NPR names Gary Knell as its president and CEO after his long stint as head of Sesame Workshop
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 3rd, 2011 4:34 am by HL
NPR names Gary Knell as its president and CEO after his long stint as head of Sesame Workshop
WASHINGTON — The man who helped bring “Sesame Street” to a global audience for the past 11 years will take over as president and CEO of NPR, the public radio network announced Sunday.
Gary Knell, the longtime president and CEO of Sesame Workshop, will start at NPR on Dec. 1.
Knell succeeds Vivian Schiller, who resigned under pressure in March after a former NPR fundraiser was caught on camera calling the tea party racist. The episode led some conservatives to call for an end to federal funding for NPR, but Congress ultimately retained the funds as part of a budget deal in April.
Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae donations disappearing, study predicts
Fannie Mae and the Freddie Mac Foundation, the Washington area’s two biggest contributors to local charities, will probably end their philanthropy in the next few years, with troubling consequences for nonprofit groups that focus on education and human services for the poor, children and families, predicts a study to be released Monday.
Michelle Obama’s Target trip: Critics take aim
Was it just an innocent shopping trip, a chance to escape the White House bubble or a clever bit of image manipulation?
Photos taken by an Associated Press photographer of first lady Michelle Obama strolling away from the checkout counter at a Target store in Alexandria circled the globe Friday. The images were unusual and striking, depicting the elegant first lady, in an unglamorous disguise, shopping at a discount store familiar to millions of Americans.
