A 9-year-old boy in Massachusetts was sent a letter summonsing him for jury duty. Third-grader Jacob R Clark didn't even know what jury duty was when he discovered he was being called to appear in Orleans District Court. "I was like, 'What's a jury duty?'" the boy told the Cape Cod Times. His grandmother, Deborah Clark, said she initially told him it meant a day off school. But she added that, once he understood that jury duty could mean facing people accused of crimes, Jacob was not keen at all, saying: "I don't want to go! I don't want to go!" His father Robby had to call the (more)...
- 3/20/2012
- by By Greg Laing
- Digital Spy
Deborah Clark, newly named executive producer of "Markeplace," has a long history with the American Public Media program, having first worked there in 1995 as a producer of the overnight show. After stints as freelancer and at NPR, she returned in April 2009. She spoke with TheWrap on Monday about the opportunities in economic turmoil, the need to grapple with the problem of the long-term unemployed, and a digital strategy that's very much a work in progress. Also read: American Public Media Names Deborah Clark Executive Producer of 'Marketplace' What is the first order of...
- 8/22/2011
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
American Public Media has promoted from within to anoint the new head of Marketplace, naming Deborah Clark, a Peabody-award winner, as the franchise’s new executive producer. Clark, who most recently served as senior producer of “Marketplace Money,” will oversee editorial content of Apm’s flagship business news franchise. She succeeds long-time executive producer Jj Yore, who was recently promoted to the position of general manager of Marketplace. “Well over a hundred candidates applied to be Marketplace’s next executive producer,” Yore said in a statement. “In the end, Deb’s broadcast journalism experience, her passion,...
- 8/22/2011
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
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