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CPB Board selects new leadership, NPR’s Brand lands in London, and other comings and goings in public media
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Also, American Experience has named its first historian in residence.
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Also, American Experience has named its first historian in residence.
The NPR reporter’s background in evangelical Christianity has given her insight into conservative political communities.
“John was a great leader, mentor and a champion for public service,” said Linda O’Bryon, president of SCETV and SC Public Radio.
Listening to public radio while doing time connected Dickie Scruggs to the outside world and his former life.
Colleagues remember “the unassuming, behind-the-scenes guy who got things done.”
Skoler founded the Public Insight Network now used by more than 60 newsrooms.
KQED’s John Sepulvado: “You can be part of this culture, you can be who you are and not drink.”
Brand hosted the station’s “Folklife Festival” for more than 70 years, earning him a Guinness world record.
PBS has reorganized its digital and marketing team, while also hiring and promoting executives in other departments.
Handley was president and CEO of NHPR for 15 years.
Accepting an award for lifetime achievements, Nelson said that television has failed to tell “the full American story.”
Kling retired in 2011 but still has plenty to say about his field.
A citation noted Gross’s “artful probing of the human experience.”
The reporter’s distinctive storytelling and Southern drawl win him praise from listeners and colleagues.
Nate DiMeo will produce 10 podcasts focused on objects in the museum’s American Wing.
NPR aired hundreds of commentaries by the food and culture writer.
Beth Curley, NPT president, called Simington “the granddaddy of NPT’s production staff.”
“There was a generation, and Barry was among them, that really defined and built what we are today.”
Alicia Montgomery will be editorial director at the Washington, D.C., station.
A WTTW spokesperson said producers have not yet informed the station about plans for the program.