Posts Tagged ‘Washington Post’
Russ Morash, 88, WGBH Trailblazing Producer
Russ was a trailblazer in every sense of the word. He invented how-to television and launched a new genre of programming that established public television in the minds of millions of viewers
Read MoreCelebrating Bob Ferrante
I’d like to raise a glass to Bob. He was a really special person. We all miss him terribly. There’s an awful lot to savor and celebrate.
Read MoreRobert Ferrante, 87, News Executive
Mr. Ferrante oversaw the creation of public affairs programs at WGBH, including the Emmy Award-winning “Ten O’Clock News.”
Read MoreSherry Jones, Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker, dies at 73
Sherry Jones, an Emmy-winning documentary producer who wedded investigative reporting with dramatic visuals, crafting television films that explored foreign affairs, American politics and national security issues, died Feb. 14 at a hospital in Washington. She was 73.
Read MoreHerb Bloom, WGBH Producer
Herb worked at WGBH in the early 1960s, and later worked for David Suskind in New York, and then with NBC News in Washington, D.C.
Read MoreRussell Baker, 93, Masterpiece Theater host
To a generation of television watchers, he was also a familiar face as the host of “Masterpiece Theater” on PBS from 1993 to 2004, having succeeded Alistair Cooke.
Read MoreHenry Morgenthau III, 101, pioneering producer
Henry Morgenthau III, a TV producer and documentarian who helped shape public television in its early days and provided a forum for the nation’s civil rights conversation in the 1960s, died July 11
Read MoreFormer Executive Producer Henry Morgenthau Releases New Book
“Henry Morgenthau’s poems are crisp, elegant forays into memory both personal and cultural.”
Read MoreDon Quayle, 84, NPR’s first president
The first president of National Public Radio has died. Don Quayle was 84 years old. He had a long career in public broadcasting — both television and radio.
Read MoreBecton receives honor from Prince Charles
Henry Becton, former President of Boston public broadcaster WGBH, has been made an Honorary Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Read MoreEd Scherer, 68, Director-Producer
From the Washington Post Edward J. Scherer, 68, a retired television and video director and producer whose early work included broadcasts of the 1954 Army hearings of Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis.), died of cancer June 22 at the Hospice of Washington. He lived in Kensington. Mr. Scherer was a native of Philadelphia who served in…
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