Tag: People in Public Media
Pruess says she’s leaving WNIT “in a strong position” after weathering challenges, including fire
Mary Pruess, outgoing president and g.m. of WNIT Public Television in South Bend, Ind., told Current she feels “very confident that the station ...Madeleine Brand says outside offers lured her from KPCC
Madeleine Brand, who quit KPCC Sept. 21, told Current that “outside offers just became too attractive” for her to remain at the Pasadena ...Cahill chairs CPB Board, panel of GMs appointed to advise PRSS, Coan exits Houston for ...
Patricia Cahill, former g.m. of KCUR in Kansas City, Mo., is the first radio broadcaster to serve as CPB chair.Izzi Smith joins NPR programming, Headlee leaves The Takeaway, Brooks heads project for deaf/blind
Israel “Izzi” Smith signs on at NPR in November as director of programming. His predecessor in the job is Eric Nuzum, who ...Utah educator named director of state’s broadband network for schools
Utah Education Network, the only public TV licensee to receive a federal broadband grant and to join the national US Ignite project ...NPR’s top fundraiser comes from YMCA, Hanley moves to Birmingham and Kendall to Miami, Moe ...
NPR has hired Monique Hanson, from YMCA of the USA, as its chief development officer. Hanson joined the YMCA in 2004 and served ...Aronson promoted at Frontline, NPR Board elections, Lapin joins Current, and more…
The promotion, announced during the Television Critics Association Press Tour last month, was widely reported as an indication that Aronson will succeed ...NET’s Bates to retire, NPR’s Seabrook departs, Bodarky elected PRNDI prez, and more…
Bates, a producer/director who rose through the ranks to become network chief in 1996, announced his retirement plans June 22, initiating the second ...Live From Lincoln Center creator departs, McGee replaces Fornatale at WFUV, and more…
John Goberman has produced more than 200 live national telecasts since launching the PBS performance series more than three decades ago. Goberman ...NPR hires two reporters, WXXI news director rappels down 21 stories, and more…
Leila Fadel, Cairo bureau chief for the Washington Post, signs on as NPR’s Cairo-based correspondent in July. She covered the Iraq War for almost ...Click and Clack are checking out but will keep chortling in repeats
NPR announced June 8 that Tom and Ray Magliozzi, hosts of the popular and long-running Car Talk, will lay down their wrenches ...Vince Gardino bound for orchestra post after NY Public Radio departure in July
Vince Gardino, New York Public Radio’s executive director of underwriting, is departing the station after 14 years to become executive director of ...Randy Feldman, at helm of WYES in New Orleans since 1990, to retire
Randy Feldman, president and g.m. of pubstation WYES in New Orleans since 1990, will step down at the end of the year, ...Extolling public TV’s mission with an edge
I love standing on a stage — especially in the American heartland — and saying to 500 public television supporters, “Fear is ...Reber leaves NPR; Arganbright, Appleby launch firm; and more…
CIR has hired ex-NPR investigative news head Susanne Reber. As senior coordinating editor for multiplatform projects and investigations for the nonprofit newsroom, Reber ...
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