Quick Takes
Library discovers film gems in PBS collection, turns over copies to British Film Institute
The Library of Congress is turning over to the British Film Institute more than 68 rare recordings from 1957 to 1969 that ...PRSS posts a new version of its “Public Radio Resource Guide”
The Public Radio Satellite System has updated its “Public Radio Resource Guide,” listing everything from technology and equipment services to training, ...WGBH’s Dot Diva hopes to increase computer geekiness in young women
The Sept. 27 launch of Dot Diva, a new initiative co-sponsored by WGBH to get young Massachusetts women interested in computing, is ...NETA heading for Music City USA in January
Grab your guitars, the NETA Nashville 2011 conference registration is now officially open. Once you’ve registered for the January event you can ...WNET.org partners up for “At the Paley Center” interview show
Angela Lansbury, Jimmy Fallon, Brian Williams and Joel Grey are among celebrities set to appear on At the Paley Center, a new ...Columbia U selects NPR’s Siegel for John Chancellor Award
NPR’s Robert Siegel, senior host of All Things Considered, will receive the 2010 John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism, Columbia University announced today ...Autobiography by NPR’s Michele Norris tackles tough memories
“The Grace of Silence,” the new book by All Things Considered host Michele Norris, reveals painful parts of her family history, reports ...Break out those pink iPods for the NewsHour
PBS NewsHour’s Jim Lehrer spoke on a panel Wednesday (Sept. 22) addressing “The Death of Old News” at the University of Nevada ...Pop star Katy Perry a little too “Hot” for Sesame Street
Katy Perry’s snug-fitting gold bustier proved a bit much for her appearance on Sesame Street. Her “Hot & Cold” music video with ...Forget CliffsNotes, just call the pubcasting Homework Hotline
Starting Oct. 4, West Virginia students get help with their homework for free, says the Register-Herald in Beckley, W.V. The Homework Hotline ...Candidate says request to alter speech for airing on WGTE showed bias
The Republican candidate for Lucas County (Ohio) auditor on Wednesday (Sept. 22) accused Toledo’s WGTE-TV/Channel 30 of favoring the Democratic incumbent, ...Television tower free-climb video generates talk among broadcast engineers
A seven-minute video of a free-climbing tower technician “has the broadcast engineering community abuzz,” says the TV Broadcast website. Free climbing “meaning ...Heat continues on university official who canceled TPT airing of agriculture doc
University of Minnesota Vice President Karen Himle, who pulled the plug on a documentary that was to run on Twin Cities Public ...KET head bows out of Birthright fundraiser
Shae Hopkins, executive director of Kentucky Educational Television, has dropped out of a fundraiser for Birthright of Lexington, which provides assistance to ...What are the odds?
It’s a good thing Ken Burns brought his glove to the Orioles-Red Sox game in Boston on Tuesday (Sept. 21). Yup, he ...
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