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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.Samuel Chamberlin Newbury, ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ producer, dies at 69
Samuel Chamberlin Newbury, who served as director of productions for Fred Rogers Co. for nearly three decades, died May 22 at his ...Rooney drops WGBH host role, Castadio exits pubcasting, and other comings and goings in public ...
After hosting WGBH’s Greater Boston for 18 years, Emily Rooney is scaling back her role to focus on the weekly Beat the Press program.Dorothy Peterson, CPB program officer, dies at 79
Peterson worked on several projects for CPB and the National Endowment for the Humanities and mentored younger CPB staffers.Yore tapped as new g.m. of Washington, D.C.’s WAMU
JJ Yore, co-creator of public radio’s Marketplace and a former v.p. and executive producer with American Public Media, will step into a station leadership ...Chuck Furman, founding program manager of WGVU, dies at 73
Furman helped launch WGVU-TV in Grand Rapids, Mich., and served as its assistant g.m. in charge of community relations for 25 years.
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