SeftonDecember 11, 2018Evans to leave PRPD, W.Va. pubcaster picks new leader and other comings and goings
Jody Evans, selected to lead PRPD in 2014, wants to return to working at a station.By Dru SeftonDecember 7, 2018New PBS policy for overlap markets would tighten rules, give Passport to secondary stations
The proposed revisions to the Program Differentiation Plan are the first major update since 1995.By Dru SeftonDecember 6, 2018New Ready To Learn grants will center on ‘community collaboratives’
Fourteen public television stations will each get $175,000.By Dru SeftonNovember 29, 2018Former WVIA GM Bill Kelly dies at 71
Kelly worked at the Pennsylvania station for four decades.By Dru SeftonNovember 27, 2018NPR’s Ydstie to end his 44-year career, and other comings and goings
Economics Correspondent John Ydstie, who joined NPR in 1979, will retire Friday.By Dru SeftonNovember 27, 2018Kansas station’s zoo cams tap global appetite for animal-watching
KTWU's webcasts of tigers and giraffes are pulling in YouTube ad income and finding fans in Germany, Japan and Bangladesh.By Dru SeftonNovember 26, 2018OSHA finds contractors at fault in fatal Missouri tower accident
Current obtained the October OSHA report and related documents through a Freedom of Information Act request.By Dru SeftonNovember 20, 2018Trump makes choices for several nominees to CPB Board
If confirmed by the Senate, they will serve terms to expire Jan. 31, 2022.By Dru SeftonNovember 16, 2018Virginia foundation taps PBS exec as first CEO, and more comings and goings
Jayme Swain has worked at PBS for six years as SVP, strategy and operations.By Dru SeftonNovember 15, 2018Current’s Simpson leaves to report for Stateline at Pew
Simpson has written about funding, innovation, diversity and workplace culture for Current since her arrival in May 2016.By Dru SeftonNovember 14, 2018APTS’ Butler sees good outlook for pubcasting support after midterms
Public broadcasting "may hope for, and we are planning for, more public support over the next 10 years,” America's Public Television Stations ...By Dru SeftonNovember 8, 2018Two promising pledge shows claim APT PitchFest prizes
The winners are a show aimed at 50-plus viewers and a program about self-improvement.By Dru SeftonNovember 8, 2018