Pubcasters win eight Peabody Awards for outstanding electronic media
Posted: April, 08, 2013
By Theodore Fischer
Awards in public media
First Lady presents national arts and humanities award to Youth Radio
Posted: November, 20, 2012
By Andrew Lapin
POV’s American Promise wins special jury award for U.S. docs
Posted: March 17, 2013The 90-minute feature was produced and directed by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson, a married couple who traced the education of two African-American boys — their own son and his best friend — at a private school in Manhattan from … Continue reading
Six TV and radio pubcasters receive Golden Mike Awards
Posted: March 16, 2013Two Los Angeles–area public TV stations won Golden Mikes. KCET won three awards in Division A (for stations with 50 or more full-time news staff members): topping the category of news/public affairs program and investigative reporting with SoCal Connected. It … Continue reading
PBS programs capture three WGAW Awards
Posted: March 15, 2013The Writers Guild of America, West’s prize in the children’s–episodic and specials category went to Christine Ferraro for writing Sesame Street’s “The Good Sport.” Martin Smith and Marcela Gaviria won the award in the documentary–current events arena for writing the … Continue reading
Frontline, California Watch cited for outstanding journalism
Posted: March 14, 2013The Polk Award for documentary television reporting was presented to Frontline correspondent Martin Smith and producer Michael Kirk for the four-part investigative series “Money, Power and Wall Street,” with producers Marcela Gaviria, Mike Wiser and Jim Gilmore cited for their … Continue reading
West Virginia’s Bob Wise receives Thought Leader Award
Posted: March 13, 2013Former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise was honored for his work supporting public media’s educational service. Wise is president of the Alliance for Excellent Education, a partner in CPB’s ongoing American Graduate project to reduce the drop-out rate among high … Continue reading
APTS recognizes Barbara Mikulksi and Greg Walden, gives innovation and advocacy awards
Posted: March 12, 2013The Association of Public Television Stations handed out Champions of Public Broadcasting awards during its Public Media Summit in Washington, D.C., Feb 24–26, recognizing Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D) and Oregon Rep. Greg Walden (R). APTS also gave EDGE Awards … Continue reading
KUED wins eight regional Emmys, while KUAT receives another six
Posted: February 1, 2013John Howe, senior producer of the Salt Lake City–based station operated by the University of Utah, won four of KUED’s Emmys: three for Five Rivers Five Voices (environment program/special, photographer and writer) and one for Horses of the West: America’s … Continue reading