Tag: People in Public Media
Cara Williams Fry named GM for Northwest Public Broadcasting
Williams Fry most recently worked for WITF Public Media in Harrisburg, Pa.Nycklemoe heads Mountain Lake PBS, NPR shifts news staffers, and other comings and goings in ...
Nycklemoe succeeds Alice Recore, who became president in 2003 and retired Dec. 31.Public media women team up to tackle gender inequality in leadership
A group of female leaders has formed a committee to address issues of gender inequality in the executive ranks of public television ...APTS restructures to support strategic goals for state-level advocacy, public service
The Association of Public Television Stations has restructured its staff to align with recently adopted strategic goals, including efforts to promote best ...It’s WGBH lobstah vs. KCTS salmon in Super Bowl bet
A friendly Super Bowl wager between the top executives of public television stations in Boston and Seattle will yield one a booty ...PBS taps Ford Foundation executive as next chief operating officer
Barzilay replaces Michael Jones, c.o.o. since 2009, who stepped aside into an executive advisory role in September 2014.New fellowships pair independent producers with coaches for entrepreneurial training
A new fellowship program from the Association of Independents in Radio pairs a dozen content creators with coaches in an incubator-style approach ...NPR selects media journalist Elizabeth Jensen as next ombudsman
During the three-year appointment, Jensen will serve as NPR's public representative and write about journalism and journalistic ethics.Gharib heads to ‘Fortune,’ O’Connor bound for WFAE, and other comings and goings in public ...
Susie Gharib joined NBR in 1998, when the weeknightly business show was produced by WPBT in Miami.KCETLink selects former ABC Family executive as new president
Michael Riley, a former head of ABC Family, is the new president of Los Angeles-based KCETLink, the independent public media station and ...Julie Drizin named executive director of Current
The longtime public media producer and journalist joins Current Jan. 20.Mike Starling’s farewell in verse to a career in public radio
When the Public Radio Regional Organizations presented Mike Starling with its annual PRRO Award last month, the former director of NPR Labs shared a ...Aguilar crosses the pond, Marketplace reporter joins KQED, and other comings and goings in public media
ITVS’s Claire Aguilar is departing to help “nurture young filmmakers” at the Sheffield Doc/Fest in England.Frontline creates cross-platform investigative unit with help from Ford Foundation
Frontline has hired two investigative reporters and promoted a digital specialist to create its first desk producing original investigative journalism across platforms. The ...Matt Thompson leaves NPR for The Atlantic
NPR loses another high-profile employee to The Atlantic.
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