Current (https://current.org/series/documentaries-on-pbs/page/2)
Dru Sefton, Former Senior Editor | PBS will also reach out directly to public TV stations that don’t air independent film showcases at feed time.
Adam Ragusea, Former Host, "The Pub" | WNET and PBS officials recently concluded a “listening tour” to hear the concerns of documentarians. Did it change their outlook?
Dru Sefton, Former Senior Editor | Foundation funders have plenty at stake in PBS’s pending decisions about scheduling and promoting independent films.
Representatives from PBS spurred discussion about promotion, distribution and scheduling of independent films on public TV.
Any benefits from the town-hall-style “listening tour” that stopped here Monday courtesy of PBS and several other public media organizations were strictly therapeutic.
A dustup between independent filmmakers and the New York City station has co-opted a national “listening tour.”
Dru Sefton, Former Senior Editor | Testimonials from a wide variety of passionate speakers were followed by assurances from panelists that those voices were being heard.
The discussion was friendly, but emotions ran high as filmmakers and public TV executives examined their often stormy relationship.
Dru Sefton, Former Senior Editor | The goal of the four-month listening tour is to develop a national strategy to raise the profile of independent films on public TV.
Dru Sefton, Former Senior Editor | New York’s WNET is reversing its decision — at least temporarily — to shift independent documentaries from primetime on its main channel to the secondary WLIW on Long Island, which reaches a far smaller audience.