Ford Foundation hires Mertes, Howland and Marshall sign on at NETA Business Center, and more . . .
Posted: June, 11, 2013
By Dru Sefton
People in Public Media
Chacón fills new content position at WBUR, OPB hires new engineering v.p., and more . . .
Posted: May, 29, 2013
By Dru Sefton
Roth retires after 45 years, Leonard takes helm at NET, and more . . .
Posted: May, 21, 2013
By Dru Sefton
Everhart promoted to Current managing editor
Posted: May, 01, 2013
By Current staff
NPR loses c.e.o., its third exec swept away by political tornado
Posted: March 9, 2011One day after denouncing her top fundraiser and nine weeks after asking her news chief to resign, NPR President Vivian Schiller stepped down today at the request of the NPR Board. She fell victim to a series of executive mistakes … Continue reading
Escape of the Grannies
Posted: February 7, 2011… The two Grannies and their tour group of 14 were, for the moment, safely ensconced in comfortable floating quarters as mobs paraded through Cairo demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak…. Continue reading
Soon off to war for APTS: new president, Pat Butler
Posted: November 15, 2010Patrick Butler, public TV’s new chief lobbyist, wrote speeches for President Gerald Ford, was a founder of the Pew Research Center, and helped provide Ken Burns with funding for his acclaimed Civil War documentary series. Butler starts work as president … Continue reading
Whole-grain news ethics becomes partisan red meat
Posted: November 1, 2010NPR President Vivian Schiller has apologized to public radio for how she and her executives handled last month’s dismissal of news analyst Juan Williams, but the network stands by its decision to let him go. “We believe it was the … Continue reading
Whole-grain news ethics becomes partisan red meat
Posted: November 1, 2010NPR President Vivian Schiller has apologized to public radio for how she and her executives handled last month’s dismissal of news analyst Juan Williams, but the network stands by its decision to let him go. “We believe it was the … Continue reading
No show in Escondido
Posted: June 8, 2009Michael Kinsell imagined that his Michael’s Enchanted Neighborhood show would replace Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood on public television. Instead, Kinsell and his dream ended up on The Museum of Hoaxes website, which tracks “dubious claims and mischief of all kinds.” For … Continue reading
Young promoter cancels his debut as Fred Rogers’ successor
Posted: May 26, 2009Michael Kinsell, who planned to present himself as the next Mister Rogers at a controversial gala on Sunday in San Diego, told Current in an e-mail Thursday night that he is canceling the show. Kinsell, who said he is 18, had publicized the May 31 fundraising event as a star-studded posthumous tribute to the famous host of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Continue reading