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‘Made Possible By…’ #17: ‘POV’ founder Marc Weiss
Weiss discusses a career elevating the voices of “the poets and the prophets and the pamphleteers of our era.”
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‘Made Possible By…’ #16: Producer and station leader Marita Rivero
“We like to talk about what the Ferguson police look like, but we don’t like so much turning around and seeing what our own boards look like.”
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‘The Pub’ #107: Accuracy matters more than ever — so check your facts
No longer just for magazines or long-form projects, some public media newsrooms have begun to apply more robust fact-checking to their daily and feature work.
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‘Made Possible By…’ #15: Frank Blythe, early leader in Native-focused public TV
“How are we educating the public if we can’t get a whole lot of outsiders looking at our films?”
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‘Made Possible By…’ #14: The ‘madness and intuition’ of Fred Barzyk
“Be a storyteller,” says Barzyk — and as you’ll hear, he should know.
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‘The Pub’ #106: How new hosts hold onto audiences while being themselves
Our new host gets some advice from two others who have been there.
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‘Made Possible By…’ #13: Public TV pioneer Alvin Perlmutter
“If you aren’t in a position to make mistakes, then you’re not going to come up with something worthwhile.”
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‘Made Possible By…’ #12: Sandra Rattley on an eclectic career
“I’ve had tremendous experiences, I’ve worked like a dog, so it’s not like someone just granted these things to me.”
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‘Made Possible By…’ #11: ‘Sesame Street’ co-creator Lloyd Morrisett
In the late ’60s, Morrisett and his collaborators on “Sesame Street” wanted to know: Could television teach?
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‘Made Possible By…’ #10: WGBH producer Judith Vecchione
Vecchione says public media is “one of the last holdouts in an increasing commercialized world.”