Tag: People in Public Media
Ex-reporter gains notice on death row
Even from a concrete cell where he is locked up 23 hours a day, Mumia Abu-Jamal — convicted murderer and former public ...Lawson, Grant depart PBS; program direction unclear
“When you basically cut the legs out under the gang that’s gotten you to this point, this has to mean something,” said a ...Commentaries from prison nixed, but —
NPR’s decisions to air, and then not to air, Mumia Abu-Jamal’s death-row commentaries might yet take another turn. The network is committed ...At reunion, early leaders of public broadcasting express pride about past, concern for future
The man who put New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia on the radio, reading the comics during a newspaper strike — M.S. “Morrie” ...Scholar comes from Right to diagnose public TV
A scholar working with the right-wing Heritage Foundation is looking into ways to improve public TV, privatizing it if necessary. Laurence Jarvik, ...ITVS taps first head: John Schott
The Independent Television Service, the organization established by Congress to distribute $6 million in production grants to independent television producers, has selected ...
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