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
Randy Feldman, at helm of WYES in New Orleans since 1990, to retire
Posted: June 6, 2012Randy Feldman, president and g.m. of pubstation WYES in New Orleans since 1990, will step down at the end of the year, reports New Orleans CityBusiness magazine. Feldman announced his retirement to WYES board members Monday (June 4) and said … Continue reading
Extolling public TV’s mission with an edge
Posted: June 5, 2012I love standing on a stage — especially in the American heartland — and saying to 500 public television supporters, “Fear is for people who don’t get out much. When we travel, we get out. And, in the same … Continue reading
Reber leaves NPR; Arganbright, Appleby launch firm; and more…
Posted: May 29, 2012CIR has hired ex-NPR investigative news head Susanne Reber. As senior coordinating editor for multiplatform projects and investigations for the nonprofit newsroom, Reber will lead national and international investigative and enterprise reporting projects, and guide the center’s team of health … Continue reading
Alvarado joins CIR, Knight fellows announced, NewsHour hires new managing editor, and more…
Posted: May 14, 2012Alvarado, a former APM and CPB exec, is joining the Center for Investigative Reporting The nonprofit news organization announced on May 2 that Alvarado will serve as chief strategy officer and work to expand membership, engage diverse audiences and increase … Continue reading
NewsHour‘s Judy Woodruff and former CPB Chair Ernest Wilson III have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Posted: April 23, 2012The academy, an independent policy research center, was founded in 1780 in Cambridge, Mass. Woodruff and Wilson, now dean of the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California, join 4,000 fellows and 600 foreign honorary … Continue reading
MPT hires new v.p., Sill to be KPCC’s executive editor, three Illinois pubcasters retire, and more…
Posted: April 9, 2012Rick Lore is Maryland Public Television’s new v.p. and chief development officer Lore is responsible for membership, on-air fundraising, major and planned giving, publications, outreach and community engagement at the state network headquartered in Owings Mills. Lore joined MPT on … Continue reading
Chapin moves from CNN to NPR, C-SPAN founder steps down, and more…
Posted: March 26, 2012NPR tapped CNN veteran Edith Chapin to run its foreign desk News chief Margaret Low Smith announced Chapin’s appointment last week along with another change on its foreign desk: Didi Schanche, a former Associated Press correspondent and editor who joined … Continue reading