Tag: Summer Reese
Judge in Pacifica suit affirms earlier decision against former executive director
An Alameda County, Calif., judge has upheld her previous ruling that the Pacifica Foundation’s board of directors acted within its bounds when ...Calif. judge orders Pacifica’s ousted leader to end occupation of network’s offices
Summer Reese, former executive director of the Pacifica Foundation, was ordered to vacate the network’s headquarters Monday after an Alameda County Superior ...Some see decentralization as salve to Pacifica’s fiscal, leadership woes
As Pacifica Radio marked its 65th anniversary of broadcasting, foundation and station leaders are talking publicly about governance reforms that involve “decentralizing” ...Warring Pacifica factions take up court battle as financial woes mount
The ongoing standoff over Pacifica’s leadership reached the California courts last week, opening what could become a protracted legal battle over the ...Wednesday roundup: Sesame Go app launches; Pacifica heads to court
Plus: CBC braces for huge losses, and the Fred Rogers Center honors Yo-Yo Ma.Engelhardt: Change to Pacifica’s governance must come from outside
I have been following the recent events of the Pacifica radio network with great interest and even greater concern — even sadness. ...Faction of Pacifica board sues to reinstate fired director
Nine members of the Pacifica Foundation’s board of directors opposing last month’s firing of executive director Summer Reese filed a lawsuit Thursday ...Thursday roundup: Pacifica standoff gets TV coverage, POV doc travels to Cuba
• The standoff at Pacifica’s headquarters in Berkeley, Calif., got coverage on a local news program on Oakland’s KTVU. Executive Director Summer Reese ...Thursday roundup: Ruiz gets Sundance fellowship, new Muppet helps kids stay clean
• Filmmaker Bernardo Ruiz (The Graduates/Los Graduados, Reportero) has received the Time Warner Fellowship from the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program to work on his latest ...Wednesday roundup: Cutting locks at Pacifica; concerns about repacking interference
• A new round of unrest is brewing at Pacifica. Current reported last week on the radio network’s board voting to oust executive director Summer ...Pacifica’s executive director ignores board’s firing
Pacifica Executive Director Summer Reese reported to work today at the radio network’s headquarters in Berkeley, Calif., ignoring her dismissal Thursday by ...Report: Pacifica board dismisses executive director after five months on the job
The board of directors of the Pacifica Foundation terminated Executive Director Summer Reese Thursday, according to an email sent early Friday by ...American Geophysical Union hires Rehm, Johnson to head Iowa Pubradio, Vermont creates digital news team ...
AGU is a nonprofit association representing more than 62,000 Earth and space scientists. In her new job, former NPR spokesperson Dana Davis ...With board appointment, Pacifica’s executive director drops “interim” from title
The board of the Pacifica Foundation on Monday appointed Summer Reese executive director of the five-station radio network, a position she has ...WBAI interim p.d. quits over fundraising programming
Andrew Phillips resigned last month as interim p.d. of Pacifica’s WBAI in New York, a post he accepted less than three months ...
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