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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.

  • WXXI to take over local alt-weekly

    Station President Norm Silverstein said the deal “helps WXXI to better serve our community."
    By Dru Sefton
    December 12, 2018
  • System/Policy

    Public 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 Sefton
    December 12, 2018
  • PBS 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 Sefton
    December 11, 2018
  • People

    Evans 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 Sefton
    December 7, 2018
  • Programs/Content

    New 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 Sefton
    December 6, 2018
  • New Ready To Learn grants will center on ‘community collaboratives’

    Fourteen public television stations will each get $175,000.
    By Dru Sefton
    November 29, 2018
  • People

    Former WVIA GM Bill Kelly dies at 71

    Kelly worked at the Pennsylvania station for four decades.
    By Dru Sefton
    November 27, 2018
  • People

    NPR’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 Sefton
    November 27, 2018
  • Programs/Content

    Kansas 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 Sefton
    November 26, 2018
  • OSHA 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 Sefton
    November 20, 2018
  • Trump makes choices for several nominees to CPB Board

    If confirmed by the Senate, they will serve terms to expire Jan. 31, 2022.
    By Dru Sefton
    November 16, 2018
  • People

    Virginia 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 Sefton
    November 15, 2018
  • About Current

    Current’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 Sefton
    November 14, 2018
  • System/Policy

    APTS’ 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 Sefton
    November 8, 2018
  • Development

    Two 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 Sefton
    November 8, 2018
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