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PBS announces Teachers Innovation Challenge for STEM
PBS is undertaking a multi-year initiative to recognize excellence in pre-K through 12th grade educators and practices in science, technology, engineering and ...New partnership offers legal advice to indie digital journalists
The Online Media Legal Network will provide legal assistance to independent digital journalists via the Online News Association, the Citizen Media Law ...“Washington Week” goes HD on Friday
Washington Week is upgrading to HD this week, tweaking everything from the set to the graphics. Senior Producer Chris Guarino tells Current ...Smiley ends decade-long State of the Black Union
After 10 years, PBS talk host Tavis Smiley is ending his State of the Black Union event. He crisscrossed the country for ...Roadshow’s “million-dollar” jade collection sells for much less
Remember Antiques Roadshow’s first million-dollar appraisal, filmed last June? You may have seen it in the season premiere last night. Owner Jinx ...FCC chairman’s Facebook account hijacked by spammers
FCC Chair Julius Genachowski’s Facebook account was briefly taken over late last month by spam-spewing malware, the New York Times tech blog ...Nonprofit Metropolis news site to cover Philly area
Another nonprofit news site has come online, says the Philebrity blog. Metropolis covers the Philadelphia region. According to the site, it’s “dedicated ...Hawaii PBS to launch unique statewide student news network
PBS Hawaii will “break national ground” with its new multimedia statewide middle- and high-school student news network, reports the Star Bulletin in ...More teachers using digital and streaming media, study finds
The number of K-12 teachers using digital media is up 7 percent from last year, according to a PBS-funded ongoing study by ...California Watch adds interactivity to its investigative toolkit
California Watch, a special project of the Center for Investigative Reporting, launched a new website with more interactive features. Users can dig ...Sucherman to direct NPR’s Project Argo
NPR hired two key staff members for Project Argo, its $3 million pilot testing new approaches to online local news. PaidContent reports ...On the road again . . .
Ratings powerhouse Antiques Roadshow has announced its 2010 tour cities and dates. “We’re calling this our Crystal Anniversary Tour,” Roadshow e.p. Marsha ...CPB set to announce first executive director of American Archive
CPB sources reveal that Matthew White has been hired as the first executive director of American Archive. White’s firm managed the yearlong ...Cooney Center studying online search habits of youngsters
The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop is co-sponsoring a research study on children and Internet keyword searching, reports the New ...WTTW’s “Chicago Tonight” ends contract for 18-year correspondent
Rich Samuels, longtime reporter on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight, did not have his contract renewed due to a “seven-figure shortfall” in the station’s ...
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