Blazing her own path as a pubTV broadcast engineer
Posted: May, 08, 2013
By Erica Sánchez-Vázquez
People in Public Media
Everhart promoted to Current managing editor
Posted: May, 01, 2013
Karen Everhart, a media reporter and editor who has covered public broadcasting at Current for more than two decades, has been promoted to managing editor. She joined Current in 1991 and has reported on the programming, politics and funding of both the public television and radio systems, as well as the growth of nonprofit news organizations specializing in investigative journalism and local news coverage. Prior to her March 2012 interim appointment, she was Current’s senior editor covering public radio and digital media. Continue reading →
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
Current transition: Behrens to Everhart
Posted: March 12, 2012Karen Everhart, senior editor of Current for 20 years, will succeed founding editor Steve Behrens after this edition. Larry Kirkman, dean of the American University School of Communication, appointed Everhart as interim managing editor. She joined Current in 1992 and covered public TV … Continue reading
Alex Chadwick: Recharged to cover an energetic beat
Posted: February 27, 2012Alex Chadwick was lost. It took a journey to an unlikely place — the whitewater rapids of a Utah canyon — for him to find his way back to radio. In 2008, Chadwick found himself absent from the airwaves for … Continue reading
NPR promotes Wilson to chief content officer, Arnold departs PRI, and more…
Posted: February 27, 2012NPR President Gary Knell has restructured the news organization’s top ranks, elevating digital chief Kinsey Wilson to executive v.p. and chief content officer and appointing Margaret Low Smith senior v.p. of news, a job she took on an interim basis … Continue reading
Blogger gets the hots for NPR’ers, Maine pubcaster appears on Family Feud, and more…
Posted: February 13, 2012Despite the phrase “a face made for radio,” a blogger has started appraising crush-worthy folks in public radio. Babes Of NPR features public radio hosts, reporters and producers whose photos inspire a swoon or a snarky comment from the site’s … Continue reading
Stanton joins KPCC, MPR vet honored by governor, Alaska pubradio icon retires, and more…
Posted: January 30, 2012A former top editor of the Los Angeles Times, Russ Stanton, has joined APM’s Los Angeles station KPCC in Pasadena, Calif., announced a major hire last week: Former Los Angeles Times Editor Russ Stanton has joined the station as its … Continue reading
NewsHour picks up Bellantoni, WBEZ personnel changes, and more…
Posted: January 17, 2012Bellantoni 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 newsroom’s political coverage on-air and online, including political analysis, elections and personalities. Her predecessor, … Continue reading
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