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Frank Mankiewicz, former NPR president, dies at 90
Frank Mankiewicz, a former NPR president credited with taking the fledgling network to new levels of professionalism while also overseeing its decline ...Car Talk co-host Tom Magliozzi dies at 77
Tom Magliozzi, half of Click and Clack on NPR’s Car Talk, the Tappet Brothers, died Monday of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. He was 77. ...Friends of Adler remember colleague who was ‘so very, very Margot’
Friends and colleagues of Margot Adler gathered in New York and Washington, D.C., last week to pay tribute to the late NPR ...After NPR, Jacki Lyden plans podcast that takes fashion seriously
The veteran host and reporter sees a chance to "rescue fashion from frivolity and rank consumerism."Burson-Marsteller executive moves up to chair PBS Board of Directors
The PBS Board of Directors elected Don Baer of Burson-Marsteller Worldwide as its new chair Wednesday, promoting him from vice-chair during a ...Marketplace selects new managing editor, Dawson joins AIR, and other comings and goings in public media
Mina Kim is the new Friday host for Forum with Michael Krasny, a live public affairs program on KQED-FM in San Francisco.Allegations about sex life prompted firing, says CBC’s Ghomeshi
Jian Ghomeshi, host of CBC Radio’s Q, said Sunday that he was fired by the Canadian pubcaster over a threat about allegations regarding ...Susan Sollins, e.p. of arts documentary series, dies
Susan Sollins, executive producer of the biennial public TV series Art in the Twenty-First Century, died Oct. 13. Her age and the cause of ...Pubcasters take home regional Emmys, and more awards in public media
Three programs that will run on PBS in the next year were recognized at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival.KQED appoints executive editor, San Antonio’s KLRN hires president, and other comings and goings in ...
Holly Kernan is one of three hires for KQED News, including a new executive producer and senior editor.PBS tops networks at News and Documentary Emmys
"Syria Behind the Lines" and two other Frontline documentaries were among the winners.Online Journalism honors include several pubmedia projects
An Oregon Public Broadcasting journey through the Glacier Caves was among the winners.David Candow, ‘host whisperer’ and public radio trainer, dies at 74
David Candow, who was nicknamed “The Host Whisperer” for his work training hundreds of public radio hosts and journalists, died Thursday at ...Walker leaves AIR for ITVS, Lapin departs Current, and other comings and goings in public ...
The Independent Television Service has hired Noland Walker, former executive editor of the Association of Independents in Radio’s Localore project, as senior ...PRPD honors Oliver, JazzWeek recognizes community stations, and more awards in public media
PUBLIC RADIO PROGRAM DIRECTORS Craig Oliver, a public radio audience research consultant, received the Don Otto award for career contributions to the field. Oliver ...
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