Tag: People in Public Media
Jones steps down from helm of National Black Programming Consortium
Jacquie Jones, executive director of the National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC) since 2005, has resigned, effective immediately, but will continue to produce ...Center for Public Integrity and Investigative News Network each grow by two, and other comings ...
The Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit investigative newsroom, has hired William Gray and Eleanor Bell. Television producer Gray joins as media relations ...Bell exits NewsHour, Newman departs NPR, and more comings and goings in pubmedia
Bell will manage public relations for US Pharmacopeia (USP) in Rockville, Md., a nonprofit that works with the Food and Drug Administration ...Kantor joins American Masters; Lacy christens production house
A new executive producer is joining PBS’s biography series American Masters as the former e.p., show creator Susan Lacy, embarks on a new career ...Activists turn up heat on WGBH over role of David Koch
Petitions and projections aim at the billionaire on the station's board.King departs Vermont Public Television after months of turmoil
Vermont Public Television and its president, John King, “parted ways” Wednesday, according to a statement from the VPT Board. King’s departure follows ...Chicago Public Media hires former Washington Post GM Goli Sheikholeslami as CEO
Chicago Public Media announced Tuesday that Goli Sheikholeslami will become the organization’s CEO May 5, ending an eight-month national search to replace Torey ...KQED expands, Mundt returning to Louisville, and more comings and goings in pubmedia
KQED has created two new multiplatform desks to expand the San Francisco station’s coverage of culture and politics. Two executives will oversee the ...When developing films, Ken Burns selects topics that make “light bulbs go off”
Ken Burns decides on films through a deliberative process, involving both his creative team and accommodating PBS’s desire for multipart series that ...After 18 years leading KCET, Al Jerome announces retirement
Al Jerome, the broadcasting executive who led Los Angeles public television station KCET out of PBS membership and into a partnership with ...APMG hires CFO, Klose exits radio post, and more comings and goings in pubmedia
Morris Goodwin, a longtime member and former trustee of Minnesota Public Radio, is the new senior vice president and chief financial officer ...Kasell retiring from ‘Wait Wait’ but not from answering-machine duties
Former NPR newscaster Carl Kasell, whose “voice on your home answering machine” has been the ultimate prize on Wait Wait . . . ...PBS selects tech exec Rubenstein to head digital efforts
Ira Rubenstein, a digital media executive with experience at Marvel and 20th Century Fox, is the new general manager of PBS Digital. He ...Tomczyk to retire, Harris leads APTS board, and more comings and goings in pubmedia
Chet Tomczyk has worked in pubcasting for nearly 50 years, beginning in 1965 as associate producer of The Week in Michigan, a weekly travel ...WCTE fills major posts, Herrington moves to ideastream, and more comings and goings in pubmedia
WCTE-Upper Cumberland PBS in Cookeville, Tenn., has appointed three new top executives. Avery Owens is director of advancement, responsible for managing all ...
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