Author: Dru Sefton
PubTV programmer Hernandez moving into new post at KQED
Susie Hernandez, a past president of the Public Television Programmers Association, has accepted a newly created position at KQED in San Francisco ...Public TV’s first TED Talks Education special tapes live this week
TED, the nonprofit behind the high-profile conferences about ideas in technology, entertainment and design (as well as NPR’s new weekend series), and ...Jane Henson, early Muppets collaborator with husband Jim, dies at 78
This item has been updated and reposted with additional information. Jane Henson, widow of Muppets creator Jim Henson, died today at age ...WETA’s Bruns retiring, WGBH hires new national program exec, NFCB dismisses Jackson and more . ...
One thing that retiring WETA C.O.O. Joe Bruns will miss about public broadcasting is that “every day is different,” he told Current. “Not ...Nine media projects receive Latino Public Broadcasting funding
Media projects backed during LPB's latest grant round include Children of Giant, Hector Galan's documentary exploring how production of the epic feature film Giant affected ...Washington Post showcases home of CPB’s Jennifer Lawson
You can take a photographic stroll around the Washington, D.C., rowhouse of Jennifer Lawson, CPB’s s.v.p., television and digital video content, thanks ...APTS’ Butler to appear on C-SPAN program
Patrick Butler, president of the Association of Public Television Stations, will be the featured guest on C-SPAN’s The Communicators at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Saturday, ...KCETLink confirms SoCal Connected “going on hiatus”
Bret Marcus, executive producer of SoCal Connected on KCETLink in Los Angeles, addressed the award-winning investigative program’s future in a statement today. “SoCal Connected ...Two transmitters going dark due to budget cuts at Blue Ridge PBS
Blue Ridge PBS in Roanoke, Va., is shutting down two transmitters due to state funding and federal sequestration, according to the Roanoke Times. Households ...Co-host Brand mourns “last taping” of KCET’s SoCal Connected
Is KCETLink’s award-winning news show SoCal Connected ending production? There’s no official announcement from the pubcaster in Los Angeles yet, but co-host Madeline Brand ...OK Go helps NPR celebrate move to new headquarters
NPR called on rockers OK Go to mark the network’s move to new digs, the Washington Post reports. The performance, “filmed in meticulous, stop-motion-ish ...Tanya Ott takes radio v.p. position at Georgia Public Broadcasting
Veteran radio pubcaster Tanya Ott is joining Georgia Public Broadcasting as vice president of radio, responsible for management of 17 stations statewide, ...Cancer film on Colorado pubTV prompts PBS Ombudsman column
PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler takes on a controversial documentary aired by a local station, Denver-based Colorado Public Television, in his latest column. Burzynski ...MacArthur grants go to nine docs including Localore and Kartemquin projects
Reinvention Stories, part of pubmedia’s Localore initiative, is the recipient of one of nine grants totaling more than $1 million announced today ...Veteran Idaho pubcaster Morrill to retire; founding member of Affinity Group Coalition
Idaho Public Television General Manger Peter Morrill is retiring, the state Board of Education announced today. “Peter has been an exceptional leader, ...
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