Author: Dru Sefton
Alabama PTV claims fundraising letters with former director’s signature were mistake
Alabama Public Television is soliciting funds using a form letter signed by its past director Allan Pizzato, who was fired earlier this ...Crowdfunder Spot.Us has reportedly ‘dwindled’ under APM ownership
The momentum of journalism crowdfunding project Spot.Us has “dwindled” since its acquisition by American Public Media’s Public Insight Network, according to a ...Bergsma leaves ‘house that Stephanie built,’ Raz moves to TED, NPR bolsters race unit, and more ...
Stephanie Bergsma, the KPBS fundraiser who opened the door for Joan Kroc’s $200 million bequest to NPR, retired Dec. 10 after 30 ...Nightly Business Report cuts jobs, closes Chicago bureau
A new round of layoffs at Nightly Business Report, initiated last week, pared full-time staff to 22, down by half from two years ago. ...Open Mobile Video Coalition to merge into National Association of Broadcasters
The Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC), the main advocacy group for the development of mobile digital television since 2007, is integrating into ...Gilbert, new Marketplace managing editor, coming from Weekend Edition
Sarah Gilbert is leaving her post as senior editor of NPR’s Weekend Edition to become managing editor of Marketplace, American Public Media announced today. She ...GPB hires governor’s pick for plum job
When Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal recently approached Georgia Public Broadcasting’s top exec about appointing outgoing Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers to lead ...Lakeshore Public Television president steps down
Thomas Carroll, president of Lakeshore Public Television in Merrillville, Ind., since 2002, resigned on Wednesday, according to The Times in Muncie, Ind. Board Chair ...Veteran Colorado pubcaster Wick Rowland to retire in March 2013
Wick Rowland, president of Colorado Public Television for more than a decade, announced today that he will retire at the end of ...APHC’s Keillor says he thinks about retirement ‘a lot’
A Prairie Home Companion host Garrison Keillor mentioned the “R” word — retirement — this week on Charlie Rose. “I think retirement is a beautiful thing ...KQED’s Quest expands with $2.5 million National Science Foundation grant
KQED in San Francisco has received $2.5 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a two-year collaborative national multimedia science reporting ...New Orleans nonprofit newsroom, The Lens, receives tax-exempt status after 26-month wait
The Lens, a Murrow Award-winning nonprofit news organization in New Orleans, has finally received its 501(c)3 designation from the Internal Revenue Service. ...Online database tracks NFL head injuries for Frontline/ESPN reporting project
Frontline, the PBS investigative news program, and ESPN’s Outside the Lines today launched the Concussion Watch website, a public database of the confirmed head injuries ...Nightly Business Report lays off staff, closes Chicago bureau
Nightly Business Report has laid off at least seven staffers and closed its Chicago bureau, Chicago media critic Robert Feder is reporting. “These are ...Online album to raise funds for first pubradio station on Puerto Rico’s Vieques Island
The Latino Public Radio Consortium and the National Federation of Community Broadcasters are joining the Austin, Texas-based Artists for Media Diversity (A4MD) ...
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