Report to the Community - Detroit Public TV

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1. MiVote Host Christy McDonald • 2. Detroit Symphony Orchestra • 3. Nolan Finley, Debbie Dingell, and U.S. Senators Debbie
Stabenow and Carl Levin • 4. Fred Nahhat and foster care guests • 5. DPTV’s Freedom Riders event held at Detroit Public Library
6. DPTV Production Crew • 7. Great Teachers Participants • 8. Beyond the Light Switch host David Biello • 9. Ready for School Event
hosts Fred Nahhat & Kelley Hamilton • 10. Dan Alpert (center) and Freedom Riders winner Tianna Trombly (2nd right) and her family
11. Production Truck on barge to Mackinac Island • 12. DPTV’s Board Members participating in pledge night.
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We believe
Public Media
can foster
positive changes
in local
communities.
A Report To Our Community
In these pages, you’ll see that it’s been a busy year for Detroit Public Television.
Many productions were shot, connections made, partnerships strengthened, minds
opened and lives touched.
Our production truck and crews are gaining a reputation throughout the region for
covering important events; our fundraising productions are raising millions of dollars
for PBS stations nationwide; our success with WRCJ 90.9 FM and broadcasts of the
Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Michigan Opera Theatre promote arts and
culture; and… we’re just getting started.
We believe Public Media can foster positive changes in local communities. That’s why
we are relentlessly committed to a plan of “Engage, Focus, Create and Sustain.”
We engage and partner with members of the community – at every level
We focus on issues important to our citizens
We create content using all the tools of public media
We sustain by connecting to wider audiences and delivering value
for our partners
Further, we believe in C.O.P.E. – “Create Once; Publish Everywhere.” We create
content that informs, inspires, or entertains, and then distribute it widely, free of charge,
without “branding” it Detroit Public TV.
Sound radical? Here’s the good news: we’re making a difference.
We’re serving our community as a trusted, neutral media partner. We’re providing a
megaphone and virtual town hall for concerned citizens, lifelong learners, explorers,
artists, problem solvers, educators, parents, children, and viewers like you.
We showcase best practices, great performances and innovative ideas. In short, we’re
delivering on the promise of public media.
We do it proudly with your support. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Melonie Colaianne
Chairman, Board of Trustees
Rich Homberg
President and General Manager