WASHINGTON – Sometimes to know where you are going it is useful to know where you have been. As we examine the future of public service media in the US, a good starting point is the original intended mission of public broadcasting, which was formalized in the 1967 report of the Carnegie Commission on Educational Television. This report led to the start of public television as we now know it. Radio came later and was added by Congress. The Commission grew out of a meeting of educational broadcasters – mostly classroom TV – convened by the U.S. Department of Education……
Month: August 2011
Senior fellow Morley Winograd referenced in article about millenials
Annenberg senior fellow Morley Winograd was referenced in an article entitled Have Faith In The Kids You're Sending Off to College, published at Lohud.com. Winograd's research about the Millennial generation's similarities to students of the 1930s helps shape the tone of the article. You can read the story here…….
Dan Glickman Writes About The Politics of Food
Senior fellow Dan Glickman has published a blog entry at thehill.com entitled The Politics of Food, which investigates the influence of food on the election process. Read the full article here…….
Senior Fellow Morley Winograd Quoted in Miami Herald
Senior fellow Morley Winograd, co-author of Millennial Momentum: How a New Generation Is Remaking America, was quoted in the Miami Herald speaking about how the millennial generation has been dealing with the current job market. The article states: "They're going to be frustrated with the lack of jobs that they thought they might get, but I don't think they've become cynical or anti-institutional," Winograd said. "They're risk-takers." Read more here…….
Without PBS, public TV’s KCET becomes independent production center
WASHINGTON — KCET, the Los Angeles public television station that cancelled PBS programming last winter, is being watched closely by public broadcasting executives here as it charts a new course – as an independent public TV station that is also a regional production center. KCET achieved surprising success with its spring post-PBS schedule of international news from the BBC and NHK, re-runs of cooking shows and a limited number of locally-produced programs: After initially losing half of its audience last winter, by May it was attracting more viewers than PBS station KOCE, which was running "Nova," "Masterpiece," and the rest……
Bennis Cited in New York Times
A New York Times op-ed article entitled If I Were President cites Distinguished Fellow Warren Bennis on the topic of character and leadership. The advisor to four presidents is quoted as stating that "in moments of crisis, style dissolves into character."……
Public TV funding cuts fall unevenly across the U.S.; Fundraising criticized
WASHINGTON — Public broadcasting stations face a widely disparate landscape of funding cuts, according to participants at the CCLP Washington, D.C. forum in July. One significant variable is geography and politics – and the state where the station is located: Tom Thomas, who has studied public broadcasting funding for decades, noted that there are five states that devote $70 million to public TV and radio – more than $10 million per state, far more than the other 45 states. So if one of those five states were to cut funding significantly, or zero it out entirely, it would have a……
Winograd in USA Today – 2012 Election
USA Today published an article citing Senior Fellow Morley Winograd and co-author Mike Hais about the 2012 presidential election. Winograd postulates that Obama will not be able to rely on the young constituents who helped to put him in the White House, due the tumultuous year Obama has faced against his opponents in the House and Senate…….
Journalists, arts organization leaders explore social media's impact on arts journalism at CCLP forum in Washington, D.C.
The impact of social media and changing audiences were primary concerns of arts journalists and leaders of cultural institutions who gathered at a Communication Leadership Policy Forum at the University of Southern California's Washington, D.C. Center on August 1. "Arts journalism is struggling for its life," said Jaime Bennett of the National Endowment for the Arts. "It's no surprise that journalists are taking to the blogosphere to share their reviews." Organized by senior fellow Adam Clayton Powell III (pictured right) and Tim Page, the USC Annenberg journalism professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning former music critic for The Washington Post, the forum……