WETA Report to the Community

WETA Report to the Community

Fiscal Year 2017

Photography and Graphic Credits

WETA Mission, inside front cover

Shutterstock/MH Anderson Photography.

National Productions, p. 2-11

P. 2-3: Top row (L-R): Judy Woodruff: photo courtesy of PBS NewsHour; evacuees at a refugee camp in Erbil, Iraq:photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters; hydrocodone: iStock by Getty Images; Republican and Democratic symbols: stock photos. Second row (L-R): President Donald Trump: Dreamstime, Joe Tabb; USMC field artillery cannoneer: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Zachery C. Laning. Third row (L-R): Gwen Ifill, Judy Woodruff, David Brooks: photo by Abbey Oldham/PBS NewsHour; Russian national flag at an anti-corruption protest: photo by Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters.

P. 4-5:U.S. Capitol: stock photo;Washington Week: Risdon Photography; Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ War: courtesy of the producers; American Umpire:photo courtesy of Shell Studios; The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations:Jean-Pierre Uys Photography.

P. 6-7: Africa’s Great Civilizations: photo courtesy of Nutopia Limited; Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise: courtesy of the producers; Globe Trekker:courtesy of the producer; Audubon: Audubon watercolors/Oppenheimer Editions.

P. 8-9: Smokey Robinson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song: Shawn Miller; A Capitol Fourth: stock photo; Bill Murray: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize: Scott Suchman; The Concert to Face Addition: photo courtesy of Facing Addiction, Inc.; National Memorial Day Concert: photo courtesy of Capital Concerts.

P. 10-11: Martha Bakes: Yossy Arefi; Pati’s Mexican Table: Penny De Los Santos; America’s Test Kitchen: Kevin White; Sara’s Weeknight Meals: photos courtesy of Silver Plume Productions; The Vietnam War: photo courtesy of the Associated Press.

Classical WETA, p. 12-13

L-R: Scott Tucker conducting the Choral Arts Society of Washington: photo by Shannon Finney Photography; René Barbera and Ildar Abdrazakov in the Metropolitan Opera’s production of L’Italiana in Algeri (Met Opera Broadcasts): Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera; Nurit Bar-Josef performs with the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Christoph Eschenbach(NSO Showcase): Scott Suchman; Classical WETA 90.9 on-air host Nicole Lacroix: Risdon Photography. Music illustration: iStock by Getty Images.

WETA Television, p. 14-19

P. 14-15: Top row (L-R): Frontline: Iraq Uncovered: photo courtesy of Frontline; USO – For the Troops: photo courtesy of Partisan Pictures. Second row (L-R): Neighborhood Eats: WETA TV 26 Productions; Masterpiece: Inspector Lewis: photo courtesy of ITV Studios. Third row (L-R): Miss Fischer’s Murder Mysteries: Ben King/Acorn Media; Splash and Bubbles: photo courtesy of The Jim Henson Company/Herschend Enterprises. Fourth row (L-R): Nature: The Story of Cats: photo by Joanna Haley/Plimsoll Productions; WETA Neighborhoods: WETA TV 26 Productions.

P. 16-17:Top row: WETA Around Town: Risdon Photography;Great Performances: The Hollow Crown – The Wars of the Roses: Robert Viglasky © 2015 Carnival Film & Television Ltd.;Dancing on the Edge: photo courtesy of Ruby Films and Television Limited;Call the

Midwife: photo courtesy of Neal Street Productions. Bottom row: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: courtesy of Andrew Eccles;Great Performances: Hamilton’s America: Joan Marcus;The Tunnel: photo courtesy of © BSkyB Limited / Kudos Film & Television Limited; Mercy Street: Erik Heinila/PBS.

P.18-19: Top row: American Experience: Command and Control: photo courtesy of WGBH; Sons of Halawa: photo courtesy of Quazifilms. Second row: POV: Dalya’s Other Country: Julia Meltzer;Nature: Dolphins Spy in the Pod: Rob Pilley/John Downer Productions; Clifford The Big Red Dog visits Campbell Elementary School: photo by Virginia Montminy. Bottom row: Nature Cat: photo courtesy of Spiffy Entertainment, LLC;Curious George: courtesy of CG: ®© Universal Studios and/or HMH.

Learning Media, p. 20-21

Soldier: iStock by Getty images, Carlo Franco; classroom images: courtesy of Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for American Education: Images of Teachers and Students in Action.

Membership and the Community, p. 24-25

WETA volunteers in the community: courtesy Ferne Barrow/WETA;American Experience: The Great War: Joe Shymanski; Classical WETA Players: Jessie Yuhaniak/WETA; pledge drive volunteers: Risdon Photography.

Leadership Circle, p. 26-33

P. 26-27: Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise: photo by NASA.

P. 28-29: Private recital for WETA Leadership Circle donors: Risdon Photography.

P. 30-31: National Symphony Orchestra: Scott Suchman.

P. 32-33: Poldark on Masterpiece: photo courtesy of Robert Viglasky/Mammoth Screen for Masterpiece.

Elizabeth P. Campbell Legacy Society, p. 34-35

WETA Founder Elizabeth P. Campbell: WETA;Legacy Society Luncheon: Risdon Photography.

Celebrating Excellence in Journalism, p. 36-37

Photos by Risdon Photography

Local Underwriting, p. 38-39

Victoria on Masterpiece: WGBH; Classical WETA 90.9 FM: August Lang & Husak; Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise: clockwise from top left: Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial by NPS volunteer Bill Shugarts, Million Man March by James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images, Michael Jordan from Photofest, New York march by Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images,Soul Train fromTribune Entertainment/Photofest; Nature: Forest of Lynx, photo by Rita Schlamberger/

©ScienceVision; Neighborhood Eats, photos by WETA.

General & Project Support, p. 40-41

Filmmaker Ken Burns: Tim Llewellyn Photography; Judy Woodruff interviews Speaker Paul Ryan: photo by Richard Coolidge/PBS NewsHour; WETA Production Center: Risdon Photography.

Honors & Awards, p. 42

Hari Sreenivasan: photo courtesy of PBS NewsHour Weekend; Jackie Robinson: courtesy Library of Congress; WETA’s Noel Gunther (left) and Sharon Percy Rockefeller (center right) receive the Library of Congress Literacy Award: David M. Rubenstein Prize from the Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden and David Rubenstein: Library of Congress.

In Memoriam, p. 43

Gwen Ifill: Brooks Kraft; Ward Chamberlin: WNET.

WETA Board of Trustees, p. 44

WETA President and CEO Sharon Percy Rockefeller: Risdon Photography; WETA Board of Trustees Chairman Timothy C. Coughlin:Risdon Photography.

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