Author: Julian Wyllie
Black Public Media awards $610,000 to filmmakers, honors Sam Pollard with Trailblazer Award
The grants were announced at the 2024 PitchBLACK Forum in New York.Comings and goings: CPB hires director of radio investments, WEDU appoints COO …
Chad Lampe left PRX to become director of radio investments for CPB.Comings and goings: VP leaves Chicago Public Media, Cincinnati Public Radio hires music director …
Amy Wielunski, who joined Chicago Public Media in 2017, is leaving her VP role to become executive director of VocalEssence, a nonprofit ...Sesame Workshop reaches tentative collective bargaining agreement with writers’ union
The writers, who are represented by the Writers Guild of America, East, were threatening to picket outside of Sesame Workshop’s New York ...N.Y. Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney proposes bill to defund NPR
Tenney’s proposal follows recent criticism of the network spurred by former editor Uri Berliner’s essay for The Free Press.Sesame Workshop writers’ union votes to authorize strike
The writers, who are represented by the Writers Guild of America, East, seek new benefits and payment standards for residuals from streaming, ...Comings and goings: NPR hires Western bureau chief, Rocky Mountain Public Media adds two executives ...
Ravenna Koenig, who first joined NPR in 2014 as an intern, became Western bureau chief for the National Desk.Robert MacNeil, founding co-anchor of ‘PBS NewsHour,’ dies at 93
MacNeil, a television journalist who had the “courage to be boring,” favored substance over flash.Accelerator program helps KERA, WNET successfully launch children’s podcasts
KERA’s “Tiempo Tranquilo” and WNET’s “The Plate Show” were developed as part of PRX’s podcast accelerator program.Growth of games on PBS Kids aims to meet children where they are
“We are reaching a really big audience," says Abby Jenkins of PBS Kids. "They are born gamers."Signal Infrastructure Group acquires Sony’s share of Public Media Management, announces rebrand
SIG will rebrand itself to Media Management as part of the purchase.WNET Group announces layoffs to its New Jersey newsroom, plans to cancel ‘NYC-Arts’
The job cuts affected staff working in children's media, local news and the Interactive Engagement Group, among other units.Comings and goings: Stephanie Kuo named PRX VP, Wade Lee promoted at KUT …
Kuo joined PRX in 2018 as a project manager and has also been director of training/content development.Comings and goings: Bobby Carter named host and series producer of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts, ...
Bobby Carter, who first joined NPR as an intern in 2000, was promoted within NPR Music.PBS proposes 4% increase in station dues to balance 2025 budget
A proposal to be forwarded to stations allocates $7.6 million of PBS’ own funds for strategic priorities.
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