Quick Takes
Carolyn Jensen Chadwick, producer of Radio Expeditions
Carolyn Jensen Chadwick, a producer who created sound-rich, evocative stories that once defined the NPR listening experience, passed away yesterday. With her ...UNC-TV reporter, researcher solicited and accepted money from anti-Aloca group
A researcher working with UNC-TV reporter Eszter Vajda, who is investigating Alcoa’s dam licensing and associated environmental issues in North Carolina, asked ...East Tennessee viewers get new name for their pubcasting station
East Tennessee Public TV, or ETPtv, has changed its name to East Tennessee PBS and has a spiffy new website to prove ...Knight News Challenge Grant winner discusses court project
Here are further details on Order in the Court 2.0, the interesting Knight News Challenge Grant winner that seeks to establish best ...Frustrated? The PBS ombudsman is
Hearing about the McLaughlin Group makes PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler feel like “that airline cabin attendant who grabbed a beer and hit ...Vermont listener questions Schiller on NPR’s online expansion
When listeners can find NPR programming on the Internet and via so many different mobile devices, what does the future portend for ...Nightly Business Report co-host not so social on social media
Susie Gharib, co-anchor of Nightly Business Report on PBS, reveals in an interview that “I don’t have Facebook, and I don’t tweet.” ...Community broadcasters support net neutrality in letter to FCC
Several community broadcasting leaders are signatories to a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski protesting the recent Google-Verizon policy proposal ...Family sues Frontline over funeral film
PBS and WGBH’s Frontline are among defendants in a lawsuit filed this week (Aug. 10) in Cook County (Chicago) Court that contends ...Car hits NPR host Peter Sagal
Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me host Peter Sagal is recovering from injuries he received when a car struck him Wednesday (Aug. ...Pubcasting execs heading to Aspen to ponder Communications and Society
Several public broadcasting system leaders are participating in next week’s (Aug. 15-18) 2010 FOCAS (Forum on Communications and Society) at the Aspen ...Whad’ya Know? celebrates 25 years on public radio
“The audience brings the show. . . . I am the vessel,” says public radio host and humorist Michael Feldman in this ...Virginia station pairs with university for civic engagement
Virginia’s WHRO-TV/WHRV-FM and Old Dominion University are partnering on civic engagement opportunities, the university announced today (Aug. 12). Cathy Lewis, host of ...Majority in survey think government shouldn’t make broadband a priority
A just-released report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project reveals that 53 percent of Americans don’t think spreading broadband availability ...Stars galore on new season of Sesame Street
The guest list for the 41st season of Sesame Street premiering Sept. 27, reads like a who’s who of Hollywood hipness. Just ...
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