Jim Russell (journalist)
James B. Russell | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1946 (age 75–76) |
| Died | b |
| Occupation | Journalist, Radio producer, Television producer |
Notable credit(s) | Marketplace Weekend America |
| Awards | Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award, Peabody Award, Emmy Award[1] |
James B. Russell (born 1946) is a journalist, producer, and executive who has created national programs for all three public radio networks: National Public Radio, Public Radio International and American Public Media, as well as for PBS.
Russell has worked for more than thirty years in commercial radio, print, public radio, and television. Programs he has helped create include Marketplace,[1] Weekend America, and public TV's Newton’s Apple, NightTimes, Electronicle and America After Vietnam. He also helped develop NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered, and PRI's The World.
Russell was a 1973–1974 NEH Journalism Fellow at the University of Michigan.[2]
Russell is now the president of his own consulting company, Jim Russell Productions—The Program Doctor.
References[]
- ^ a b "Jim Bio," Program Doctor website. Accessed Oct. 25, 2015.
- ^ "Past Fellows: 1973-1974," Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Knight-Wallace Fellows at Michigan website. Accessed Oct. 26, 2015.
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