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PBS Board elects leaders, Martin to step down at KALW and more comings and goings
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The PBS Board also seated several new members.
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The PBS Board also seated several new members.
Public media means “bringing the community closer together through all of the amazing stories that we have on a daily basis.”
As the son of a commercial broadcaster, Michael Marcotte gained insight into the trappings and excesses of the ad-driven industry. Public broadcasting’s authenticity was refreshingly subversive, he writes.
“I love the fact that as a journalist, I can get outside of my comfort zone and meet people who don’t look like me or sound like me.”
“Kit has been a transformational leader in public media,” said Julie Adler Raskind, board chair for ideastream.
Nancy Zieman had announced her retirement due to health issues in September.
The Washington Post reported that NPR is investigating complaints by two women who allege Oreskes made inappropriate contact with them in the 1990s.
“When I think about public media, I think about what Frantz Fanon said: ‘What matters is not to know the world but to change it.'”
Malcolm Brett has worked in public broadcasting for 34 years .
In college, Maggie Martin felt invigorated telling listeners what was happening and why it was important.
Bloom adapted magazine publishers’ practices of list-buying and direct-mail testing to public broadcasting membership programs.
Witherspoon was the first director of television at CPB.
David Sweeney leads NPR newsgathering with the new title of chief news editor.
The awards were given at the Public Radio Super-Regional Meeting.
Longtime CIR leader Christa Scharfenberg will serve as acting CEO.
Public media helped Ashley Montgomery make sense of the world in her youth. Now, as a CPB fellow, she’s making sense of the system.
The 16-year-old pianist and songwriter is a fan of public broadcasting, and the feeling is mutual.
Madhulika Sikka oversaw NPR’s international coverage from 2006–15.
Looking for his first job out of college, Malesky had two offers. One was from a strip club; the other, a new outfit called NPR.
As WETA COO for four years, Schneider managed the station’s ownership takeover of “PBS NewsHour.”