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Kartemquin Films co-founder Jerry Blumenthal dies at 78
Jerry Blumenthal, a founding partner of Chicago documentary house Kartemquin Films (Hoop Dreams, The Interrupters), died Nov. 13 after battling cancer. He was 78. ...Frontline creates cross-platform investigative unit with help from Ford Foundation
Frontline has hired two investigative reporters and promoted a digital specialist to create its first desk producing original investigative journalism across platforms. The ...Matt Thompson leaves NPR for The Atlantic
NPR loses another high-profile employee to The Atlantic.New York Times hires Kinsey Wilson, 14 pubTV execs work on CSGs, and other comings and goings ...
In February, Kinsey Wilson will move into a newly created position at the Times, editor for innovation and strategy.John McKinley dies at 66; former PBS staffer recalled by friends as iconoclast
John McKinley, an early employee of PBS who went on to produce a TV version of Mountain Stage, died of congestive heart failure Nov. ...StoryCorps founder David Isay wins 2015 TED Prize
StoryCorps founder David Isay has won the 2015 TED Prize, which gives him $1 million to fulfill a “wish” of his choice. Isay ...Remembering Tom Magliozzi’s ‘bright light’
Tom Magliozzi, co-host of public radio’s wildly popular Car Talk, died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease Nov. 3. He was 77. Magliozzi was born ...Radio Diaries takes gold at Third Coast, and other awards in public media
An update on the life of Teenage Diaries subject Melissa Rodriguez took the top prize at the biennial festival.PBS chooses Nelson as public affairs v.p., Tri States Radio hires reporters, and other comings ...
Marie Nelson will collaborate with executive producers of icon series and independent producers to develop content and ways to engage audiences across ...Joyce MacDonald joins CPB as first v.p. of journalism
CPB has hired former NPR executive Joyce MacDonald for the new position of vice president of journalism, it announced Tuesday. MacDonald will work ...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 ...
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