Speaker Profiles

Tom Ashbrook

Tom Ashbrook

host, On Point
On Point's host, Tom Ashbrook, is an award-winning journalist brought to public radio by the attacks of September 11, 2001, when he was enlisted by NPR and WBUR-Boston for special coverage, after a distinguished career in newspaper reporting and editing.  [more]
The Obama Year
Michael Porter
October 24, 2009
00:43:20
Harvard economist and business guru Michael E. Porter, pundit and advisor to presidents past David Gergen, Harvard Law professor Lani Guinier, and Atlantic Monthly senior editor Jack Beatty mix it up with a frank assessment of the President Obama's progress on his new agenda.
Public Broadcasting: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Tom Ashbrook
August 14, 2009
01:08:44
A panel of experts, reporters, and producers discuss the state of public broadcasting, which many consider the last bastion for quality and thoughtful journalism.
Private Rights and Public Broadcasting: Panel 1
Robert Lippincott
March 26, 2008
00:48:47
Robert Lippincott, Senior Vice President of Education for PBS, Steve Altman, Senior Vice President of Business Affairs for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and Jay Fialkov, Deputy General Counsel for WGBH, talk about issues for the digital age from the perspective of Public Broadcasting.
Private Rights and Public Broadcasting: Panel 3
Ron LaRussa
March 26, 2008
00:22:33
Ron LaRussa, director of WGBH Interactive, Michael Winship, president of the Writers Guild of America East, Dick Gabriel, acting executive director for the Electronic Division of the American Federati
Private Rights and Public Broadcasting: Panel 2
Sandra Forman
March 26, 2008
00:08:52
Sandra Forman, project director and legal counsel for Eyes on the Prize, talks about issues for the digital age from the perspective of a rights holder.
Private Rights and Public Broadcasting: Keynote
Tom Ashbrook
March 26, 2008
00:48:06
Tom Ashbrook, host of WBUR's On Point, Jonathan Abbott, WGBH President, and Paula Kerger, PBS President, open the 'Private Rights and Public Broadcasting' conference.
Image of The Leap: A Memoir of Love and Madness in the Internet Gold Rush
Author: Tom Ashbrook
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2000)
Binding: Hardcover, 320 pages
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