Author: Dru Sefton
Presidential sparring puts pubcasting in political bull’s-eye
GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s pledge to defund PBS, which he reiterated during the Oct. 3 televised presidential debate, set off a ...Knight grant turns podcast segment into online video
Today marks the premiere of the video “The Emperor’s New Onesie,” based on an excerpt from pubradio producer Hillary Frank’s blog and ...KCET in Los Angeles, noncom satellite Link TV announce merger
KCET, the Los Angeles public TV station that split from PBS nearly two years ago, is merging with Link TV, the noncommercial ...Lloyd Mintzmyer dies in car crash; was chief engineer at Smoky Hills PTV
Lloyd Mintzmyer, the founding chief engineer at Smoky Hills Public Television in Bunker Hill, Kan., died in an automobile accident Oct. 14 ...Three nonprofit news orgs join forces on Beyond November project
Here’s a look at the nuts-and-bolts behind Beyond November, a three-way election coverage collaboration among St. Louis Public Radio, Nine Network of ...Smiley fires back at WBEZ’s cancellation of Smiley & West
Tavis Smiley has posted a scathing letter he emailed to Torey Malatia, president of Chicago Public Radio, in response to the station ...William Friday dies at 92; hosted UNC-TV’s North Carolina People for 41 years
William Friday, a past president of University of North Carolina and longtime host of North Carolina People with William Friday on UNC-TV, died Oct. ...Whad’Ya Know? hires new announcer
The popular pubradio quiz show Whad’Ya Know? has selected a successor to longtime announcer Jim Packard, who died in June. Sara Nics is joining the ...Pruess says she’s leaving WNIT “in a strong position” after weathering challenges, including fire
Mary Pruess, outgoing president and g.m. of WNIT Public Television in South Bend, Ind., told Current she feels “very confident that the station ...Pair pursue plans to mount Million Muppet March on National Mall
Two pubcasting fans in different cities who separately conceived plans for a “Million Muppet March” (later renamed Million Puppet March) in support ...Mary Pruess resigns as president, g.m., of South Bend’s WNIT
Mary Pruess, president and g.m. of WNIT Public Television in South Bend, Ind., has resigned from the station “to pursue other opportunities,” ...Madeleine Brand jumps to TV, joins KCET’s SoCal Connected
Veteran public radio broadcaster Madeleine Brand has joined the staff of SoCal Connected, KCET’s award-winning news magazine that is moving from weekly to daily ...‘Collective of stories’ of women’s movement
Filmmaker Dyllan McGee’s documentary Makers: Women Who Make America features interviews with 70 accomplished women.Sesame Workshop asks Obama campaign to drop Big Bird ad
Sesame Workshop has asked the Obama for America campaign to remove an online ad that contains a cameo appearance from its Big ...BBC World America, Masterpiece announce two co-productions
Masterpiece has signed a co-production deal with BBC World America for two titles. The eight-episode, hourlong Victorian-era series The Paradise finds a young shop girl ...
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