“i go home” is a one-hour 2016 TV documentary produced by WITF chronicling the journey from institution to inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities in the 1960’s. This title honors a man with intellectual disability who was institutionalized at Pennhurst State School and Hospital in eastern Pennsylvania during childhood and could only say those three words. The goal of the film was to increase society’s awareness of the journey of Pennsylvanians with intellectual disability and their contribution to American life.
WCNY’s Connect: NY is a news and public affairs TV series that explores issues of importance to the state in-depth. Coverage of each issue is broken into six one-hour episodes to create a full season of news-making contemplation. The program achieves in-depth coverage by producing one longform “first person” vignette of each major branch of each subject that is presented at the show’s introduction that is followed by a 45-50-minute panel discussion with citizen stakeholders, lawmakers, educators and public advocates.
A collaborative statewide effort by Florida’s public radio stations: WLRN, WJCT, WUSF, WFSU, WQCS, WUFT, WMFE, WUWF and WGCU. We hired an editor for a 6-month election project. 11 stations aired features. Five talk show hosts worked on a state-wide talk show focused on the election (1 hr. per week each week for 10 weeks).
Our local discussion series hosted at bars, brew pubs… it’s growing in popularity. “Politics and a Pint is back! Join WOSU Public Media for a second round of lively political discussion in a casual setting on Wednesday, March 16 from 5:30-7:30pm at Dempsey’s Food & Spirits on S. High Street.
An in-depth look at the gentrification of Brooklyn, from the developers to the mayor’s plan for affordable housing, to the integral role that race plays in the process.
