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“The reporting I have been doing for the last five years involves interviewing people who are armed and oftentimes very not happy with the mainstream media, not happy with me,” ProPublica’s A.C. Thompson told TV critics.
Speaking during the Television Critics Association summer press tour, Burns said he supported PBS’ new initiatives to increase programming diversity.
During the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour, President Paula Kerger cited gains in stations’ membership revenues and the Biden administration’s focus on education as bright spots.
At an executive session with the PBS president, Ken Burns and Henry Louis Gates Jr. discussed how the pandemic has affected productions of their next major series.
Premiering on PBS Sept. 15, the documentarian’s latest film follows the evolution of country music from 1923 to the mid-1990s.
The site’s name, Unum, is taken from the U.S. motto “e pluribus unum” — from many, one.
Stations are staging local events and creating original content tied to the 18-hour Ken Burns series, debuting Sep. 17.
“There is no plan B” to replace federal funding, Paula Kerger told TV critics during her executive session at the Summer Press Tour.
With examinations of Vietnam and the Great War, the documentarians are focusing on stories to help younger viewers understand today’s conflicts.
PBS President Paula Kerger assures critics that stations are communicating with members of Congress about the importance of CPB funding.
Kerger said PBS’s handling of its broadcast of the annual Fourth of July fireworks on Washington’s National Mall was contrary to policy.
Burns weaved anecdotes from his upbringing with a larger argument about the persistent legacy of racial divisions.
The filmmaker and PBS host engaged in a wide-ranging discussion in Washington, D.C.
Ken Burns, director of PBS’s The Civil War documentary series, discussed the true roots of the controversial symbol.
Execs from the networks told PBS Annual Meeting attendees Tuesday about their plans for collaboration.
Plus: Sesame Workshop’s SVOD strategy, and a new website from Fred Rogers Co.
Four specialized charities cultivating big donations to benefit some of PBS’s most popular programs are gaining traction in the crowded and competitive world of public TV fundraising.
• Public TV stations in four states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands will receive a total of $2.5 million in federal grants for upgrading transmitters, translators and production equipment. The grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, announced Wednesday, are part of the 2014 Farm Bill reauthorized by Congress. We’ll have to expense a trip to the islands to report back on their new equipment. • PBS has hired Don Wilcox, a former executive with Fox Broadcasting Corp., as v.p. of digital marketing and services. At Fox, Wilcox was v.p. and g.m. of branded entertainment, overseeing websites including Fox.com, American Idol’s and TheXFactorUSA.com, which now just redirects to a YouTube page, so maybe he left Fox with that one on his thumb drive.
Plus: Jesse Thorn discusses the businesses of podcasting and radio, and a blogger argues for the greatness of Ken Burns.
Plus: WGBH options Pinkalicious, and an Indiegogo project with support from Ken Burns is falling short.