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“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.
Speaking during the Television Critics Association summer press tour, Burns said he supported PBS’ new initiatives to increase programming diversity.
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.
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.
Premiering on PBS Sept. 15, the documentarian’s latest film follows the evolution of country music from 1923 to the mid-1990s.
The site’s name, Unum, is taken from the U.S. motto “e pluribus unum” — from many, one.
Stations are staging local events and creating original content tied to the 18-hour Ken Burns series, debuting Sep. 17.
“There is no plan B” to replace federal funding, Paula Kerger told TV critics during her executive session at the Summer Press Tour.
With examinations of Vietnam and the Great War, the documentarians are focusing on stories to help younger viewers understand today’s conflicts.