Posted: January, 29, 2013
By Dru Sefton
The host of Check, Please!, WTTW’s popular restaurant review series, is departing the Chicago show after 10 years. Alpana Singh plans to devote more time to her own new restaurant, The Boarding House, where she is also master sommelier. Singh took over hosting duties in the third season from the original host, Amanda Puck. Continue reading →
Posted: January, 16, 2013
By Dru Sefton
Audie Cornish, who guest-hosted ATC during Michele Norris’s 2012 leave of absence, becomes permanent co-host of the NPR newsmag, alongside Robert Siegel and Melissa Block. Cornish has been a reporter and host for NPR since 2006. Continue reading →
Posted: December, 19, 2012
By Dru Sefton, Dawn Morgan and Mike Janssen
Stephanie Bergsma, the KPBS fundraiser who opened the door for Joan Kroc’s $200 million bequest to NPR, retired Dec. 10 after 30 years with the San Diego station. Continue reading →
Posted: December, 04, 2012
By Dru Sefton
The NPR Board elected Kathryn “Kit” Jensen of Cleveland’s ideastream stations as chair for the new board term that began last month. Continue reading →
Posted: November, 20, 2012
By Dru Sefton
Pubcasting veteran Allan Pizzato will succeed Randall Feldman as president of WYES-TV in New Orleans. Continue reading →Michael Sullivan, a television producer whose name has run near the top of credit rolls of Frontline almost continuously since 1987, has exited the PBS investigative documentary series. His position as executive producer for special projects has been phased out due … Continue reading
O. Leonard Press, who founded Kentucky Educational Television in 1968 after lobbying the state legislature for 10 years, has received the 2012 Vic Hellard Jr. Award recognizing his distinguished public service. The award lauded Press was for launching innovative live … Continue reading
The host of Check, Please!, WTTW’s popular restaurant review series, is departing the Chicago show after 10 years. Alpana Singh plans to devote more time to her own new restaurant, The Boarding House, where she is also master sommelier. Singh took over hosting duties in the third season from the original host, Amanda Puck. Continue reading
Audie Cornish, who guest-hosted ATC during Michele Norris’s 2012 leave of absence, becomes permanent co-host of the NPR newsmag, alongside Robert Siegel and Melissa Block. Cornish has been a reporter and host for NPR since 2006. Continue reading
Stephanie Bergsma, the KPBS fundraiser who opened the door for Joan Kroc’s $200 million bequest to NPR, retired Dec. 10 after 30 years with the San Diego station. Continue reading
NPR has added two journalists to its six-person race, ethnicity and culture unit backed by CPB and preparing for launch in the spring. The network hired Gene Demby, a Huffington Post editor and founder of the blog PostBourgie, as blogger and … Continue reading
PBS has restructured its senior management, effective immediately, elevating programmer/producer Beth Hoppe to chief programming executive and general manager, according to a memo circulated to PBS stations today. Chief programmer John Wilson, who has worn many hats since joining PBS … Continue reading