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WGBH’s Jared Bowen receives Commonwealth Award
WGBH News’ Jared Bowen received the Commonwealth Award recognizing “exceptional achievement in the arts, humanities and sciences.” Bowen is an Emmy-winning reporter ...POV’s American Promise wins special jury award for U.S. docs
The 90-minute feature was produced and directed by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson, a married couple who traced the education of two ...Six TV and radio pubcasters receive Golden Mike Awards
Two Los Angeles–area public TV stations won Golden Mikes. KCET won three awards in Division A (for stations with 50 or more ...PBS programs capture three WGAW Awards
The Writers Guild of America, West’s prize in the children’s–episodic and specials category went to Christine Ferraro for writing Sesame Street’s “The Good Sport.” ...Frontline, California Watch cited for outstanding journalism
The Polk Award for documentary television reporting was presented to Frontline correspondent Martin Smith and producer Michael Kirk for the four-part investigative series ...West Virginia’s Bob Wise receives Thought Leader Award
Former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise was honored for his work supporting public media’s educational service. Wise is president of the Alliance for ...WGBH selects National Geographic TV exec to head national programming
John Bredar, a senior executive producer at National Geographic Television, is the new head of national programming at major producing station WGBH ...APTS recognizes Barbara Mikulksi and Greg Walden, gives innovation and advocacy awards
The Association of Public Television Stations handed out Champions of Public Broadcasting awards during its Public Media Summit in Washington, D.C., Feb ...Obama nominates two for CPB Board, Boston pair move from commercial radio to WGBH, and ...
Jim Braude and Margery Eagan debuted Feb. 25 as co-hosts of Boston Public Radio, a midday news/talk show on Boston’s WGBH-FM.Briscoe no longer at Newark’s WBGO-FM
Thurston Briscoe is no longer at WBGO-FM in Newark, N.J. His last day was Friday. The news was first reported on the ...Phil Estrada Olvera Jr., OPB engineer
Felipe “Phil” Estrada Olvera Jr., a network center director of engineering at Portland-based Oregon Public Broadcasting, died Jan. 19 of complications from ...One ouster leads to another at Iowa Public Radio
When the board of Iowa Public Radio voted to remove Mary Grace Herrington as c.e.o. Feb. 25, the directors were responding to ...Charles Scruggs, “Mr. Chuck” on WKNO
Charles Scruggs, known to Memphis children for his appearances as “Mr. Chuck” on WKNO Public Television for nearly two decades, died Jan. ...White House sends two nominations for CPB Board to Senate for confirmation
The White House has sent two nominations to the Senate for confirmation for openings on the CPB Board, it announced Wednesday. President ...George Rogers, WCET development director
George H. Rogers Jr., who worked as development and community relations director at WCET-TV in Cincinnati in the early years of the ...
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