At the March National Broadcast Steering Committee meeting, SAG-AFTRA Foundation Executive Director Cyd Wilson met with the members and announced that two broadcasters have now been added to the foundation board. They are the first broadcasters ever to serve on the board of the SAG-AFTRA Foundation.
Jim Kerr, a New York City DJ, and Jack Speer, a newscaster with NPR, are the two appointees. Kerr is also a SAG-AFTRA National Board member and Speer is a member of the BSC.
The foundation provides over 1,000 programs a year to the actor community. With the addition of Kerr and Speer, Wilson said the foundation is now looking to create new programming for the broadcaster community. She said the foundation hopes to roll out its first programming for broadcasters during 2016.
The foundation, in partnership with SAG-AFTRA, Variety and The Washington Post, recently honored journalists at A Celebration of Journalism on the eve of the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner in Washington, D.C. Read more about it in the Washington-Mid Atlantic E-Scoop.
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This item was originally featured in the June 2015 local newsletter.
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