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Comings and goings: SVP leaving CPB for university role, deputy general counsel leaves NPR …
Stephanie Aaronson will be deputy VP of communications and mass media for George Mason University.Betsy Schwien named GM of Smoky Hills PBS
Schwien joined Smoky Hills PBS last year and is the station’s third GM in two years.Victor Holliday, longtime producer of on-air fundraising for NPR, dies at 61
“When Victor walked into the room, the whole room just lit up."Ray Timothy to retire as CEO of Utah Education and Telehealth Network
Timothy has led the organization since 2012.Comings and goings: NPR names new VP, KUT hires director of programming and audience …
Selyn Hong joined NPR in 2020 after working for several law firms.Judith Smelser takes permanent role as WMFE GM
Smelser has served as interim GM since September.PBS North Carolina CEO Lindsay Bierman leaving station
Bierman will become executive director and CEO of the Exploratorium in San Francisco.Kurt Wilson to leave station manager role at WHQR
Wilson has led the station since March 2020.NPR taps Meredith Corp. exec as COO
Will Lee most recently worked as an SVP and head of digital for the publisher of "People" and "Entertainment Weekly."Comings and goings: KERA hires executive editor, Fred Rogers Productions names director …
Gilbert Bailon, KERA’s new executive editor, was editor-in-chief of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.Comings and goings: Tania Ghee promoted at PBS, NPR’s Tayla Burney appointed to director role ...
Ghee joined PBS in 2014 and most recently worked as director of early learning program development.WVIK CEO Jay Pearce to retire
Jared Johnson was also named station manager.Jad Abumrad steps down from ‘Radiolab’
Latif Nasser and Lulu Miller will continue as hosts.Bob Dambach, retired director of TV for Prairie Public, dies at 70
Dambach's many award-winning productions for Prairie Public include a series of documentaries on Germans from Russia.Walt Gillette, longtime WAMU fundraiser, dies at 64
Colleagues knew Gillette for his passion for public radio, his wry wit and a sanguine nature that never waned even during tough ...
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