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System/Policy

‘PBS NewsHour’ staffers announce intent to form union

By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | July 13, 2022

Union organizers say they aim to improve staff morale and reduce turnover.

System/Policy

WETA secures its first-ever NEH grant for infrastructure

By Nina Heller, Former Editorial Intern | January 20, 2022

The funds support the consolidation and upgrade of the station’s headquarters and production studios in Northern Virginia.

Programs/Content

WETA to take control of ‘NewsHour Weekend’ with Geoff Bennett as host

By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | November 18, 2021

The weekday “NewsHour” and its weekend offshoot, which launched in 2013, will be consolidated under WETA in Washington, D.C., by next year.

Development

How WETA focuses on improving retention to boost value of Passport donations

By Jeff Regen, Alicia Salmoni, Senior Director of Direct Response Fundraising (WETA) and Brandon Hemel, Senior Director of Data Strategy and Management (WETA) | September 20, 2021

The station has created a new “annual sustainer” option for Passport donors to automatically renew their memberships.

Programs/Content

To truly reflect diversity, PBS must end its overreliance on Ken Burns as ‘America’s Storyteller’

By Grace Lee, Independent Filmmaker (LeeLee Films) | October 22, 2020

It’s time to rethink PBS’ commitments to one man’s lens on American history and culture, writes filmmaker Grace Lee.

People

WETA promotes John Wilson to SVP

By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | December 5, 2019

Wilson began supervising the station’s national productions on an interim basis in September.

People

WETA CEO Sharon Rockefeller receives National Medal of Arts

By Braeden Waddell, Editorial Intern | November 22, 2019

In presenting the medal, President Trump joked that he now hopes to get “good publicity” from “PBS NewsHour” and “Washington Week.”

Featured in Category

Dalton Delan leaves WETA after 21 years with station

By Karen Everhart, Managing Editor | September 17, 2019

Delan is the second veteran WETA executive to move into a consulting role this year.

Programs/Content

‘This Old House’ moves from presenter WGBH to WETA

By Dru Sefton, Senior Editor | June 26, 2019

Public TV’s iconic home remodeling show premiered in 1979 on WGBH in Boston.

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