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Programs/Content

Security in covering right-wing rallies is a ‘constant issue,’ say ‘Frontline’ producers

By Barry Garron, Freelance Contributor | January 20, 2022

“The reporting I have been doing for the last five years involves interviewing people who are armed and oftentimes very not happy with the mainstream media, not happy with me,” ProPublica’s A.C. Thompson told TV critics.

Documentaries

Ken Burns: ‘I do not accept that only people of a particular background can tell certain stories’

By Barry Garron, Freelance Contributor | August 12, 2021

Speaking during the Television Critics Association summer press tour, Burns said he supported PBS’ new initiatives to increase programming diversity.

Programs/Content

PBS execs upbeat about financial outlook, new arts programs

By Barry Garron, Freelance Contributor | February 3, 2021

During the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour, President Paula Kerger cited gains in stations’ membership revenues and the Biden administration’s focus on education as bright spots.

Programs/Content

Filmmakers join Kerger at press tour to discuss pandemic’s effect on forthcoming PBS series

By Barry Garron, Freelance Contributor | July 29, 2020

At an executive session with the PBS president, Ken Burns and Henry Louis Gates Jr. discussed how the pandemic has affected productions of their next major series.

Programs/Content

Like the rest of Burns’ oeuvre, ‘Country Music’ offers ‘an opportunity to understand who we are’

By Barry Garron, Freelance Contributor | September 4, 2019

Premiering on PBS Sept. 15, the documentarian’s latest film follows the evolution of country music from 1923 to the mid-1990s.

Quick Takes

New Ken Burns website curates content related to his films

By Dru Sefton, Senior Editor | November 17, 2017

The site’s name, Unum, is taken from the U.S. motto “e pluribus unum” — from many, one.

Programs/Content

Alongside ‘Vietnam’, stations bring many voices to national conversation 

By Jill Goldsmith, Contributing Editor | September 1, 2017

Stations are staging local events and creating original content tied to the 18-hour Ken Burns series, debuting Sep. 17.

Programs/Content

PBS’s Kerger warns of station shutdowns if CPB goes dark

By Barry Garron, Freelance Contributor | July 31, 2017

“There is no plan B” to replace federal funding, Paula Kerger told TV critics during her executive session at the Summer Press Tour.

Programs/Content

New PBS films revisit war histories with present-day perspective

By Barry Garron, Freelance Contributor | March 8, 2017

With examinations of Vietnam and the Great War, the documentarians are focusing on stories to help younger viewers understand today’s conflicts.

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