Tag: WHYY
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• U.S. Rep. John Dingell, who helped sign the 1967 Public Broadcasting Act into law and remained a staunch supporter of pubcasting, ...Pubmedia stations, initiatives on list of latest Art Works grants from NEA
Alabama Public Television, WHYY, Transom.org and New York Public Radio are among the grantees.Start the presses: WHYY releases “print edition” of NewsWorks web site
To promote its online local news platform NewsWorks, Philadelphia’s WHYY developed an unconventional campaign mimicking over-the-top advertising techniques and the limitations of ...New twist on the news cycle: chasing stories on two wheels
Several public broadcasting journalists now count a bike helmet among their essential reporting equipment as they pedal to cover news events and ...Pubcasters capture 21 national Edward R. Murrow Awards
WLRN in Miami won large-market radio Murrows for feature reporting and use of sound. Chicago’s WBEZ also won for news documentary and ...Food shows produced for PBS, WHYY and WBEZ cited for excellence
Public broadcasters won four James Beard Foundation awards for outstanding food journalism.PBS discount plan a ‘no-brainer’ for WLVT
The public TV station serving eastern Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley recently decided that the best way to survive as an independent station was ...Satullo: You’ll make mistakes, so be sure to learn from them
Do you have the courage to fail? I asked that leading question during a keynote address to public media journalists who attended “Taking ...New Jersey’s pubradio operators step up coverage of Garden State
Nearly a year ago, two of the East Coast’s largest metropolitan pubcasting powerhouses took over nine New Jersey pubradio stations, casting uncertainty ...Reber leaves NPR; Arganbright, Appleby launch firm; and more…
CIR has hired ex-NPR investigative news head Susanne Reber. As senior coordinating editor for multiplatform projects and investigations for the nonprofit newsroom, Reber ...Delaware news startup adds public radio service
A nonprofit that operates a news site for the state of Delaware has acquired an FM broadcast license and plans to launch ...Philadelphia broadcasters John B. Roberts, 94, and Bruce H. Beale, 82
Two pioneering pubcasters in Philadelphia, John B. Roberts and Bruce Harrison Beale, died on the same day, March 8 [2012]. John B. ...Mundt to NPR, APM lays off Alvarado, Pulitzer-winning cartoonist joins WHYY, and more…
NPR has hired Todd Mundt as editorial director for NPR Digital Services In his new position, Mundt will help stations develop digital ...NewsHour picks up Bellantoni, WBEZ personnel changes, and more…
Bellantoni to oversee all <em>NewsHour</em> political coverage PBS NewsHour has a new political editor as of Jan. 2. Christina Bellantoni of CQ Roll Call oversees the ...Terry Gross: engaged with subject and listeners
Terry Gross is interviewing the actor Dustin Hoffman. He is about to launch what is probably a set piece about his work ...
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