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Peggy Charren, crusader for children’s television, dies at 86
Charren founded Action for Children’s Television (ACT) in 1968 to fight commercialism in children’s television programming.Last Days lands Oscar nom; CPI, ProPublica recognized for data projects
Last Days in Vietnam scored PBS’s American Experience its ninth Academy Award nomination. Rory Kennedy produced and directed the film for AmEx, a documentary series that has run ...PBS taps Ford Foundation executive as next chief operating officer
Barzilay replaces Michael Jones, c.o.o. since 2009, who stepped aside into an executive advisory role in September 2014.New fellowships pair independent producers with coaches for entrepreneurial training
A new fellowship program from the Association of Independents in Radio pairs a dozen content creators with coaches in an incubator-style approach ...Paul Steen, leader of KPBS in San Diego for 26 years, dies at 82
Steen is credited with the decision in 1990 to add news to KPBS-FM’s format.WFPL reporter awarded Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize
The $5,000 prize is awarded to a young public radio journalist each year.NPR selects media journalist Elizabeth Jensen as next ombudsman
During the three-year appointment, Jensen will serve as NPR's public representative and write about journalism and journalistic ethics.Gharib heads to ‘Fortune,’ O’Connor bound for WFAE, and other comings and goings in public ...
Susie Gharib joined NBR in 1998, when the weeknightly business show was produced by WPBT in Miami.Raymond Davis, WAMU host with ‘encyclopedic’ knowledge of bluegrass, dies at 81
Raymond Davis, a veteran broadcaster who influenced and nurtured the bluegrass music scene as a music host for WAMU in Washington, D.C., ...KCETLink selects former ABC Family executive as new president
Michael Riley, a former head of ABC Family, is the new president of Los Angeles-based KCETLink, the independent public media station and ...Julie Drizin named executive director of Current
The longtime public media producer and journalist joins Current Jan. 20.Frontline, NPR among public media winners of 2015 duPont-Columbia Awards
Recipients include Henry Louis Gates's six-part history The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross.Mike Starling’s farewell in verse to a career in public radio
When the Public Radio Regional Organizations presented Mike Starling with its annual PRRO Award last month, the former director of NPR Labs shared a ...Aguilar crosses the pond, Marketplace reporter joins KQED, and other comings and goings in public media
ITVS’s Claire Aguilar is departing to help “nurture young filmmakers” at the Sheffield Doc/Fest in England.Independent Lens films take home honors, Midwest pubcasters receive Emmys, and more awards in public media
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION Independent Lens took home four wins from the 30th annual IDA Documentary Awards. The public TV documentary series won the award for ...
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