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Andrea Downing, president, PBS Distribution
Andrea Downing Named Solo President of PBS Distribution

By John Eggerton Last updated

Has helped ramp up video-on-demand for for-profit joint operation

Fates & Fortunes
Talesha Reynolds
PBS Taps NBC News Journalist Talesha Reynolds

By John Eggerton Published

PBS NewsHour said it has named Talesha Reynolds as senior content and special projects producer for the nightly news broadcast.

Policy
Greta Thunberg beside the Bełchatów coal power station in Poland. The largest single source of carbon dioxide emissions in the European Union.
PBS Announces Earth Day Series With Greta Thunberg

By Chelsea Anderson Published

Three part series will premiere on April 22

Programming
Actress Carey Mulligan in the Welsh Valleys where her grandparents lived all their lives.
PBS 'My Grandparents' War' to Debut April 4

By Chelsea Anderson Published

Four part series stars Helena Bonham Carter, Carey Mulligan, Mark Rylance and Kristin Scott Thomas

Programming
Veteran Isaac Woodard, who was beaten and blinded by police, applying for maximum disability benefits. Woodard’s mother stands at right.
'The Blinding of Isaac Woodard' on PBS March 30

By Chelsea Anderson Published

Based on the novel by Richard Gergel

Programming
Raney Aronson-Rath, executive producer, PBS's Frontline
The Five Spot: Raney Aronson-Rath, Executive Producer, PBS’s ‘Frontline’

By Daniel Frankel Published

Journalist reshapes investigative series for a new generation of news watchers

Fates & Fortunes
Ready to Learn
PBS, CPB Launch Podcast Training Program

By John Eggerton Published

Tap PRX audio expertise in effort to get kids ready for work world

Policy
WNBC New York won a duPont-Columbia
Four Stations Win duPont-Columbia Awards For Journalism

By Michael Malone Published

PBS a big winner, Showtime’s ‘Vice’ and Netflix’s ‘Crip Camp’ honored

Stations
Jessica Rosenworcel of the FCC
New Year, Same Old Carriage Clash

By John Eggerton Published

Broadcast, cable interests duel over dual streams

Policy
PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger during PBS' 2019 TCA summer press tour executive session on July 29, 2019
TCA: PBS ‘Optimistic’ About Biden Administration

By Michael Malone Last updated

PBS is “cautiously optimistic” that the Biden Administration will invest healthily in public broadcasting, said Paula Kerger, president and CEO, at PBS’s TCA press tour event.

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