Tag: Pacifica
Robert Knight, WBAI investigative journalist, dies at 64
Knight was a Polk Award-winning investigative reporter for New York's Pacifica affiliate.Some see decentralization as salve to Pacifica’s fiscal, leadership woes
As Pacifica Radio marked its 65th anniversary of broadcasting, foundation and station leaders are talking publicly about governance reforms that involve “decentralizing” ...Warring Pacifica factions take up court battle as financial woes mount
The ongoing standoff over Pacifica’s leadership reached the California courts last week, opening what could become a protracted legal battle over the ...Wednesday roundup: Sesame Go app launches; Pacifica heads to court
Plus: CBC braces for huge losses, and the Fred Rogers Center honors Yo-Yo Ma.Engelhardt: Change to Pacifica’s governance must come from outside
I have been following the recent events of the Pacifica radio network with great interest and even greater concern — even sadness. ...Faction of Pacifica board sues to reinstate fired director
Nine members of the Pacifica Foundation’s board of directors opposing last month’s firing of executive director Summer Reese filed a lawsuit Thursday ...Thursday roundup: Pacifica names new interim head; Montagne evicted in Kabul
• The Pacifica Foundation announced the appointment of a new interim executive director, even as the one the foundation attempted to fire, ...Thursday roundup: Pacifica standoff gets TV coverage, POV doc travels to Cuba
• The standoff at Pacifica’s headquarters in Berkeley, Calif., got coverage on a local news program on Oakland’s KTVU. Executive Director Summer Reese ...Thursday roundup: Ruiz gets Sundance fellowship, new Muppet helps kids stay clean
• Filmmaker Bernardo Ruiz (The Graduates/Los Graduados, Reportero) has received the Time Warner Fellowship from the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program to work on his latest ...Wednesday roundup: Cutting locks at Pacifica; concerns about repacking interference
• A new round of unrest is brewing at Pacifica. Current reported last week on the radio network’s board voting to oust executive director Summer ...Pacifica’s executive director ignores board’s firing
Pacifica Executive Director Summer Reese reported to work today at the radio network’s headquarters in Berkeley, Calif., ignoring her dismissal Thursday by ...Report: Pacifica board dismisses executive director after five months on the job
The board of directors of the Pacifica Foundation terminated Executive Director Summer Reese Thursday, according to an email sent early Friday by ...Friday roundup: This American Doodle, troubles at KCETLink
• Nothing spells love quite like This American Life. For a Valentine’s Day Doodle, Google has enlisted the Public Radio International program to present five ...Free Speech Radio News mounts comeback with new site
After going off the air last fall, Free Speech Radio News is resuming production, but on a relaunched version of its website. Beginning ...With board appointment, Pacifica’s executive director drops “interim” from title
The board of the Pacifica Foundation on Monday appointed Summer Reese executive director of the five-station radio network, a position she has ...
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