WNET UP Next

This month, WNET Up Next features Executive Producer/Project Director Eugenia Harvey and Producer Maya Navon to learn more about the Multiplatform Initiatives unit. In addition to producing content for Chasing the Dream, an initiative on income inequality, poverty and opportunity, the unit also publishes content for Peril and Promise: The Challenge of Climate Change, reporting the human stories of climate change and its potential solutions.

With climate change becoming an ever-more important issue and with recent events like the Global Climate Strike and the United Nations sessions on global warming, Peril and Promise has been at the forefront of reporting fact-based journalism across all platforms of public media.

Right now the team is partnering with Climate Nexus on the five-part digital series Freedom to Breathe, which follows the route of 1961’s Freedom Riders to examine how climate change is affecting those areas.

Twitter, Facebook and Instagram: @perilandpromise

For more, visit: PBS.org/perilandpromise

Recorded: September 26, 2019 at WNET’s Audio D

Audio Engineers  – Evan Joseph and Josh Broome

Editor – Samantha Lobo

Executive Producer – Daena McBride

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n the final of a trio of episodes devoted to the THIRTEEN Celebrates the Summer of ’69, WNET Up Next puts the spotlight on the 50th Anniversary of the iconic Woodstock Music Festival.

Community Engagement’s Jasmine Wilson takes us behind the scenes of THIRTEEN’s Summer of ’69 project and outlines the station-wide collaboration that made it all happen. She and host Tom Stewart set the stage for the recollections of eight tri-state area residents, who can each honestly say, “I was at Woodstock.” Included is musician Ira Stone, who played onstage on Woodstock’s opening night.

To learn more about the “Summer of ’69” project log onto thirteen.org/summer69. And don’t forget to tune in to American Experience — Woodstock: Three Days That Defined A Generation premieres tomorrow, Tuesday, August 6 at 9pm on THIRTEEN.

Recorded: July 30, 2019 at WNET Audio C

Audio Engineering: Josh Broome

Editor: Samantha Lobo

Host/Producer: Tom Stewart

Executive Producer: Daena McBride

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WNET Up Next continues its collaboration with Community Engagement and THIRTEEN Celebrates Summer of  ’69 initiative, which is being featured on-air, online and in the community. This month, the podcast dives into the 50th anniversary of NASA’s Apollo 11 mission and the first moon walk.

WNET’s Senior Director of Community Engagement Chris Czajka reflects on the importance of the moon landing and PBS’s Summer of Space program lineup. In addition, we hear the stories from several New Yorkers about Apollo 11: Mike Massimino, a NASA astronaut, who at age seven watched the moon landing with his family on Long Island; Great Performances Executive Producer David Horn, whose father worked for NASA; NYU Astronomy Professor Gereceida Jones, who has had a life-long passion for the “night sky;” and Producer Mike Kostel, who attended the ticker tape parade in New York for the returning Apollo 11 heroes. The interviews were conducted by WNET’s Katie Young.

Next month the series will conclude with a look back at the iconic Woodstock Music Festival.

To learn more about THIRTEEN Celebrates Summer of ’69, log onto thirteen.org/summer69.

Recorded: June 18, 2019 at WNET  Audio C

Audio Recording and Mixing: Josh Broome

Additional Audio Mixing: Evan Joseph

Editing: Samantha Lobo

Host/Producer: Tom Stewart

Executive Producer: Daena McBride

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In conjunction with WNET”s Summer of ’69 celebration, WNET Up Next launches a three-episode series with a focus on the Stonewall riots.  Stonewall is the shorthand for the celebrated Greenwich village event which propelled the struggle for gay rights  to a new level of activism and national consciousness. First, host Tom Stewart talks with WNET’s Senior Director of Community Engagement Chris Czajka about the summer-long effort.  Three major events are in the spotlight:  Stonewall, which took place in late June of 1969;  NASA’s manned moon landing of the Apollo 11 spacecraft in July of that year;  and Woodstock, the music festival held in August of 1969,  which has an iconic place in the history of American popular culture.

The centerpiece of the podcast  offers  recollections of four New Yorkers,  then and now,   whose lives were intimately involved with  Stonewall.   Martin Boyce, Tom McLoughlin,and Victoria Cruz were all  participants and witnesses to the actual event.   Graeme Davis was just a youngster, but his life was also deeply affected .    Each of the subjects reveals where they were in the summer of 1969, and how Stonewall  changed their lives and the quest for gay rights.   WNET’s  Katie Young conducted the original interviews which will also be featured in “Summer of ’69” segments for broadcast and social media.

To learn more about the “Summer of “69”  log on to:

http://thirteen.org/collection/summer-69

Recorded at WNET’s Audio C on June 18, 2019

Audio recording and mixing:  Josh Broome

Editing:  Samantha Lobo

Producer/Host:  Tom Stewart

Executive Producer:  Daena McBride

WNET Up Next is a presentation of the Design and On-Air Promotion Department of WNET New York Public Media

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Women War & Peace II is a follow up to Women War & Peace, a series of films originally broadcast on PBS seven years ago.  The series demonstrates how women have been involved in shaping some of the most significant international stories of recent years, and in the process risking their lives for peace and changing the course of history.  Recently,  Columbia University hosted a launch event for the series featuring a  discussion with the filmmakers moderated by Amanpour and Company’s Alicia Menendez.   The participants included Julia Bacha (Naila and the Uprising), Geeta Gandbhir (A Journey of a Thousand Miles-Peacekeepers), Eimhear O’Neill (Wave Goodbye to Dinosaurs) and Gini Reticker  (The Trials of Spring and Executive Producer).

In addition, the conversation featured Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee, the protagonist of the first series’  film Pray the Devil Back to Hell.  She currently serves as the Executive Director of the Women, Peace and Security Program at Columbia University.  Abigail E. Disney, the executive producer of Women War & Peace II also took part and opened the discussion.

Women War & Peace II is executive produced by Abigail Disney and Gini Reticker for Fork Films, and Stephen Segaller for Thirteen Productions LLC for WNET.  Its broadcast premiere on PBS is scheduled for Monday,  March 25th  and Tuesday, March 26th from 9-11PM.  For more information about the films and streaming of the episodes, log onto PBS.org/womenwarandpeace.

Recorded at The Forum, Columbia University, New York, NY –   March 12, 2019

For WNET UP Next:

Audio Editing & Mixing –  Jon Berman, Josh Broome & Evan Joseph

Host/Producer – Tom Stewart

Executive Producer – Daena McBride

Special Thanks to Kate Legg

A presentation of the Design and On Air Promotion Department of WNET New York

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ALL ARTS, WNET’s new broadcast and streaming platform dedicated to arts and culture has just had it’s premiere  as a broadcast entity.  In this episode of WNET UP Next, host Tom Stewart is joined by Diane Masciale, Executive in Charge and Joe Harrell, Senior Director.

Diane details the history of the development of the service, which goes back several years.  With funding available from a generous donor,  the decision was made to create a “single place for everything that makes your heart beat, your mind expand, and your spirit explore”.  She describes the goal and mission and shares insights about the role of the Artistic Director of the project, Jorn Weisbrodt and what special talents he brings  to the new venture.

Joe Harrell speaks of the many aspects of ALL ARTS, whose online component ALLARTS.org has been in place since last summer and has already proved itself a major resource for those looking for content  and engagement.  An e-newsletter is also available to keep the audience up to date on everything happening in the arts.  Joe also shares how has background as an actor and singer, and lifeline afficianado of the arts has informed his current production role.

ALL ARTS is currently accessible on the Web, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram plus streaming apps on iOS and Android smartphones an tablets, Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV.  In the New York  Metropolitan area, it’s available from all the major cable services

Recorded at WNET’s Audio C on January 11, 2019

Audio recording and mixing:  Josh Broome

Editing:  Samantha Lobo

Additional mixing:  Gerard Collins

Producer/Host:  Tom Stewart

Executive Producer:  Daena McBride

A presentation of the Design and On Air Promotion Department of WNET New York Public Media

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WNET and PBS have recently added Amanpour & Company to their  stable of daily news and public affairs series.  The one-hour program, presented  by PBS stations every weeknight,  can also be streamed the following day at  PBS.org and Passport.  Featuring award-winning CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour,   who is based in London, the series features wide-ranging in-depth conversations with global thought leaders on the issues and trends of the day.  Subjects range from politics, business and technology to arts, science and sports.   The broadcast  also features four correspondents based in New York:   Hari Sreenivasen, Michel Martin, Walter Isaacson, and Alicia Menendez,  who provide additional interviews and content.  Amanpour & Company is a collaboration between WLIW LLC for WNET, and CNN.

Co-Executive Producer Gina Kim  sits down with Tom Stewart and WNET Up Next to provide a behind the scenes look into how the program is created.  She also shares  the arc of her career in the world of media, including stints with filmmaker Michael Moore, broadcaster Phil Donahue, and journalist Bill Moyers.  Earlier this year, she was Executibe Producer  of #Me Too, Now What? for PBS.

Recorded at  WNET Audio C – November 20, 2018

Producer/Host:  Tom Stewart

Editor:  Samantha Lobo

Recording and Mixing Engineer:  Josh Broome

Additional Mixing:  Gerard Collins

Executive Producer:  Daena McBride

WNET Up Next is a presentation of the Design and On Air Promotion Department of WNET New York Public Media

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Stephanie Carter, the Executive Producer of the very popular science-based PBS series “Secrets of the Dead” sits down with Tom Stewart to discuss the series and her career in public media.

“Secrets of the Dead”  will begin its new season on PBS on Wednesday evening October 3rd at 10PM.  “The Woman in the Iron Coffin”  is a fascinating story  combining many elements to reveal the identity of an African-American woman from Queens, New York who died of smallpox in 1850.

Stephanie also talks about one of her favorite “Secrets” episode from past seasons:  “Resurrecting Richard III”.  The king’s body was discovered a few years ago buried in what is now a parking lot in England.  The film presents  evidence, that despite his spinal curvature,  Richard III could, indeed, have been an armed  warrior on horseback.   Other new episodes coming up will focus on the use of amphetamines in World War II and seeking the historical basis for King Arthur.

Recorded at WNET Audio C  – August 14th, 2018

Audio Recording – Josh Broome

Audio Mixing –  Jon Berman

Editing – Samantha Lobo

Host/Producer –  Tom Stewart

Executive Producer – Daena McBride

WNET Up Next is a presentation of the Design and On Air Promotion Department of WNET New York Public Media

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This episode of WNET Up Next is an Encore of an episode first heard in in 2016:

Time for School: 2003-2016, produced,  directed and co-written by Nina Chaudry, puts a human face on the issue of education for millions of children in developing countries.  The film shines a light on this issue by telling the stories of five children:  Nanavi in Benin; Jefferson in Brazil; Neeraj in Indea;  Joab in Kenya and Shugafa in Afghnistan.  We trace their lives from five-year olds entering school in 2003 to the time of what should be their high school graduations.

The film was inspired by the Millennium Development Goal of “Education for All”,  a promise made by 189 nations to the United Nations in 2000, namely to provide every child around the world with a basic education by the year 2015.   Though progress has been made, there are still 58 million children not attending school worldwide.

In her conversation with Tom Stewart, Nina takes us behind the scenes of the production including the financial and cultural challenges that the filmmakers met along the way .  She also shares her passion for storytelling  and the ability this project provided  to follow the children as well as their families  and teachers over a twelve year period.

The film was originally broadcast in the autumn of 2016 and is being re-broadcast  on WNET Thirteen on Tuesday, March 6th, 2018 at 9:30PM

It can also be viewed on the PBS website, PBS.org.

WNET Up Next is a production of the Design and On Air Promotion Department of WNET – New York.

Interview recorded August 31, 2016 and repackaged on March 2, 2018

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Filmmaker Stanley Nelson joins WNET Up Next for a conversation with Tom Stewart about his multi-award winning career.  Nelson’s latest film, Tell Them We Are Rising (www.hbcurising.com),  a documentary which explores the role that historically black colleges and universities have played in American history and culture,  premiered in late 2017 at the Sundance Film Festival and is now on the air as part of  PBS’ Independent Lens Series. This conversation was recorded in 2016 following the release of Nelson’s acclaimed film The Black Panthers:  Vanguard of the Revolution.  The two films are the first two chapters of a trilogy called America Revisited which will conclude with a film about the Atlantic slave trade.

Nelson’s films have often been showcased on PBS:  Freedom Summer, Freedom Riders, and the Murder of Emmet Till, among others. He has been the recipient of a National Humanities Medal, Lifetime Peabody Award,  Lifetime Emmy Award, and a recipient of a McArthur Foundation’s “Genius”  Grant plus many other honors.

He describes his early experiences, his desire to have his own company (Firelight Films) the steps and challenges encountered in  taking his work from the idea state to the finished film, and the processes  that lead to commercial release as well as community engagement and multiple screenings across the country.  With the growth of new avenues for a film’s release, he is “platform agnostic” and seeks to make his work widely available in theaters, online as and on broadcast.  A Kickstarter campaign proved to be valuable not only as a fundraising effort, but also as a vehicle to expand the film’s community of supporters and ambassadors. Part of his work under the non-profit  banner of Firelight Media serves to champion young filmmakers in their efforts to make films about underrepresented stories.

WNET Up Next is a presentation of the Design and On Air Promotion Department of WNET New York Public Media

Recorded at WNET Audio C – March 17, 2016

Audio Recording – Jon Berman

Audio Mixing – Josh Broome

Original Editing – Dylan deJongh

Host/Producer – Tom Stewart

Executive Producer – Daena McBride

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