“How are you?” “Honestly, not good today.” My friends and I have daily, real time conversations of race-related events as a means of both coping with and hoping that something, anything, will progress and get better. The comments above were from this morning’s chat with my sorority sister Jacqueline. Sunday night, my former business partner Reiko texted me [...]
Today the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) announced the 41st annual News & Documentary Emmy Award nominations. The WNET Group received eight nominations overall. Nature received three nominations: Okavango: River of Dreams - Paradise and The Serengeti Rules were both nominated in the "Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary" category. The Serengeti Rules was also nominated [...]
NJ Spotlight and Montclair State University's Center for Cooperative Media announced their collaboration to translate NJ Spotlight news stories into Spanish. The translated content, which is focused on COVID-19, now appears in a new online section of NJSpotlight.com called EN ESPAÑOL. This initiative aims to provide Spanish-speaking communities in New Jersey with information from a statewide [...]
NATURE: Cuba’s Wild Revolution was nominated for a 2020 Wildscreen Panda Award in the "Editing" category (under its European name, Wild Cuba: A Caribbean Journey). Winners will be announced at the Virtual Wildscreen Festival, taking place October 19-23, 2020. The Wildscreen Panda Awards is one of the highest honors in the international wildlife film and TV content [...]
[caption id="attachment_5227" align="aligncenter" width="1920"] Head counselor Zachary Noah Piser[/caption] Today, The WNET Group announced the launch of Camp TV, a new one-hour public television series that brings the day camp experience to children nationwide weekdays beginning Monday, July 13 on public television (check local listings). In the New York metro area, Camp TV premieres Monday, July [...]
Today The WNET Group, home to PBS stations THIRTEEN, WLIW21 and NJTV and NPR station WLIW-FM, has announced the appointment of Eugenia Harvey to the new position of Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer (CDEIO), effective immediately. Now a member of the senior management team, she will be involved in all decisions and will play a [...]
The brutal murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, David McAtee and Tony McDade are the latest in a long and tragic list of killings of Black Americans by police officers and self-appointed vigilantes and cannot be ignored; they are tragedies that have played out for far too long in our country, rooted in generations of [...]
The WNET Group won four 2020 Telly Awards. Cyberchase won a Silver Award in “Television: Children” category and a Bronze Award in the “Television: Social Responsibility” category for its episode Giving Thanks Day. GZERO WORLD with Ian Bremmer also won two Telly Awards. “Andrew Yang Shows His Work” is a Silver Winner in the “Television; General/Political Commentary” [...]
Today, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza, and The WNET Group announced the launch of Let’s Learn NYC!, a new educational public television program produced by The WNET Group in partnership with the New York City Department of Education (DOE) featuring lessons for children in 3K through second grade that will supplement [...]
Over the weekend,The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) hosted the 63rd Annual New York Emmy Awards via livestream. Two WNET productions received New York Emmy Awards: ARTS: PROGRAM/SPECIAL ALL ARTS Docs: Slow Down: River To River (ALL ARTS). Diane Masciale, Executive In Charge; Elizabeth Liz Sargent, Director, Producer; Minos Papas, Producer, Director of Photography; Jorn [...]
