Author: Dru Sefton
PBS NewsHour website redesign to integrate upcoming weekend program
In addition to launching a weekend edition of the PBS NewsHour, New York’s WNET has secured a contract to create an integrated website for ...Zimmerman verdict protesters damage windows at Youth Radio in Oakland, Calif.
Youth Radio, the Oakland, Calif.-based nonprofit that trains young people in media production, sustained shattered windows during local unrest on Monday following ...PBS to mark anniversary of historic civil rights March on Washington
PBS is planning a weeklong commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the historic civil rights March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. ...American Masters chooses first strategist, Lubinsky returns to radio, and more . . .
Pledge legend TJ Lubinsky, whose retro musical revue shows have raised multiple millions of dollars for public television over 20 years, has ...KIXE-TV worker admits to using donor credit-card numbers for purchases
A woman who was training to become membership coordinator of KIXE-TV in Redding, Calif., has admitted to credit card fraud, according to ...Maine pubcaster ponders future of classical music after host’s departure
Maine Public Broadcasting is rethinking its approach to classical music, with the upcoming departure of a radio host and a strategic plan ...KCPT, NewsHour receive $4 million in “transformational” donation
A "transformational gift" from an anonymous donor through KCPT will create a digital news center in Kansas City, Mo., as well as ...History Detectives promoted to investigators in series revamp
For 2014, History Detectives: Special Investigation will introduce a new host, a pared-down team of detectives and a streamlined format of gripping mysteries from ...Grech ousted as WLRN news chief
Dan Grech was dismissed as news director for the reporting partnership between the Miami Herald and WLRN-FM on Monday. WLRN General Manager John Labonia ...Fanning will get Lifetime Achievement Emmy during ceremonies this fall
Frontline creator and Executive Producer David Fanning will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Arts and Sciences at the news ...President Obama to honor NPR’s Frank Deford with National Humanities Medal
Frank Deford, sports journalist, author and longtime Morning Edition commentator, will receive the National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama at the White House ...APTS, NPR retooling 170 Million Americans campaign
A grassroots initiative that encourages citizens to lobby Capitol Hill for continued funding to public media is changing its name, revamping its ...Forum will focus on philosophies of public media’s local service
The next Public Media Futures Forum, the latest in an ongoing series of events examining topics of interest to the field, will ...‘Old-timer’ Fred Barzyk aims to Kickstart drama
Fred Barzyk, a pioneering director who began his career at WGBH and went on to win Peabody and Venice Film awards, is ...Rep. Lamborn once again targets funding for NPR on Capitol Hill
Republican Colorado Congressman Doug Lamborn today reintroduced legislation to kill federal funding for NPR. Its language is identical to his bill that ...
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