Seeking to strengthen and diversify public media's production talent, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) awarded 25 producers with "scholarships" to attend the Producers Academy Workshop at WGBH-Boston in October 2011.
Selected from more than 200 applicants, these Producers Academy fellows will participate in an intensive course that covers a range of production skills and draws on the expertise that has made PBS a recognized force on the American cultural landscape. The goal of the Producers Academy is to encourage a diverse and talented group of producers, who will create new and greater programming achievements in public media.
From PBS member stations and series strands
Brenda Brkusic - PBS SoCal (KOCE)
Imani Cheers - PBS NewsHour
Roberto Diaz de Villegas - WFSU
Rawan Jabaji - WNET
Laura Krueger - KET
David Kuznicki - WGTE
Katia Maguire - WNET
Michael O'Reilly - WHYY
Genevieve Savage - Detroit Public Television
Cheraine Stanford - WPSU
Daniel Swinton - WMHT
From the independent community
Keoni Alvarez - Hawaii
Raquel Chapa - Texas
Linda Duvoisin - Tennessee
Christie Herring - California
Christina King - New York
Grace Lee - California
Emir Lewis - New York
Risa Morimoto - New York
Bao Nguyen - New York
Richard Ray Perez - California
Jeff Seelbach - New York
Jonathan Skurnik - California
Thanh Tan - Texas
Funding for the Producers Academy is made possible by CPB and PBS.
More information about the Producers Academy is posted at www.pbs.org/producing/producersacademy and www.cpb.org. To find out about past participants, visit http://producersworkshop.pbs.org.
