8 hours ago · PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger speaks at the PBS's Executive Session at the 2017 Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, Calif. PBS is closing its DEI office following executive ...

16 hours ago · This led to PBS closing its DEI office and dismissing the two employees in charge of DEI work. Cecilia Loving, SVP and head of DEI, joined PBS in the summer of 2021, less than a year after filmmakers pushed PBS to improve its DEI practices. Gina Leow, director of DEI, was hired in late 2021.

15 hours ago · PBS’ move also comes as Trump’s FCC continues to turn up the heat on public broadcasters over taxpayer funding and editorial direction. Tags DEI Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Donald ...

2 days ago · PBS has closed its diversity, equity and inclusion office as it faces an investigation from the FCC and threats from Donald Trump. PBS Closes DEI Office After Trump Executive Order

16 hours ago · PBS fired two diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) executives and scrapped the department after Bari Weiss’ online publication Free Press was tipped off that the broadcaster was ignoring ...

1 day ago · PBS, according to its most annual DEI report covering 2022, said “BIPOC employees comprised 48% of new hires and 35% of promotions.” That same year, women accounted for 75% of new hires and 64 ...

15 hours ago · PBS closed its DEI office after consulting its lawyers as Donald Trump targets federally funded programs perceived as woke. Getty. In a memo to employees shared Monday on Bluesky, PBS President Paula Kerger noted Trump’s executive order and that the company was “working with legal counsel to understand how this potentially affects our ...

5 hours ago · PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger speaks at the PBS's Executive Session at the 2017 Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, Calif. PBS is closing its DEI office following executive ...

5 hours ago · A memo from PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger that was shared with NPR says that on the advice of PBS’ legal council, the DEI office was closed and DEI staffers Gina Leow and Cecilia Loving are leaving PBS.. During his first term, Trump tried unsuccessfully on several occasions to axe or drastically reduce funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which is a funder of both PBS ...

2 days ago · PBS announced in 2021 that it was requiring producers to provide their own DEI plans at the proposal stage for “all new agreements, series renewals and direct-to-PBS programs.” Must Read Stories