Programs/Content
ITVS backs Texas ‘taco journalists’ for digital series pilot
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The pilot episode is set to begin filming in El Paso later this summer.
System/Policy
Maryland congressman aims to defund NPR, ITVS
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“We could put an end to funding permanently through statute,” says Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.). “And it’s probably time to do that.”
Programs/Content
Documentaries, town hall expand PBS’s look at guns in America
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PBS continues to defy bullets with words, resuming a conversation that its programmers hope will gradually bring opposing sides of the gun debate closer together.
Quick Takes
MacArthur doc grants include public media projects
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The 19 grants totaling almost $2.5 million were selected from nearly 500 proposals.
Programs/Content
Series of TED Talks in New York will air on PBS next year
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Animation and other films will also be part of the event and broadcast.
Television programs
Listening tour about documentaries on PBS brings debate to WNET’s hometown
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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.
Television programs
WNET’s move to bolster viewing starts row over public TV’s mission
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A dustup between independent filmmakers and the New York City station has co-opted a national “listening tour.”
Television programs
Filmmakers push for common carriage at first stop in public TV ‘listening tour’
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The discussion was friendly, but emotions ran high as filmmakers and public TV executives examined their often stormy relationship.
Programs/Content
Storify: PBS, indie filmmakers hold first “listening tour” event in San Francisco
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Tweets from the Jan. 17 meeting at the San Francisco Public Library.