Georgia Public Broadcasting

PBS Member Station Georgia Public Broadcasting Announces the Broadcast of the Inaugural Jazz Music Awards on January 1, 2024

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Tuesday, December 12, 2023
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Atlanta, Georgia, Dec. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PBS member station Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) today announces the inaugural Jazz Music Awards: Celebrating The Spirit of Jazz, which it will make available for streaming on demand on PBS Passport on Monday, January 1, 2024.

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  • Atlanta, Georgia, Dec. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PBS member station Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) today announces the inaugural Jazz Music Awards: Celebrating The Spirit of Jazz, which it will make available for streaming on demand on PBS Passport on Monday, January 1, 2024.
  • The Jazz Music Awards is a new two-hour award show celebrating the best in Jazz including traditional, contemporary, vocal, instrumental, and experimental.
  • It is the first global, full-scale, music award show dedicated to Jazz and the artists who create it.
  • “GPB is excited to partner with WCLK [an NPR member station] to broadcast and stream the Jazz Music Awards,” said GPB CEO Bert Wesley Huffman.

GPB Partners with Georgia Educators, FableVision Studios and the Georgia Department of Education for GASHA GO! World

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Monday, October 2, 2023
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World, a first-of-its-kind app and web-based learning collection designed to teach computer science to 4-8-year-olds in a fun and innovative way.

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  • World, a first-of-its-kind app and web-based learning collection designed to teach computer science to 4-8-year-olds in a fun and innovative way.
  • Created and developed by GPB in partnership with Georgia educators, FableVision Studios and the Georgia Department of Education, GASHA GO!
  • World is a first-of-its-kind app and web-based collection featuring 13 engaging games, 7 animated videos, vocabulary cards, educator support guides and an activity book with stickers.
  • “We are so proud of our long-standing partnership with GPB and the Georgia DOE,” said FableVision Studios president and co-founder Gary Goldberger.

Veteran Atlanta Broadcaster Jeff Hullinger Joins GPB

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Monday, October 2, 2023
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Atlanta, Oct. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) President and CEO Bert Wesley Huffman announced today that veteran Atlanta broadcaster Jeff Hullinger is joining the network as Executive Producer for Local Content working across platforms.

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  • Atlanta, Oct. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) President and CEO Bert Wesley Huffman announced today that veteran Atlanta broadcaster Jeff Hullinger is joining the network as Executive Producer for Local Content working across platforms.
  • Hullinger began his career in KOAA TV Pueblo/Colorado Springs and first came to Atlanta in 1984, where he served as a weeknight sports anchor and sports director at WAGA TV.
  • In recent years, Hullinger has focused on telling stories of Atlanta history and newsmakers on social media, often receiving at least one million views.
  • Hullinger further added that joining GPB provides the opportunity to explore topics through long-form storytelling, where public media excels.

GPB Teams with the Georgia Council on Economic Education and FableVision Studios to Launch Start It Up!

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Thursday, December 15, 2022
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Atlanta, Georgia, Dec. 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) has teamed up with the Georgia Council on Economic Education (GCEE) and FableVision Studios to launch Start It Up !, a new online game aligned to Georgia high school economic standards.

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  • Atlanta, Georgia, Dec. 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) has teamed up with the Georgia Council on Economic Education (GCEE) and FableVision Studios to launch Start It Up !, a new online game aligned to Georgia high school economic standards.
  • "We are proud to add Start It Up! to our collection of innovative, free resources for teachers and students," said Laura Evans, Director of Education at Georgia Public Broadcasting.
  • Start It Up! is available now at gpb.org/start-it-up and includes teaching materials designed to help high school teachers teach entrepreneurship effectively.
  • GPB, GCEE and FableVision have also created a financial literacy game targeting middle and high school students.

GPB News Welcomes Report for America Corps Member to Macon Bureau

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Tuesday, August 16, 2022
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Atlanta, Aug. 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sofi Gratas has joined GPB News as a Report for America Corps member.

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  • Atlanta, Aug. 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sofi Gratas has joined GPB News as a Report for America Corps member.
  • Report for America is a national service program that places talented emerging journalists in local newsrooms to report on under-covered topics and communities across all 50 states.
  • Based in GPB Radios Macon bureau, Gratas coverage includes rural communities in Middle and South Georgia.
  • Her reporting will be featured on GPB and in Public Health Watch , a non-profit newsroom focused on public health reporting in a collaborative partnership with GPB.

John Lemley’s City Cafe Joins GPB Classical Programming Lineup Beginning April 5

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Monday, March 28, 2022
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John Lemleys City Cafe hosted by well-known Atlanta media personality John Lemley, will air at 1 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays.

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  • John Lemleys City Cafe hosted by well-known Atlanta media personality John Lemley, will air at 1 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays.
  • In 2015, he moved his cultural program, City Cafe to WMLB-Atlanta, where the show was expanded and retooled to focus purely on classical music and arts interviews.
  • Now set to air exclusively on GPB Classical, plans for City Cafe include a Top 500 playlist of classical music, mixing in some film scores and video gaming music, which has become a successful platform for composers.
  • Listeners can hear City Cafe by visiting gpb.org/classical or enabling the GPB Classical Skill and using the command Alexa, ask GPB Classical to listen live.

New EcoSense For Living Season Premieres on PBS Stations Nationwide for Earth Month On Marine Eco-Systems, Wildfires, Alligators and the Okefenokee, and Bats and Blooms

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Monday, February 28, 2022
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The new episodes will air on PBS stations nationwide - including in Atlanta (Georgia Public Broadcasting), South Bend, Ind.

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  • The new episodes will air on PBS stations nationwide - including in Atlanta (Georgia Public Broadcasting), South Bend, Ind.
  • The new season will begin airing coast to coast during April 2022, Earth Month.
  • Kentucky Educational Television (KET), an EcoSense for Living sponsor, will air episodes at 3 p.m. Sundays beginning April 3.
  • The four new episodes will be available in April streaming on PBS along with previous episodes of EcoSense for Living.

Hope Givers Announces 2022 Hope Film Challenge Submissions for Students Open Nationwide on March 1

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Thursday, February 24, 2022
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ATLANTA, Feb. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hope Givers, the award-winning Atlanta-based film company, has announced a call for entries for its 2nd Annual Hope Film Challenge.

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  • ATLANTA, Feb. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hope Givers, the award-winning Atlanta-based film company, has announced a call for entries for its 2nd Annual Hope Film Challenge.
  • To qualify, students must work with an adult mentor at their school and submit a short film (30-90 seconds) that highlights hope and resilience.
  • "We are expecting up to 1,000 submissions across the country this year," says Tamlin Hall, Hope Givers founder and CEO.
  • The 2022 Hope Film Challenge is sponsored by FINAL DRAFT and the Cobb EMC Foundation.

Georgia Public Broadcasting Receives $175,000 Grant from Truist Foundation

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Thursday, December 16, 2021
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Atlanta, GA, Dec. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Atlanta, Georgia, December 16 - Georgia Public Broadcasting announced today it has received a $175,000 grant from Truist Foundation to create a new bilingual (English/Spanish) online simulation/game - Start It Up!

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  • Atlanta, GA, Dec. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Atlanta, Georgia, December 16 - Georgia Public Broadcasting announced today it has received a $175,000 grant from Truist Foundation to create a new bilingual (English/Spanish) online simulation/game - Start It Up!
  • Small businesses drive our local economies, disrupt industries, and support employees and families across the state, said Jenna Kelly, Georgia regional president for Truist, speaking on behalf of the Truist Foundation.
  • This grant will enable Georgia Public Broadcasting to provide aspiring entrepreneurs information and education that can fuel new business ventures, and it represents another way Truist fulfills its purpose to inspire and build better lives and communities.
  • As one of the largest PBS stations in the nation, Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB Media) has been creating content worth sharing for over 60 years.

Legendary News Anchor Monica Kaufman Pearson Joins Gray Television’s CBS46 and Peachtree TV

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Wednesday, December 8, 2021
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ATLANTA, Dec. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Legendary Atlanta news anchor and journalist Monica Kaufman Pearson has signed a two-year deal to host two programs at CBS46/WGCL-TV and Peachtree TV/WPCH-TV, now owned by Atlanta-based Gray Television.

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  • ATLANTA, Dec. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Legendary Atlanta news anchor and journalist Monica Kaufman Pearson has signed a two-year deal to host two programs at CBS46/WGCL-TV and Peachtree TV/WPCH-TV, now owned by Atlanta-based Gray Television.
  • Monica Kaufman Pearson isnt just an Atlanta treasure, shes a legend in journalism across the country.
  • Were very excited to welcome Monica into the CBS46 and Peachtree TV family and cant wait to get started in February!
  • Gray Television completed its acquisition of CBS46 and Peachtree TV along with 15 other Meredith stations on December 1.