Ben Shedd – WGBH Alumni Network

Ben Shedd: My 180º Rule: Our World of Opposites

March 16, 2024 |

In the last few decades, technological advancements have rewritten the rules of filmmaking. Now more than ever, to be able to picture differently, one needs to view filmmaking and indeed life, from a completely opposite frame of reference.

NOVA: On The Air for 50 Years

March 15, 2024 |

Here we are, 50 years on, with NOVA continuing to “foster public understanding of science.”

Celebrating Michael Ambrosino: Alumni Stories

November 13, 2019 |

This entry is part 11 of 12 in the series The Michael Ambrosino Collection

Stories shared at the celebration of Michael Ambrosino’s career in October 2019

Creating NOVA (1971-76)

July 7, 2011 |

This entry is part 9 of 12 in the series The Michael Ambrosino Collection

From Michael Ambrosino: Science is a part of our heritage, our present culture, and a major force in determining our future. Its absence from television [in the 1970s], spoke to the ignorance of many of its gatekeepers…. Science, medicine, technology, engineering, architecture all impact our culture by determining how we live our lives!

NOVA: From the beginning (1970s)

March 25, 2000 |

By Ben Shedd I’m part of the group from the 1970s at ‘GBH, when NOVA was in some ways almost a separate unit at the station. It’s wonderful to learn about the history of WGBH and see why such grand programming has come from the people who worked there through the decades. I’m glad to…