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Debra Thorburn Ashton, Planned Giving Pioneer
Deb’s energy and outlook were as unflagging and enthusiastic as anyone I’ve ever met. Once we began to work together, I also found out about her wall-rattling super-charged laugh as well!
Read MoreJack Kean, 90, Emmy Award-winning Engineer
In 1999, Jack received an Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences: The Silver Circle Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Read MoreThe Money Room: Of Eggs, Sliders, and Gum
John Carver: He got up from his desk, went to his conference table and produced a copy of AD WEEK, the weekly industry rag that we all pretend to read. I wished then that I had read it.
Read More‘Says You!’ panelist Arnie Reisman, a Boston media mainstay, dies at 79
He was a writer first, last, and always,” said his wife, Paula Lyons, a longtime TV consumer reporter and a “Says You!” panelist. “And he was a writer of everything – journalism, documentaries, poetry.”
Read MoreThe Money Room: Wrong Turn in New Jersey
John Carver: I think he took pleasure in my predicament and wanted to see how I handled it.
Read MoreThe Money Room: How This Old House Was Built
Russ handed me a one-page sell sheet with no particulars … no real budget or definition, no host, and definitely no house.
Read MoreFred Barzyk’s Video Archive
From Fred Barzyk For the last decade, I have been gathering my shows and transferring them to digital format. These videos will be released as a highlight reel of my archive to be housed at WGBH and Marquette University. This highlight reel is directed toward researchers in the year 2100. It is my attempt to…
Read MoreIs it Real or Is it a Set?
What do you think? Are these historical photos or from a 2020 set?
Read MoreHBO orders full season of new series: “Julia”
HBO has ordered “Julia,“ a drama series inspired by cookbook author, chef, and TV show host, Julia Child. The show, which already filmed its pilot, will continue filming the rest of its eight episode first season in Boston this spring.
Read MoreWe Remember
As one year gives way to the next, GBH would like to remember members of the GBH family whose deaths we sadly marked in 2020.
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