Roth retires after 45 years, Leonard takes helm at NET, and more . . .
Posted: May, 21, 2013
By Dru Sefton
People in Public Media
Blazing her own path as a pubTV broadcast engineer
Posted: May, 08, 2013
By Erica Sánchez-Vázquez
Everhart promoted to Current managing editor
Posted: May, 01, 2013
By Current staff
WNET's new CTO revamped tech at MetLife Stadium; Kimmel to succeed WNIN's Dial; Hinman leaving pubcasting, and more . . .
Posted: April, 30, 2013
By Dru Sefton
Rivero exiting WGBH, Pruess heading to Quad Cities, AIR appoints Ferro to board, and more ...
Posted: April, 16, 2013
By Dru Sefton
WETA's Bruns retiring, WGBH hires new national program exec, NFCB dismisses Jackson and more . . .
Posted: April, 02, 2013
By Dru Sefton
Obama nominates two for CPB Board, Boston pair move from commercial radio to WGBH, and more ...
Posted: March, 12, 2013
By Dru Sefton
State drops death penalty for commentator Mumia Abu-Jamal
Posted: January 17, 2012Mumia Abu-Jamal, the onetime radio journalist, activist and convicted killer whose planned jailhouse commentaries were dropped by NPR after an outcry 17 years ago, is off of death row. However, he’s likely to stay in prison the rest of his … Continue reading
Albany gets a lot of Chartock, but how much is too much?
Posted: December 12, 2011When Alan Chartock, president of Northeast Public Radio in Albany, N.Y., was on a wife-imposed Mexican vacation, despite her objections he still found a way to call in for his five-day-a-week 7:34 a.m. spot. Chartock, 70, lives and breathes the … Continue reading
Ancient human remains found under Alaska station
Posted: December 12, 2011KCAW/Raven Radio in Sitka, Alaska, may not have a skeleton in its closet, but it has one in its basement. Contractors working beneath the studio in October uncovered human remains that may predate the 103-year-old building. KCAW General Manager Ken … Continue reading
For Erbe, accident was a tumble into the unknown
Posted: October 3, 2011Bonnie Erbe’s life took an ominous turn over Memorial Day weekend, but she doesn’t remember much of what happened. The longtime host of public TV’s To the Contrary was astride her Hanoverian horse, Stand Out, that Sunday, riding in a … Continue reading
CPI hires four, Abumrad gets $500K MacArthur fellowship, three join FCC panel, and more…
Posted: October 3, 2011Ellen Weiss, the NPR News chief who took the network’s blame for the Juan Williams affair, has joined the Center for Public Integrity as its executive editor as of Oct. 3, the watchdog newsroom announced. The center is headed by … Continue reading
Gary Knell, Sesame Workshop c.e.o., hired as NPR president
Posted: October 2, 2011Gary E. Knell, president and c.e.o. of Sesame Workshop for a decade, will start work Dec. 1 with the same titles at NPR, the network announced today. The NPR Board voted unanimously to hire the widely experienced leader of a … Continue reading
Moyers returns in January with weekly hour
Posted: August 29, 2011The latest incarnation of Bill Moyers’ distinctive brand of talk programming will be the hourlong, multiplatform Moyers & Company, distributed by American Public Television. The January debut for the program — provided fully funded to pubTV stations — will mark … Continue reading