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Two staffers cut from Idaho Public Television
Idaho Public Television has laid off two employees, according to The Idaho Statesman. A videographer/director and on-air operations center supervisor were let ...WUSF plans new production/performance studio
WUSF Public Broadcasting will spend $200,000 on a new television, video and radio facility for performance and production, at the University of ...WNYC unveils its plans for classical WQXR
There’s one week to go before New York’s classical WQXR relaunches under the ownership of WNYC, and programmers are putting the finishing ...“National Parks” series gets six of its own iPhone apps
One iPhone app will be released for each episode of National Parks: America’s Best Idea, according to developers We-Envision. The 99-cent apps, ...Sesame Street marks 40 seasons with visit from First Lady
The kick-off episode for Sesame Street‘s 40th season on Nov. 10 will feature a very special guest: First Lady Michelle Obama. She’ll ...Underwriting losses prompt NHPR to cut jobs
With corporate support revenues running 11 percent below last year, New Hampshire Public Radio laid off four employees. Business reporter David Darman, ...Doug Mitchell: “sticking with what I believe in” and busier than ever
In a Poynter.org column for journalists seeking employment, pubradio producer and journalism trainer Doug Mitchell says he was lucky to have been ...Dyson show has CPB support but consortium backs away
There’s been a split within the African American Public Radio Consortium over the Michael Eric Dyson Show, a midday talker launched in ...Knight Commission to issue public media recommendations
The Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy will present its findings Friday before a plethora of federal ...Ken Burns, in perpetual motion
Where in the world was Ken Burns when his 10-year project, National Parks: America’s Best Idea, had its PBS premiere last night? Watching it ...Top pubcasters’ salaries listed in newspaper survey
Twenty pubcasters are included in The Chronicle of Philanthropy‘s executive compensation survey for the nation’s top foundations and charities. Figures reflected end ...Frontline, Tehran Bureau site partner up for coverage
Frontline has entered into an “editorial partnership” with Tehran Bureau, an online news site connecting journalists, experts, readers–and sometimes anonymous contributors. The ...More from ombud of PBS, that “strange beast within the world of media”
A new column from PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler is now online. Subjects include KBDI’s Sept. 11 conspiracy theory pledge programming, and Tavis ...Pubcaster develops teaching tool tackling post-incarceration issues
WFYI Public Broadcasting in Indiana is announcing a new board game it helped create that provides insights into the challenges former inmates ...PBS Video Portal offers entire National Parks series
By now you know, unless you’ve been holed up in a Yosemite cave, that Ken Burns’ latest doc, National Parks: America’s Best ...
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