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CPB is #hiring an External Affairs Intern for the summer! This intern’s primary responsibility will be to research, gather, and draft material for external facing communications documents. This includes compiling and updating state public media profiles and creating materials that highlight public media’s content and services to underserved communities. Apply by May 6, 2024 by submitting a cover letter and resume to jobs@cpb.org. https://lnkd.in/ePfVYu-j #summerinternship #internshipopportunity #dcinternship

Kids who are deaf or hard of hearing can now watch some of their favorite PBS KIDS shows, including GBH's "Arthur," "Work It Out Wombats!," and "Pinkalicious & Peterrific," with American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation! “We were really thinking about [ASL] for early-childhood audiences, especially since [young kids] watch TV a little bit differently,” said Sara DeWitt, senior vice president and general manager for PBS KIDS . “We were trying to think about what the most effective way to integrate this type of interpretation for a preschooler who can’t use the captions because they can’t read, and are trying to engage with these characters in the same ways other kids would.” This new offering is the result of a collaboration between PBS KIDS, GBH Kids, Fred Rogers Productions, along with Bridge Multimedia, and the Described and Captioned Media Program. Read more about how American Sign Language came to some of your favorite PBS KIDS programs in Fast Company: #Accessibility #PublicMedia #KidsMedia

We’ve been nominated for a Peabody Award! For 80+ years, the prestigious Peabody Awards represents #StoriesThatMatter as media narratives that defend public interest, encourage empathy, and teach us to expand our understanding of the world today. We’re honored to be recognized as a #PeabodyNominee for our story 'How the far right tore apart one of the best tools to fight voter fraud'. Congratulations to Miles Parks and team for the nomination! Check out all the nominees here! https://lnkd.in/egZqAURP

PBS has won 15 Webby Awards this year, including Media Company of the Year! 🏆 Find out which categories PBS received recognition in.

After he retired from the U.S. Senate, David Pryor served on the CPB Board from 2006-2014 and received CPB's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019 for his contributions to public media. CPB released the following statement from President and CEO Patricia de Stacy Harrison regarding Sen. Pryor's death this morning. https://lnkd.in/emGRzw5k

Discover the intellectual evolution and political legacy of William F. Buckley, Jr. in American Masters' "The Incomparable Mr. Buckley." See how the author and commentator, one of the foremost public intellectuals in American history, galvanized the modern conservative movement. All 1,505 episodes of Buckley’s iconic program, Firing Line (1971-1999), can be found in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting through links to digitized recordings or transcripts at Hoover Institution Library and Archives at Stanford University. Stream the documentary on PBS and its digital channels until May 3: https://lnkd.in/epHdKEgk

Public media stations across the country are #hiring! Check out CPB's Jobline page, and find the next step in your career! https://lnkd.in/dKvYX4Hk #WorkWednesday

We’re saddened to share that Robert MacNeil, a driving force behind the show that would become the NewsHour on PBS, died Friday at the age of 93. A lifelong lover of language, literature and the arts, MacNeil’s trade was using words. Combined with his reporter’s knack for being where the action was, he harnessed that passion to cover some of the biggest stories of his time, while his refusal to sensationalize the news sprung from respect for viewers. He was on the ground in Dallas when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. He interviewed Martin Luther King Jr., Ayatollah Khomeini, and former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. But he had his biggest breakthrough with the 1973 gavel-to-gavel primetime coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings. That Emmy-winning series of special reports was also the turning point for the future of daily news on @PBS, leading to the creation of The Robert MacNeil Report, before it was renamed The MacNeil/Lehrer Report, The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, and other subsequent iterations, all the way up to the PBS NewsHour. As co-founder and anchor, he helped guide millions through extraordinary times with his intelligent, passionate and humane storytelling. In a 2000 interview, MacNeil said that he and news partner Jim Lehrer aimed to add “a kind of respect for complexity to the news that was already there.” Their approach, he said, was based on “fundamental fairness and objectivity, and also the idea that the American public is smarter than they’re often given credit for on television, and they don’t all need things in little bite-sized, candy-sized McNuggets of news.” Share your memories of Robert in the comments.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), released the following statement from President and CEO Patricia Harrison regarding the death of Robert (Robin) MacNeil, left in photo below with the late Jim Lehrer. https://lnkd.in/ewsQuCq4

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has awarded PBS FRONTLINE Editor-in-Chief and Executive Producer Raney Aronson-Rath the Edward R. Murrow Award, recognizing her outstanding contributions to journalism and public media. The award was presented at a CPB Board dinner Wednesday night in Washington, D.C. Photographed below shows Raney Aronson-Rath, center, receiving the Edward R. Murrow Award from Patricia de Stacy Harrison, president and CEO of the CPB, left, and CPB Board Chair Laura Ross. Photo by Joyce Naltchayan Boghosian https://lnkd.in/etUnbYaX