Author: Julian Wyllie
Comings and goings: Louisville Public Media adds Gabrielle Jones as VP, America’s Test Kitchen appoints ...
Jones will leave her position as audience editor for KERA in Dallas.Comings and goings: CPB names human resources and DEI VP, Wendy Turner becomes GM at ...
Stephen Wilkins has served in the military and most recently worked for Alexandria City Public Schools.Linda Simensky, head of PBS Kids content, departs for Duolingo
Simensky had worked at PBS since 2003.Comings and goings: Promotions at PRX, WHYY …
PRX filled two new roles focused on podcasts.Beth Courtney, CEO of Louisiana Public Broadcasting, will retire
Courtney joined LPB in 1976 and became its leader in 1985.WCTE appoints Avery Hutchins CEO
Hutchins succeeds Becky Magura, who left the station to lead Nashville Public Television.Comings and goings: Erika Aguilar named EP at NPR, CPB board officers reelected …
Aguilar will be EP of "Morning Edition" and "Up First."Station Manager Kerry Swanson leaving Northwest Public Broadcasting
Swanson has led the station since 2008.These stations are adopting new strategies to attract more diverse donors
“We spend a lot of time thinking in the clouds and being a little more highbrow and not coming out of those ...NEH pandemic relief grants boost indie filmmakers
ITVS, Firelight Media, the Sundance Institute and Appalshop Inc. received $5.5 million for filmmaking initiatives and other projects.Comings and goings: Frazier promoted at South Carolina ETV, Pizzi joins Public Media Venture Group ...
Stephanie Frazier joined SCETV in 2019.Kristen Blessman to lead PBS12
Blessman will join the station after leading the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce.Comings and goings: Lulu Garcia-Navarro joins New York Times, NPR names chief culture editor …
Garcia-Navarro recently announced her departure from NPR.New podcast hosted by Grace Lee examines public TV’s track record on DEI
The podcast follows months of criticism directed at PBS and public media about the system’s DEI initiatives and lack of transparency.Comings and goings: Sara DeWitt to lead children’s media at PBS, network elects board members ...
“Sara is an extraordinary leader and renowned innovator in children’s media,” said PBS President Paula Kerger.
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