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Margaret Low Smith, NPR’s senior news veep, will depart for The Atlantic
Margaret Low Smith, NPR’s senior vice president for news, is leaving the network to take a position with The Atlantic as president ...Ange-Aimée Woods, Colorado Public Radio arts reporter, dies at 41
Ange-Aimée Woods, a Canadian journalist who played a key role in the recent expansion of Colorado Public Radio arts coverage, died July ...Rocky Mountain PBS restructures exec ranks, Fraser heads KMUW-FM and more comings and goings in ...
Rocky Mountain PBS in Denver has restructured its management team. “It is critical that we have leaders at the helm of our ship ...Susanne Aikman, AlterNative Voices host, dies at 69
Aikman hosted the Native American culture show for more than 20 years, while working as a floor director for Colorado Public Television.WGBH’s Taylor leaves imprint on kids’ content, Gilbert to exit Marketplace, and more comings and goings ...
Kate Taylor, an influential children’s media executive and producer at WGBH, is leaving public broadcasting in July after 42 years. Taylor joined ...Peg + Cat + Sesame = Daytime Creative Emmys for PBS, topping networks
Longtime favorite Sesame Street took six statuettes, and the new PBS Kids animated series Peg + Cat, three.Berson honored for contribution to community radio, and other awards in public media
Ginny Berson received the Michael Bader Award honoring lifetime achievements in community radio.Valerie Gunderson, WGBH budget director, dies at 59
Gunderson worked for WGBH for more than 25 years.Mike Foti, engineering exec at WGBH and OPB, dies at 63
Foti was WGBH's director of engineering for 14 years before joining OPB in 2013.Paula Sulinski, DPTV communications manager, dies at 59
Sulinski worked for the station's public-affairs division from 1976 to 1993.Pubcasters win four UNITY Awards for commitment to cultural diversity
Over half of this year’s RTDNA/UNITY Awards went to pubcasters, including a public TV station. WKAR-TV in East Lansing, Mich., won the ...Alan Sack, pubTV direct-mail pioneer, dies at 87
Sack introduced direct-mail marketing to the pubTV system beginning with WGBH, and his methods are still used in the system.Scher resigns from KUOW-FM, St. Louis pubradio grows by two, and other comings and goings ...
Steve Scher, who has worked at Seattle’s KUOW-FM since 1986, abruptly resigned June 6 to pursue other opportunities.Chuck Haynie, longtime WTTW cameraman, dies at 62
Haynie shot for the politics beat of Chicago Tonight.Lee Chamberlin, original Electric Company cast member, dies at 76
Chamberlin appeared on the PBS show for two seasons, acting opposite Morgan Freeman, Bill Cosby and Rita Moreno.
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