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StoryCorps wants Latino histories
StoryCorps on NPR, which has archived oral histories from more than 50,000 participants, is kicking off StoryCorps Historias in a Washington, D.C., ...KBDI developing investigative news project
Wick Rowland, CEO of KBDI in Denver and dean of the Colorado University-Boulder School of Journalism, has announced that Colorado Public Television ...Keillor’s economic impact far-reaching
Alarm bells went off in Minnesota when Prairie Home Companion talker Garrison Keillor mentioned to Minneapolis’s Star Tribune last week that he ...As a sponsor faces lawsuit over lending practices, Smiley ends relationship
After being drawn into a scandal over alleged predatory loan practices of Wells Fargo, talk show host Tavis Smiley has cut all ...And the most Emmys go to: Little Dorrit!
Little Dorrit, the BBC/PBS/WGBH Dickens adaptation considered an Emmy underdog, actually walked away with seven statuettes: Best miniseries, directing, writing, art direction, ...A growing Ken Burns’ backlash?
With the PBS premiere of Ken Burns’ much anticipated National Parks: America’s Best Idea quickly approaching, The Los Angeles Times is examining the filmmaker, his approach ...Special ALMA award goes to Latino Public Broadcasting
Latino Public Broadcasting has received a 2009 National Council of La Raza ALMA Special Achievement Award for its body of work for ...Liza coming to public television
Liza Minelli’s Las Vegas show “Liza’s at the Palace” will be shot for distribution by American Public Television, Playbill reports. The Tony-winning ...This American Life departing Showtime, host Ira Glass says
Ira Glass, host of pubradio phenom This American Life, somewhat accidentally revealed last night that its Showtime version is ending. “I don’t ...Internet security firm detects malware on PBS page, report says
Network World, a news provider for network and IT professionals, is reporting that the Internet security firm Purewire has discovered malware ...Kermit isn’t going Gaga
Kermit the Frog is on the record about his relationship with oh-so hip pop star Lady Gaga: There is none. His denial ...Mortality bites Keillor in the butt
Garrison Keillor, 67, insists he’s fine, just fine, after a mild stroke earlier this month. He also tells The Associated Press that ...Ernest Wilson, new CPB chair and comm-school dean, sees push to define and advance public ...
With the change of parties in the White House comes an echo at CPB. Its board unanimously elected a Democrat, Ernest Wilson, ...Smiley wins international prize
PRI talk host Tavis Smiley was awarded the 2009 Interdependence Day Prize on Sept. 12 in Istanbul, Turkey, by the CivWorld project ...Maryland cuts 10 percent of workforce
Maryland Public Television has announced 18 layoffs, or about 10 percent of its staff, effective Oct. 6. There will also be furloughs, ...
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