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Exploring and illuminating the critical issues of our time, FRONTLINE is
America’s most independent and engaging public affairs series and a preeminent
program on PBS for the last 25 years. Recently WEDU hosted two special events where guests had an opportunity to
meet one of the world’s top documentary filmmakers FRONTLINE’s executive
producer David Fanning.
“This was a one-of-a-kind opportunity to meet one of the world’s
top documentary filmmakers and to get an inside look at America’s
most independent and engaging public affairs series
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Dick Lobo, President and CEO of WEDU.
The Poynter Institute
Thursday, April 16 at 7:00p.m.
This WEDU Platinum Series event featurThis WEDU Platinum Series event featured a VIP reception followed by a
discussion by Mr. Fanning about the behind-the-scenes process of developing the
program’s investigative documentaries, and the challenges, ethics, and
importance of in-depth reporting in today’s world.
Video Coming Soon.
The Palladium Theatre
Wednesday, April 15 at 7:00p.m.
Joined by a panel of some of the brightest minds in the fields of journalism,
ethics and multi-media in the Bay area, Mr. Fanning discussed current global affairs and the state of journalism
today.
Click Here for panelist bios.
Watch the discussion.
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Be More Aware with David Fanning
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 Eric Deggans TV/Media Critic for the St. Petersburg Times and has been with the newspaper in
one writing position or another since 1995. Before serving as media critic,
Deggans sat on the newspaper’s editorial board and wrote bylined opinion columns
specializing in race issues, pop culture, media and national affairs. Mr.
Deggans is the President of the Tampa Bay Association of Black Journalists,
serves as a guest lecturer and adjunct professor and is the recipient of
numerous awards honors including an ethics fellowship at The Poynter Institute. |
 Doug Smith is the
investigative reporter at the FOX affiliate WTVT-TV in Tampa. Mr. Smith, along
with investigative producer Lisa Blegen and photojournalist Craig Davisson, has
won numerous Emmy awards over the years, and the Alfred I. duPont-Colombia
University Silver Baton for their series, “Small Town Justice.” This compelling
series was also a finalist for the 2009 Scripps Howard Foundation National
Journalism Award. Prior to joining WTVT-TV in 2003, Smith served as the managing
editor of WFTV-TV in Orlando, and at various anchor/reporting positions in
California and Las Vegas.
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 Spencer Briggs is an
independent filmmaker who has been involved in the writing and production of
news and documentary projects for more than two decades, and has served as a
news and documentary producer for CBS, NBC, and ABC network news affiliates. In
addition, Mr. Briggs has produced numerous documentaries, specials and political
debates for PBS. His most recent projects have been the WEDU Emmy award-winning
productions “Central Avenue Remembered,” tracing the people and places of one of
Tampa’s most historic communities, and “Heroes from the Bay” profiling Veterans
of World War II.
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 Susan Taylor Martin joined
the St. Petersburg Times in 1982 as the executive business editor; she moved to
the national reporting staff in 1986 and became a deputy managing editor in
1992. Ms. Martin returned to writing in 1997 and to date, serves as the senior
correspondent covering foreign affairs. Throughout her career Ms. Martin has
received numerous awards and has covered the two wars in Iraq, the war in
Kosovo, and the war against terror in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The death and
funeral of Princess Diana, and terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, are
among her many breaking stories. |
