Quick Takes
Nation’s first all-student state news network to debut Feb. 28 on Hawaii PBS
America’s first student news network, Hiki No – it means “can do” – premieres Feb. 28 on PBS Hawaii, reports the Star-Advertiser in ...Joyce Campbell to retire; worked at KCET, WETA, KQED
Joyce Campbell, who has worked in public television continuously since 1959, is retiring as KCET’s vice president of education and children’s programming. ...PBS, the antidote to “Ice Road Truckers”
PBS President Paula Kerger was in Knoxville recently, and chatted with Metro Pulse. One topic: Why PBS remains unique in the world ...WBEZ, rejecting politicking
WBEZ 91.5-FM in Chicago is sending letters to members concerning the Congressional fight over CPB funding, but isn’t using its airwaves or website to urge ...Judge grants injunction to keep ivi TV from streaming station signals without consent
A New York U.S. District Court judge today (Feb. 22) granted a preliminary injunction blocking ivi TV from streaming signals from TV stations ...Former Frontline producer joins Center for Investigative Reporting’s new production unit
The Center for Investigative Reporting is starting an in-house production unit for digital media and video. Sharon Tiller, former series executive director ...Frontline, NPR win Polk Awards for collaborative projects
Two public broadcasting collaborations have won prestigious Polk awards for their news projects. Frontline, ProPublica and the Times-Picayune of New Orleans won the Polk ...Newsosaur to pubcasters: learn to live without federal aid or learn to share
Veteran newspaperman and news industry analyst Alan Mutter weighs in on the debate over CPB funding and concludes that it’s time for ...Pubcasters take to the sea for November cruise
Three public broadcasters are headliners on a 10-day PTV at Sea cruise in November. Gwen Ifill of Washington Week, Mark Samels, e.p. of American Experience, and ...Pubcasting among cuts that may be “dead on arrival” in Senate, Time magazine says
Here’s a good analysis by Time magazine about how this Washington showdown is different from back in 1995. “The $61 billion in cuts ...Warner introduces spectrum auction bill
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) has introduced an incentive auction bill to free up wireless spectrum. S.415 would authorize payments to broadcasters who voluntarily give up ...“Red-state rural stations” may be hit hardest by conservative House CPB funding cut
Small television and radio stations serving rural, “politically red areas” in California and other states would endure the biggest impact loss of ...LA Times pop music critic going to NPR Music
Ann Powers, the Los Angeles Times pop music critic since 2006, is joining NPR Music and will switch to contributor status at the newspaper, ...Minority, indie filmmaking will suffer in wake of federal cuts: Consortium board member
Eric Easter, a board member of the National Black Programming Consortium, has a column on the Root website pointing out if CPB funding ...Public broadcasting national orgs say they’ll continue to work to restore CPB funding
Reactions are coming in to the House vote to pass the Continuing Resolution that zeroes out $460 million in advance funding for ...
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