Extraordinary Coverage of a Scheduled Event — All Sides with Ann Fisher – The Supreme Court’s Health Care Decision

Breaking News Coverage — Tom Borgerding and Steve Brown – Columbus Train Derailment

Feature Reporting — Steve Brown – Frances Carr – Angel for the Homeless

Enterprise Reporting — Debbie Holmes- Ohio’s Migrant Worker Shortage

Investigative Reporting — Mandie Trimble – Seedy Motels

Congratulations to News Director Mike Thompson and his news team for always going beyond the expected and focusing on important stories in central Ohio. We are very proud!

The Associated Press  revealed on Monday that the justice department, without informing the organization in advance, had obtained two months’ worth of phone records of calls made by reporters and editors. Lawyers for AP said the records, which the justice department appears to have obtained from the phone companies earlier this year, listed every call made by about 100 AP reporters  between April and May last year. AP described it as a “massive and unprecedented intrusion” into newsgathering operations.

This kind of snooping by our government is an intrusion on the freedom of the press and presents a dangerous precedent.  AP’s president and CEO described it as a “serious interference with AP’s constitutional rights to gather and report the news.” I am sure more details are about to come out as hearings take place, but we support the AP and many other journalistic organizations in their efforts to mitigate the current issue and prevent this overreach in the future.  Here is the story from PBS NewsHour:

His grandparents worked at Darby Dan Farms.

Listen to the interview the interview below.

Listen to the interview that aired on Classical 101 with Anne and President Gee below as she discusses the importance of classical music in her life.

Ling Ling grew up in Harbin, China, the capital city in a northeast province of the country.  Her formative years in the ‘70s were at a time when the Cultural Revolution enforced communism and the push for industry and new technology only had a resurgence when she was ready to go to college. Ling Ling knew the concept of television, but had never watched its programming until she visited a relative in Beijing who owned a TV – she was 18 years old at the time.

Ling Ling moved to Columbus when her husband was offered a fellowship with Ohio State, she became the Maintenance Supervisor for WOSU Public Media. Issues with naturalization forced Ling Ling to move to Canada for five years where she landed a role as a Senior Maintenance Technician.  But drive and determination brought her back to the Midwest, and she returned to WOSU as a Maintenance Supervisor. Ling Ling was critical to the design and construction of our studios for WOSU@COSI. In July 2011, Tom Lahr, the long-time chief engineer at WOSU retired and Ling Ling was given an interim and then permanent position as Chief Engineer of WOSU TV.

It is “the non-stop challenge, especially looking at technology in the last two decades” that has kept Ling Ling inspired and eager to lead her TV teams.  This January, she was elected to be the Vice Chair of PBS’ Engineering Tech Advisory Committee (ETAC), a role that Jim Kutzner says she was elected to by a nominating group through a “unanimous vote." 

Kutzner, the Senior Director of Advanced Technology at PBS, believes that Ling Ling “always has the goal to try to improve something” and she is the “cream of the crop”.  Her questions during ETAC meetings are always “probing and challenging” and she has a great understanding of her station’s needs which, says Kutzner, “is powerful for a leader, regardless of gender.” At this juncture, Ling Ling says she just wants to “keep learning.”  And WOSU Public Media is the proud beneficiary of her drive and commitment.

Ling Ling’s story above was written by Meredith Hart, WOSU Marketing Director.  Ling Ling was recently featured in the March 11 issue of Broadcasting & Cable, a national magazine for television industry leaders and in WOSU’s May 2013 Airfare, which was just distributed by WOSU to our members.

We thank our teams from Nationwide, AEP, Fahlgren-Mortine and WOSU for contributing to support PBS Kids programming on WOSU TV through their involvement in this special celebrity In The Know.  Individuals from the WOSU Friends Board contributed to support the WOSU team, which includes Ann Fisher, Mike Thompson, Christopher Purdy and Rob Walker.  Root for your favorite team this Sunday night at 7 pm on WOSU TV!

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LOCAL CORPORATIONS COMPETE ON CELEBRITY EDITION OF WOSU TV’s ‘IN THE KNOW’

AEP, Fahlgren Mortine, Nationwide Insurance and WOSU Public Media Battle for Bragging Rights for 30^th Anniversary of Show

Contact:  Meredith Hart, Marketing & Communications Director

614.247.2675, meredith.hart@wosu.org

COLUMBUS, OHIO, APRIL 23, 2013 — AEP, Fahlgren Mortine, Nationwide Insurance and WOSU Public Media compete on the ‘In the Know Celebrity Challenge’, a special 30^th anniversary edition of the popular quiz show broadcast on WOSU TV.  

            These captains of industry go head-to-head for local bragging rights and to raise money for children’s educational programming on WOSU TV. Celebrity cameos featured in the program include Gene Smith, Athletic Director for The Ohio State University; Jeni Britton Bauer, Founder of Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams; and Jack Hanna, Director Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. ‘In the Know Celebrity Challenge’ will air on WOSU TV Sunday, April 28 at 7 p.m.

            The regular version of the quiz show ‘In the Know’ is hosted by Bill Schiffman and challenges the best and the brightest from high schools throughout central and southern Ohio. The ‘Celebrity Challenge’ was developed to recognize the 30-year milestone of this program – both its broadcast run on WOSU TV and having Schiffman as host.

            For the past 30 years, students have been answering challenging and thought-provoking questions on topics ranging from science to history to visual arts. The Ohio State University awards scholarships to the top four high school teams at the end of the season and Westfield Insurance offers grants to the top eight teams. Since it started broadcasting on WOSU TV, ‘In the Know’ has provided over $500,000 in college scholarship money.

We’re proud of the thoroughness and care NPR, WBUR and our local news team took in the coverage of the hunt for the suspects of the Boston marathon bombing.

Please stay tuned, keep listening, and support this quality journalism as we focus on meeting critical fundraising goals this week.  The Spring Fund Drive ends on Friday and we must raise $250,000 to continue to provide the national and local programming you appreciate.   Thanks for giving!

We’ve reduced on-air fundraising this year by eliminating a winter fundraiser for the first time in recent history and we need to be successful to continue to reduce on-air pledge time. We need your help.

It’s easy to give at any level and we thank you!

Ken Burns departs from his long loving pans of old photos to tackle more current events with this incredible documentary called THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE airing tonight at 9 pm on WOSU PBS.  It’s a difficult time in our country right now with the Boston tragedy, but this dramatic story and slice of history is well worth seeing.