Paul Gluck
The following is from a WHYY press release...
Contact: Art Ellis, 215-351-1262
Richard G. Barnes, 215-351-0502
July 26, 1999
WHYY NAMES PAUL GLUCK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF ITS NEWS & PUBLIC AFFAIRS SERVICE
Paul Gluck, a broadcast executive with a 23-year track record in local
news and public affairs, has been named Executive Director of the regional
news and public affairs service at WHYY. Gluck will manage and develop
programming for TV12, 91FM and whyy.org, as well as public forums in the
stations’ new Civic Space on Independence Mall in Philadelphia.
Gluck becomes the first of five executive directors at WHYY who will
develop multi-media programming for the region’s prime public broadcasting
service. Four additional executive directors will be named later; each
will develop a distinct “service strand.” These other strands will focus
on early childhood education, arts and culture and higher education, as
well as a service dedicated to older adults.
“In the not-too-distant future, information will flow from every computer screen, radio, television, cable channel and millions of web sites,” said
WHYY President and CEO William J. Marrazzo. “WHYY is realigning its
organization to take advantage of this new technology. We will have the
resources to achieve our mission in ways that we were never able to in a
single channel world.”
“We are fortunate that Paul Gluck has agreed to develop WHYY’s first
‘service strand,’” said WHYY Vice President and Station Manager David A.
Othmer. “This spring he guided WHYY’s critically-acclaimed election
coverage. Using TV, radio and the Internet to educate the public about Philadelphia’s mayoral primary, he led a team of
outstanding WHYY reporters, producers and on-air hosts and developed a
partnership with FOX Philadelphia (WTXF-TV) resulting in some of the most
in-depth broadcast election coverage in recent memory.”
Gluck began his career at KYW-TV as a production assistant. He was also
employed as an executive producer at WJZ in Baltimore, Md., then advanced
to WCAU-TV in Philadelphia in 1988 as news director. Gluck returned to
KYW-TV in 1991 as executive news editor and was
promoted to news director in 1997, a position he held until September
1998. Gluck has also produced documentaries and served as a consultant for
local media outlets.
Gluck is a native of Philadelphia, having attended Community College of
Philadelphia and receiving his Bachelor’s degree in journalism from Temple
University. He now lives in Ardmore, PA.
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