The Imagen Awards, founded by Norman Lear, encourage positive and accurate portrayals of the Latinx community in the entertainment industry. The awards, now in their 34th year, were held Saturday, August 10, 2019. Two PBS programs won awards Saturday. Great Performances: John Leguizamo’s Road to Broadway won Best Documentary and Breaking Big won Best Informational […]
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On Monday, August 12, El Paso’s KCOS PBS and Texas Tech Public Media (KTTZ) announced their new partnership. The two organizations will continue to provide the same content to their own audiences and expand into the other’s market, bringing their high-quality programming to a wider audience. The partnership is intended to consolidate the operations of […]
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Paula Kerger, the longest-serving president of PBS has renewed her contract with the company. She will remain in her position for five more years. Kerger joined PBS in 2006 and is now slated to stay on until 2024. Kerger will head PBS as it begins its partnership with YouTube TV and makes the move onto […]
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American Public Media (APM) announced this week Liliana Kim will take over as the managing director for their podcasting division. She comes to APM from Viacom with expertise in content strategy and brand marketing.
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BPR and NPR will host an event on September 10th at the Wortham Center in Ashville titled “Public Media: Building Trust in an Age of Mistrust”. This event will discuss the importance of ethics in the newsroom in the face of the 2020 Presidential election. Joining the discussion will be editors for NPR, Elizabeth Jensen […]
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PBS and YouTube announced Monday that PBS is joining the YouTube streaming and on-demand service, YouTube TV. This is the first digital TV service PBS has joined. The partnership is intended to reach more Americans as streaming services become the new standard for TV consumption. PBS programs will be available for live-stream, DVR, and on-demand […]
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PBS is being recognized for a fantastic programming line-up in the 2018 calendar year with 47 nominations for the News and Documentary Emmy® Awards. Congratulations to all these PBS programs! For a full list of program nominations see the PBS press release.
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Thirty-seven public radio and television stations received grants from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting totaling $366,200 for the promotion of Ken Burns’ new docuseries Country Music. These grants will fund companion programming from various stations focused on the theme “country music.” They aim to both bring audiences together and reach viewers and listeners new to […]
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WFSU, public media from Florida State University, is joining the American Graduate program. “American Graduate: Getting to Work” is an initiative funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting which intends to tell stories from the wide array of careers that are often excluded from narratives of success because they do not require a four-year college […]
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Watch the closing keynote address from PMDMC 2019 on the impact of local on complex topics from racism and immigration to community engagement. This keynote features Sandra Clark of WHYY, Julie Drizin of Current, Jean Friedman-Rudovsky of Resolve Philly, Kristin Laporte and Sam Sessa of WTMD, and Sara Robertson of KLRU.
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