WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 7, 2020) The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and PBS received a Ready To Learn grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The grant, set for a five-year cycle, provides $24,322,018 per year to fund CPB and PBS’s comprehensive multi-media learning and station engagement initiative. This […]
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PBS and the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) have announced a partnership to promote media literacy with Media Literacy Week. This educational week will occur from October 21, 2019, through October 25, 2019, to promote the inclusion of media literacy in pre-K-12 education across the United States. As the media landscape becomes more […]
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Courtney Pledger is the executive director of the Arkansas Educational Television Network (AETN) and an elected professional director on the PBS Board. She joined AETN in 2017 as CEO and executive director and was elected to the PBS Board at the start of FY-2020 to serve a three-year term. In her time at AETN, Pledger […]
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The PBS Board of Directors held their first meeting of the fiscal year 2020 September 25, 2019. Five new PBS board members were elected to serve for the year. They are media attorney Catherine Robb and independent consultant Geoff Sands who join as general directors, as well as Rob Dunlop, President & CEO of Cascade […]
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Linda Simensky, a 16 year veteran at PBS, has been promoted to head up PBS KIDS Content. In her time with PBS KIDS, Simensky has been involved with the development of hit shows like Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Wild Kratts, Dinosaur Train, and Odd Squad. Simensky has helped bring PBS KIDS to the cutting edge of children’s media with […]
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Every year, Americans celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 through October 15. This year public media organizations across the country have special programming planned through the coming month to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month throughout September and October. From WGBH, America Reframed, a co-production of WORLD Channel and American Documentary Inc., will place the focus […]
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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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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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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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