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Marian McPartland, Piano Jazz host, dies at 95
Marian McPartland, a concert pianist and the long-running host of NPR’s Piano Jazz, died Aug. 20 at her home in Long Island, ...Knell’s departure prolongs churn in NPR presidency
The unexpected departure of President Gary Knell puts NPR in the all-too-familiar situation of looking once more for a leader.Teshima Walker, e.p. of Tell Me More, dies at 44
Teshima Walker, executive producer of NPR’s Tell Me More, died Aug. 16 after a two-year battle with colon cancer. She was 44.Jack Germond, McLaughlin Group panelist, dies at 85
Jack Germond, a longtime political pundit on WTTW’s nationally syndicated public affairs program The McLaughlin Group, died Aug. 14 at his Charles ...Malatia’s exit from WBEZ leaves staff guessing
When Torey Malatia unexpectedly announced his resignation as president of WBEZ licensee Chicago Public Media Friday, July 26, news of the longtime ...CPB gets five new board members, Deggans joins NPR as its new television correspondent, and ...
Eric Deggans, a media critic at the Tampa Bay Times since 1995, will sign on as NPR’s television critic and correspondent, a new position, ...Dann Tucker, influential fundraising consultant, dies at 60
Dann Tucker, a fundraising consultant who trained PBS employees in underwriter outreach and organized donor cruises for PBS and NPR, died Aug. ...NewsHour promotes Ifill and Woodruff to helm show, as TV’s first female co-anchor team
The PBS NewsHour is reassigning its senior journalists to new roles by tapping Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff as co-anchors and managing editors of ...Senate approves all five presidential nominees to CPB Board
President Obama's five nominees to the CPB Board were approved Thursday night by the U.S. Senate.Several pubmedia journalists to join new Al Jazeera America network
Among the new reporters for Al Jazeera America’s 12 U.S. news bureaus are several with public media backgrounds. The New York City–based ...Malatia resigns as president of Chicago’s WBEZ
Torey Malatia, longtime president and c.e.o. of Chicago Public Media, has resigned effective immediately.After public broadcasting, David Giovannoni dives into audio’s long-lost past
Retiring from public radio finally afforded audience analyst David Giovannoni the time to turn his hobby, collecting antique phonographs and early sound ...Second journalist fired at Miami’s WLRN
Miami’s WLRN confirmed that host and reporter Phil Latzman was dismissed July 16. Latzman hosted a weekly public affairs show on the ...Pisaneschi moves up to lead Idaho Public Television in August
The next general manager of Idaho Public Television is Ron Pisaneschi, now its director of content. Pisaneschi takes over Aug. 5 from ...WPBT’s Schneider accepts chief operating officer post at WETA
Rick Schneider, president of WPBT in Miami, will take over as executive vice president and chief operating officer at WETA in September, ...
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