Welcome to the GBH Press Room, where you can find out what's happening inside GBH—our programs and services for New England-area audiences, our educational multimedia initiatives, our media access solutions for people with disabilities, our ongoing media archive efforts, and the honors we earn—as well as access press releases and contacts for various media inquiries.
Recent Press Releases
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GBH Kids Launches Search It Up: The Game
GBH Kids and PBS KIDS today announced the launch of Search It Up: The Game, now available through Ruff Ruffman on pbskids.org. Based on the award-winning digital miniseries Search It Up, the game is designed to help kids ages 4-7 learn to safely navigate technology and the internet. -
GBH Launches Kids Catalyst Fund
With an eye towards addressing the critical need for inclusive, research-based, widely-accessible quality children’s resources, GBH, the nation’s largest public media producer, has launched the GBH Kids Catalyst Fund. This focused fundraising initiative will support the Foundation’s long-standing commitment to developing learning media approaches that will connect with and serve a broad and diverse audience and help close the learning gaps for marginalized communities. -
GBH President Jonathan Abbott to Step Down at End of Year
(Boston, MA – Feb 23, 2022) Jonathan Abbott, President and CEO of public media powerhouse GBH, who led its digital transformation, built its endowment and vastly expanded service to audiences, will step down after 15 years as chief executive, and 23 years with the organization. He will remain through the end of 2022 while a search is conducted for his successor. -
Work It Out Wombats! Scriptwriting Fellowship Brings Diverse Perspectives to New GBH Kids STEM Series
BOSTON (February 22, 2022) – Boston public media producer GBH has awarded five fellowships to early-career writers who will bring diverse viewpoints and BIPOC representation to Work It Out Wombats!, a new animated GBH Kids series for PBS. The GBH Kids Scriptwriting Fellowship aims to diversify the pipeline of writers for both the series and the greater children’s media industry by providing early-career writers, who are members of underrepresented groups, with hands-on learning experience in television writing for children. -
GBH News Debuts Reimagined Morning Edition With Co-Hosts Paris Alston and Jeremy Siegel
BOSTON (February 11, 2022) – Waking up Boston’s morning news scene, GBH News will debut a reimagined Morning Edition with co-hosts Paris Alston and Jeremy Siegel on Monday, February 14. Additionally, GBH News’ Karen Marshall has been elevated to the role of Executive Producer.
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