PBS Frontline taps six journos for diversity in documentary film initiative

The following excerpt was sent out: FRONTLINE, the award-winning PBS investigative documentary series based at GBH in Boston, today announced the selection of filmmakers for the Investigative Journalist Equity Initiative (IJEI), a new effort aimed at increasing diversity in the documentary filmmaking landscape. The initiative is generously supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Abrams Foundation, […]

PBS Frontline appoints Texeira senior editor

PBS has tapped Erin Texeira as senior editor and Frontline’s director of local journalism. As per the announcement: “In this role, she will oversee the series’ Local Journalism Initiative, which, with the generous support of the Knight Foundation and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, aims to bolster local and regional news organizations that are conducting investigative […]