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    May 19, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. StoryCorps booth allows Chicagoans to make history into a microphone

    Sitting across from his son Peter in a warmly lit booth at the Chicago Cultural Center earlier this month, Chester Konopacki gave slow, careful answers about his childhood on his family's farm in Eastern Poland. He recalled he was tending horses one night with his cousin when, suddenly, "the ground was shaking." The Soviet Army had arrived.
    Sitting across from his son Peter in a warmly lit booth at the Chicago Cultural Center earlier this month, Chester Konopacki gave slow, careful answers about his childhood on his family's farm in Eastern Poland. He recalled he was tending horses one night...

    Tags: Radio, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, New York City, Chicago Cultural Center

    2. May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Global Entry: Help may be at hand for those who wait to get OK'd

    If you&rsquo;re waiting&hellip;and waiting&hellip;for an interview appointment to complete your application for the <a href=&quot;http://www.globalentry.gov/" target="_blank">Global Entry</a> fast-pass-through-customs program, help may be at hand.
    Los Angeles Times Travel editor
    If you’re waiting…and waiting…for an interview appointment to complete your application for the Global Entry fast-pass-through-customs program, help may be at hand. In a blog post Monday, I  explained that I had been conditionally...

    Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Agriculture, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air Transportation Industry

    3. May 15, 2013 |Story| Daily Pilot

  3. The Crowd: And the winner for Best Entree is ...

    It is the Oscar celebration for the culinary world.
    It is the Oscar celebration for the culinary world. Known as the Friends of James Beard Benefit Dinner, an annual tribute to the culinary arts named for the late famous American chef was presented May 1 in Costa Mesa at the incomparable AnQi by...

    Tags: Greenwich Village, Media Industry, New York City, PBS (tv network)

    4. May 6, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. Young Chicago poet Malcolm London speaks up for education on TED show

    On Tuesday night, if you tune into PBS' one-hour special &quot;TED Talks Education," you'll see host John Legend and an array of prominent speakers, including Bill Gates, giving impassioned talks about ways to reinvent education.
    On Tuesday night, if you tune into PBS' one-hour special "TED Talks Education," you'll see host John Legend and an array of prominent speakers, including Bill Gates, giving impassioned talks about ways to reinvent education. You'll also see Chicago's...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, HIV, Northwestern University, WTTW, Students

    5. May 2, 2013 | Orlando Sentinel

  5. WMFE hires new boss from Baltimore

    UPDATED: A Baltimore broadcaster will become president and general manager of WMFE-FM after a national search, the public radio station announced Thursday. LaFontaine Oliver has held a similar position at WEAA-FM since 2007.
    Staff writer
    A Baltimore broadcaster will become president and general manager of WMFE-FM after a national search, the public radio station announced Thursday. LaFontaine Oliver has held a similar position at WEAA-FM since 2007. He will start at WMFE late this month....

    Tags: Radio, Entertainment, Satellite Technology, Radio Industry, XM Satellite Radio

    6. Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail

  6. Hagerstown film festival presents Tony Mendez with award named for him

    The first night of the second annual Maryland International Film Festival-Hagerstown was capped off Wednesday at The Maryland Theatre when Tony Mendez was awarded the festival&rsquo;s first Mendez Award.
    The first night of the second annual Maryland International Film Festival-Hagerstown was capped off Wednesday at The Maryland Theatre when Tony Mendez was awarded the festival’s first Mendez Award. Thomas B. Riford, president of the film festival&...

    Tags: Entertainment, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Festive Events, Arts and Culture, Argo (movie)

    7. Feb 22, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Best of the Web

    Framework
    Continuing along the path of “big-picture” story telling, this week’s selections look at projects that are built out of collaboration. It is the combination of individual experiences and stories, that when told together give a wider...
    8. Feb 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. PBS SoCal, home of 'Downton Abbey,' hires veteran network exec

    PBS SoCal, the local home of &quot;Downton Abbey," is bringing in a network veteran to help beef up operations.
    PBS SoCal, the local home of "Downton Abbey," is bringing in a network veteran to help beef up operations. The former KOCE-TV - which became Southern California's leading PBS outlet after KCET-TV left the network more than two years ago - has tapped...

    Tags: Media Industry, Downton Abbey (tv program), PBS (tv network)

    9. Dec 28, 2012 | Orlando Sentinel

  9. WUCF TV: Heads of PBS, CPB recommended new boss

    The TV Guy - Orlando Sentinel
    THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED: A TV executive named last week to oversee WUCF TV drew enthusiastic recommendations, although she did have detractors for her work in New Mexico. Polly Anderson will join Orlando's PBS station as executive director in February....
    10. Jan 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, to retire from Senate

    WASHINGTON -- Facing the prospect of a tough reelection fight, veteran West Virginia Sen. Jay Rockefeller, 75, announced Friday that he will leave the Senate when his current term ends. His decision makes him the first senator in either party whose term...

    Tags: Republican Party, Elections, Democratic Party, New York City, Charles H. Percy

    11. Oct 9, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  11. Big Bird gets the big bucks

    Change of Subject
    Carroll Spinney, who has played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch since (Sesame Street's) inception, earned more than $314,000 in compensation in 2011, according to the organization's 990 form.....Jonathan Berr, MSN Money The column puts the Big Bird issue...
    12. Oct 11, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. Move over, Big Bird

    A recent editorial states that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting "gets all of $450 million" in federal funding, as if this amount were peanuts ("Big lies and Big Bird," Oct 8). But $450 million could hire 9,000 teachers at $50,000 per year. Surely,...

    Tags: Sykesville

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