Louis Cook, Native American broadcaster
Posted: May, 29, 2013
By Andrew Lapin
Posted: May, 29, 2013
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Posted: April, 16, 2013
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Posted: June, 18, 2013
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Posted: May, 30, 2013
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Posted: June, 07, 2013
By Andrew Lapin
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John Krauss, former g.m. for WRVO in Oswego, N.Y., and a public broadcasting manager for more than 40 years, died June 17. He was 64. Continue reading
Nathan Shaw, the founding president of Development Exchange, Inc., and a public-radio fundraising pioneer, died May 29. He was 76. Continue reading
Lynne Rosen, 46, and John Littig, 48, a couple who co-hosted a self-help radio show on New York’s WBAI, were found dead June 3 in an apparent double suicide. A spokesperson for the New York Police Department confirmed that both had left suicide notes. Continue reading
Robert West, a former community engagement strategist for Independent Television Services who left to form his own outreach organization for independent filmmakers, died June 6 after a long battle with brain cancer. He was 60. Continue reading
Ibrahim Gonzalez, a longtime producer and on-air personality at the Pacifica network’s WBAI-FM in New York, died in his sleep June 3. He was 57. Continue reading
Ron Weaver, a former operations director and producer for Children’s Television Workshop who played an instrumental role in creating some of the production house’s most iconic programs, died May 15 in Los Angeles. He was 75. Continue reading
Haynes Johnson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who was an original panel member on pubTV’s Washington Week in Review, died May 24 in Bethesda from a heart attack. He was 81. Continue reading
William Miles, an Oscar-nominated filmmaker and chronicler of the black experience, died May 12 in Queens, N.Y., from uncertain causes. Continue reading
Louis Cook, a longtime host and producer for North Country Public Radio in Canton, N.Y., and a mentor to Native American broadcasters, died May 13 in Pine Ridge, S.D., of complications from a car accident. He was 66. Continue reading