Programs/Content
‘PBS NewsHour’ special looks at how Americans became so divided
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“America at a Crossroads” offers insight into the causes of the nation’s political divisions in a Tuesday prime-time PBS program.
Awards
PBS honors station leaders, PRNDI names Editor of the Year, and more awards in public media
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Allen Weatherly, former executive director of Arkansas Educational Television Network, was honored posthumously with the Daniel K. Miller PBS Station Leadership Award.
Programs/Content
Judy Woodruff says VP Pence sees benefits of public media
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Pence “values his experiences with public media,” Woodruff said at the APTS Public Media Summit.
Quick Takes
Friday roundup: Frontline tries out virtual reality; Gerdeman talks development trends
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Plus: MoJo‘s nonprofit mojo, and Judy Woodruff’s biscuits.
Quick Takes
Monday roundup: NewsHour, CPB CEO jump on Ice Bucket Challenge; San Fran nonprofit gives crowdfunding tips
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Plus: PBS Kids’ Chromecast strategy.
Programs/Content
Winslow of NewsHour sees need for greater investment in public TV’s news programming
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The final installment of our interview with Linda Winslow, outgoing executive producer of the PBS NewsHour.
Gwen Ifill
NewsHour promotes Ifill and Woodruff to helm show, as TV’s first female co-anchor team
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The PBS NewsHour is reassigning its senior journalists to new roles by tapping Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff as co-anchors and managing editors of the weeknightly broadcasts. The change, announced today during the Television Critics Association Press Tour in Los Angeles, drops the system of rotating anchor duties among six different NewsHour journalists. It takes effect next month. Jim Lehrer, longtime anchor and co-owner of the show through MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, retains the title of executive editor, but Ifill and Woodruff will lead editorial and strategic planning of PBS’s flagship news show. “Gwen and Judy have been the heart and soul of NewsHour for years,” said Linda Winslow, executive producer, “so it’s wonderful to formalize these new roles and give them an opportunity to provide even more input on the content and direction of the show.”
Programs/Content
NewsHour gives party conventions 18 hours, assigns female anchor team
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With the NewsHour‘s Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff stepping into co-anchor roles for PBS’s coverage of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, producers have reconfigured their set and editorial plans for the 18 hours of live broadcasts that begin airing on PBS stations on Tuesday.
The coverage, airing at 8 p.m. ET through Thursday on most PBS stations, marks the passing of the torch from retired anchor Jim Lehrer, and makes Ifill and Woodruff the first female anchor due to co-anchor coverage of the major party conventions…