The Ring of Truth – WGBH Alumni Network

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

Ambrosino and Nova: making stories that go ‘bang’

September 12, 2014 |

This entry is part 10 of 12 in the series The Michael Ambrosino Collection

I wanted to examine how the world worked, to use the scientific process of discovery as a narrative device to tell good stories. Producers are a naturally curious lot and good documentaries are made out of that curiosity.

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!

40 years with ‘GBH

May 1, 2000 |

This entry is part 1 of 12 in the series The Michael Ambrosino Collection

From Michael Ambrosino — 2000 My first visit to WGBH was in the fall of 1955, just after TV had gone on the air at 84 Mass Ave. in Cambridge. I was at work developing a TV master plan for the University of Connecticut at the time, and wanted a tour of one of the…