Quick Takes
‘POV’ to air Bill Nye documentary after theatrical release from PBS
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Filmmakers David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg said they “grew up as middle schoolers watching Bill Nye on PBS.”
Awards
Peabody Awards go to pubmedia documentary filmmakers
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Public media accounted for five of the 12 winners in the category.
Awards
ICIJ, NPR, Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting win IRE honors, and other awards
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Other award winners include independent producer Jenni Monet, Reveal’s Will Evans and WFAE’s Lisa Worf.
Programs/Content
‘POV’ contributions to Snapchat mark debut of documentaries on app
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The short films will be available for just 24 hours.
Awards
With seven wins for ‘Frontline,’ PBS tops TV networks in News & Documentary Emmys
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“My Brother’s Bomber” and “ISIS in Afghanistan” both received two statuettes.
Programs/Content
U.S. public media steps up at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
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The festival has become increasingly important for U.S.–based public media.
Quick Takes
Field of Vision launches as new online home for documentary films
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Field of Vision plans to commission as many as 50 short nonfiction documentaries per year on its website, which launched Tuesday.
Documentaries on PBS
Makers, subjects of PBS’s indie docs bring diversity to public TV, study finds
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The study’s authors argued that films such as God Loves Uganda are central to public TV’s mission.
People
Kartemquin’s Justine Nagan to lead PBS’s ‘POV’
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Nagan succeeds Simon Kilmurry, who left July 6 to head the International Documentary Association.