Programs/Content
Revamped Detroit news show looks to community to set agenda
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With “One Detroit,” Detroit Public Television is taking longtime hosts out of the studio and into the middle of local conversations.
Programs/Content
PBS initiative will encourage intergenerational reading, determine America’s ‘Best-Loved’ book
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The series will feature authors, celebrities, athletes and other public figures sharing their favorite fiction books and interest in literacy.
Programs/Content
Novice filmmaker rejects ‘ruin porn’ to showcase Detroit’s vibrant spirit
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“Let’s Have Some Church Detroit Style” profiles the Hallelujah Singers, an energetic all-star gospel choir.
Programs/Content
Study reveals surprising diversity among public TV viewership
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Data examined by TRAC Media Services “refute mischaracterizations of public TV’s audience as homogeneously white retired folk.”
Programs/Content
Detroit Public TV expands niche programming with National Book Festival coverage
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Book View Now will provide live coverage of the event in Washington, D.C., this weekend.
System/Policy
Detroit journalism project gets additional boost from Knight Foundation
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The Detroit Journalism Cooperative has “much more work to do,” says its convener.
Detroit Public Television
PBS to share coverage of major book fair with online viewers
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The coverage from the Miami Book Fair International will stream live on PBS.org, member station websites and WorldChannel.org.
People
Paula Sulinski, DPTV communications manager, dies at 59
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Sulinski worked for the station’s public-affairs division from 1976 to 1993.
Quick Takes
Thursday roundup: Commercial classical wanes; Jane Seymour to host Detroit PTV show
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Plus: radio from a tugboat, and a Reading Rainbow parody.