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KCPT Earns Nine Emmy Nominations

“KCPT focuses on community issues and shines a light on what our city has to offer through our programming and special presentations,” says KCPT CEO Kliff Kuehl.

KCPT received nine nominations for the 2012 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Mid-America Regional Chapter EMMY® Awards. The nominations are based on outstanding cultural, educational, technological, entertainment, news and informational achievements in television.

“KCPT focuses on community issues and shines a light on what our city has to offer through our programming and special presentations,” says KCPT CEO and President, Kliff Kuehl. “We’re so proud that we are achieving our mission to explore our region and that our production team is being recognized for their talents.”

The Emmy Gala will take place Sept. 22 at Kansas City’s own Midland Theatre. The event is to be hosted by Weather Channel’s Mike Bettes.

The KCPT nominations are as follows:

• Health/Science – News Story/Program Feature Segment: THE LOCAL SHOW, Suicide Special-Segment 1, Sandy Woodson

• Photographer – Program: THE LOCAL SHOW, Suicide Special-Segment 2, Dave Burkhardt

• Documentary – Cultural: RAISE THE ROOF: Building the Kauffman Center for the Performing Art, Randy Mason, Sandy Woodson

• Information/Instructional – Program/Special: GENERATION XL, Angee Simmons, Sean Holmes

• Interview/Discussion – Program:
o CHECK, PLEASE! KC, Pamela James, Ashley Holcroft, Doug Frost
o MEET THE PAST with Crosby Kemper III, Pamela James, Crosby Kemper, Harry Fortunato

• Public/Current/Community Affairs – Program/Special: IMAGINE KC, Angee Simmons, Randy Mason, Sean Holmes

• Special Event Coverage (other than News or Sports) Live or Edited: CELEBRATION AT THE STATION, Part 1 and Part 2, Angee Simmons, Mark Stamm, Randy Mason

• Community/Public Service (PSAs) – Single Spots or Campaigns: LITTLE GREEN STEPS, Angee Simmons, Jim Button

IMAGINE KC is generously funded by: American Society of Civil Engineers, Garney Family Foundation Fund, Hall Family Foundation, Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City, Kansas City Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), William T. Kemper Foundation-Commerce Bank, Trustee, Lafarge North America, Urban Land Institute (ULI) Kansas City, U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), WNET–Blueprint America

THE LOCAL SHOW is generously funded by: Francis Family Foundation, Frederick and Louise Hartwig Family Fund, Kauffman Foundation, Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City, Hall Family Foundation, Johnson County Community College, John and Effie Speas Memorial Trust – Bank of America, Trustee and Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts – Commerce Bank, Trustee

GENERATION XL is generously funded by BCBS of Kansas City

CHECK, PLEASE! KANSAS CITY is generously funded by: Bank of America and 360 Vodka

About NATAS Mid-America Chapter: The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, educational and technical achievements within the television industry. It recognizes excellence in television with the coveted Emmy Award. For more information please visit www.emmymid-america.org.

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KCPT Hosts Social Media Training for Teens

On Sunday, KCPT hosted a digital media training for 12 teens who serve on the KC Library’s teen advisory group.

On Sunday, KCPT hosted a digital media training for 12 teens who serve on the KC Library’s teen advisory group.

After a social media training session, conducted by Social Media Club KC, the kids created videos of each other in which they described their passions – including music, art, strategy games, science, computers, and more.

If you are interested in digital partnerships, contact Shane Guiter, VP of Digital.

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KCPT Public File

You can access our <a href="http://kcpt.org/about-2/human-resources/public-file/" target="_blank"><strong>public file</strong></a> on our website.

You can access KCPT’s public file on our website.

FCC link to KCPT Public File

If you need help accessing our public inspection file please contact Sandy Woodson, 816-756-3580, 125 E. 31st Street, Kansas City, MO 64108 or swoodson@kcpt.org.

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See how PBS and local member stations are a trusted, valued and essential resource for all Americans.

PBS Stretches Across American Communities Watched on TV by 236 million Americans annually. In a month, Americans stream 145 million videos on PBS' Web and mobile platforms.

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New Season of Community Cinema Kicks Off with Half the Sky

KCPT’s Community Cinema kicked off its 2012-2013 Season on Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 11am with Half the Sky.

KCPT’s Community Cinema kicked off its 2012-2013 Season on Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 11am with Half the Sky. Nearly 100 people came to the Tivoli Cinemas to see segments from the upcoming documentary series and connect with local organizations.

Half the Sky profiles women across the globe that are combating oppression and issues like gender-based violence, sex-trafficking, maternal mortality and forced prostitution with education, healthcare and economic empowerment. At the screening attendees viewed segments dealing with sex-trafficking in Cambodia and gender-based violence in Sierra Leone. Afterwards community partners from The Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault (MOCSA), Veronica’s Voice, Hope House, AAUW-KC and the UMKC Women’s Center shared insights about the kinds of violence and discrimination women in our community face.

Five women standing at the front of a theater presenting to audience.

From left to right representatives from the UMKC Women’s Center, AAUW-KC, Hope House, Veronica’s Voice and MOCSA share their insights on violence and sexual assault against women.

For example, Hope House is Missouri’s largest domestic violence shelter and has 128 spaces for victims of domestic violence. However, they are always full and turn away more women than they can serve each year.

The founder of Veronica’s Voice, shared how she herself had been sex-trafficked from a young age and how her organization works to stop sexual exploitation.

Woman holding paper address theater full of attendees

KCPT’s Community Cinema organizer Lindsey Foat introduces the panelists and discussion for Half the Sky.

Attendees shared the following questions and comments during the discussion:

  • A female teenager asked the panel if they thought mass media has made gender inequality worse and increased domestic violence. All panelists agreed that it has and that the objectification of women in the media has gotten worse.
  • “As an African American woman, it concerns me that in communities of color there is a degree of normalcy to rape. How do we get women of color to go outside of their community to report rape?”
  •  ”The film infuriated me! Where are all the men?”
  • It’s easier for us to look at what is going on in Africa and Asia and make a judgement about those cultures, than to look at our own culture and see the hyper-sexualization and objectification.
  • To make a difference, it is really important to educate men, women the media and put more women in positions of authority.
  • A teacher at a local Catholic High School started using the Half the Sky book as part of her curriculum for her debate students last year. Those students have since started a social justice club. She felt that the celebrity personalities detracted in some ways from the segments and was shocked by the fact that it was two men (one of which was Kristof) who sort of concerned the young woman in Sierra Leone, after she decided not to pursue prosecution against the man who raped her.
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November-December 2012 Letter from Kliff Kuehl, President and CEO

Kliff talks about KCPT's ability to put Kansas City on the national stage with great productions and events.

KCPT, and our great producers, were nominated for nine Regional Emmys®.  We are proud to report that we came away with two wins –

  • Little Green Steps – A spot teaching kids how taking “Little Green Steps” can help keep waste out of landfills.
  • Celebration at the Station – Every year we receive hundreds of calls praising Celebration at the Station.  We are very proud of this tradition that celebrates our community and brings the KC Symphony, culture, and beautiful fireworks into the homes of thousands of people, many of whom are not able to get out to see it live.

We have had some fantastic opportunities to put Kansas City on the national stage this year.  These events give our viewers a rare opportunity to interact with celebrities and performers, giving them a “behind the scenes” experience.

  • Homecoming, The KC Symphony Presents Joyce DiDonato aired to 96% of the United States.  I know we’ve been touting this accomplishment for some time but it was one of those opportunities that doesn’t come along often.  We are so proud to put Kansas City on the national stage and this was very special because it featured our hometown symphony, our hometown girl, and the new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.
  • P. Allen Smith – We had great events surrounding Allen’s visit and tapings at some of Kansas City’s most beautiful gardens.  Watch for those episodes featuring our hometown gardens on P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home.
  • Lidia Bastianich– Lidia is such a great friend to KCPT.  She lends her time and talents to host groups of KCPT supporters when she comes to Kansas City.
  • Coming to Kansas City on November 13, for a special screening of The Dust Bowl, is writer/producer Dayton Duncan.  The two-part documentary airs November 18 and 19 on KCPT.

KCPT’s PerformARTS series is a mixed-media campaign that helps bring community awareness of local arts and culture to the next level.  Last year we successfully promoted six local arts organizations and are queuing up for another six this year.  The organizations will be featured on The Local Show and in the KC Studio magazine.  Our city has a thriving arts scene and we want our community to know what’s out there and to support our local artists.

Be sure and tune into our winter fundraising drive beginning Thanksgiving night.  You’ll find great programs and concerts that support KCPT.

Thank you for your support.

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Patients Prescribe Best Practices for KC Health Care Providers

Kansas City Health Care Foundation kicks off health literacy conference with a panel patients sharing their experiences navigating the health care system.

Before nationally renowned public health and health literacy researcher Ruth M. Parker, M.D. began her keynote presentation at the Health Literacy Conference, co-hosted by the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City, Health Literacy Missouri and the Center for Health Policy at the University of Missouri, on Feb. 12, 2013, she thanked the “expert” panel that preceded her.

These experts were five Kansas Citians, who have spent a lot of time navigating the health care system because of complex medical situations. From a father advocating for his 13 year-old daughter, who is unable to speak because of a rare genetic disorder, to a woman trying to juggle treatment for herself as well as care for her husband and aging father, the panel featured a diverse range of experiences.

The panel, moderated by KCPT’s Nick Haines, shared what has and hasn’t worked, when it comes to engaging with health care providers and becoming more health literate.

“I think it was excellent having the perspective initially of the panel of patients and clients to see and to hear from their perspective exactly what they think is needed to make things more understandable for them,” said Teresa Tunstill, a nurse and health educator at Clay County Public Health Center. ”Most clients want to be engaged in their health care. If not, they wouldn’t come and seek health care. They made it easy to understand that we’re not engaging them in the correct ways.”

Health literacy, or how well a patient can receive and understand basic health information and services, has become a central focus for many health care providers after the passage of the Affordable Care Act.

“The ACA stresses the importance of patient engagement and in some instances requires providers to document how they educate and equip patients for better self-management of their conditions,” said Rhonda Holman, Vice President of HCFGKC.  ”New penalties for excessive hospital readmissions are an example of the way that the new law demands better outcomes from our health care system. Getting better results will require providers to do a better job of actively engaging us in our health care, which in some instances will mean making it easier for us to navigate the health care system and to understand what we’re to do for ourselves once we leave the doctor’s office or hospital.”

Essentially, a patient who doesn’t understand his medical condition or treatment has higher health care costs and higher health risks. According to Health Literacy Missouri’s website, “Almost 9 in 10 adults struggle to understand and use health information.”

A 2009 study from the Center for Health Policy at the University of Missouri, estimated the costs of poor health literacy in Missouri to be $3.3 billion to $7.5 billion each year.

Dr. Ruth Parker stands at a podium with a powerpoint presentation behind her. She is standing front of health care providers at the Kauffman Center for the Health Literacy Conference.

National health literacy expert Dr. Ruth Parker was the keynote speaker at the Health Literacy Conference at the Kauffman Foundation Feb. 12, 2013.

“Most people in our country cannot understand the health information that they need in order to take care of their health,” Dr. Parker said during her keynote address.

But Parker doesn’t put the onus solely on patients to master the intricacies of the health care system.

“We all support making people’s skills and abilities better, support education and trying to help people understand and teach them,” Parker said. “But what can we do to make what it is you need to know, more understandable, more navigable, more doable, more health literate? The work now is more for those of us who work in health and medical care to say how health literate are we?”

According to the statistics and individual stories, Parker cited in her presentation the answer to that question seems to be: not very.

Parker, however, applauds the efforts toward health literacy that are being made in Kansas City.

“[The HCFGKC] is partnering with patient experts from the beginning and what looks like a broad and comprehensive coalition to figure out what they can do, where,” Parker said. “We all look forward to seeing where it goes.”

The Health Literacy Conference served as the launch of HCFGKC’s Health Literacy Initiative, which includes grant opportunities for health care providers.

 

 

 

 

 

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September-October 2012 Letter from Kliff Kuehl, President & CEO

Kliff talks about great upcoming fall programming and local events that help support KCPT.

I hope you are recuperating from the hot summer.  I know I’m looking forward to fall and all that it brings.  One thing you can count on is a great fall line-up of new programming from KCPT.

Please tune-in for the new PBS British hit, Call the Midwife.  It’s a six-part drama that depicts midwifery and family life in London during the 1950s.  The program airs on Sunday, September 30th.

Also coming this fall, The Dust Bowl, by Ken Burns and writer/producer, Dayton Duncan.  The film chronicles the environmental catastrophe in the 1930s that destroyed farms, turned prairies into deserts, and unleashed massive, deadly dust storms. The two-part documentary airs on November 18 and 19.  We are especially pleased to be bringing Dayton Duncan to Kansas City for a special screening of The Dust Bowl on November 13.  Look for more information on the screening this fall.

Also please plan to watch election coverage with us.  PBS is the most trusted source for unbiased election coverage through programs like FRONTLINE with its airing of “The Choice,” the centerpiece of PBS election 2012’s coverage of the presidential campaign.

Immigration in America, aired as part of PBS’ election coverage and was narrated by Ray Suarez of the NewsHour.  The documentary was produced by Nine Network of St. Louis and our Executive Producer, Randy Mason, worked very closely on the project.  The story focused on immigrants in Missouri and how, even though not a border state, the same challenges exist right here in the heartland.

A few statistical facts about how PBS compares to commercial channels –

  • PBS’ primetime audience is significantly larger than many commercial channels, including Bravo, TLC, Discovery Channel, HGTV, HBO, A&E, and the History Channel.
  • PBS’ primetime rating for news and public affairs programming is 60% higher than that of CNN
  • PBS ranked second in “brand of the year” ranking.

For you gardeners, P. Allen Smith is coming to Kansas City to tape at Powell Gardens, Kauffman Memorial Gardens, and DST Gardens the first week in September.  There will be two member events with P. Allen on September 8th – One at Suburban Lawn and Garden and then lunch at the Webster House.  Please call 816-398-4259 for more information.

Homecoming – The Kansas City Symphony Presents Joyce DiDonato, was aired over 1,000 times across the United States and on 95% of stations.  It was extraordinary to be part of this great show and an honor to bring it not only to viewers of Kansas City but all over the country.  Kansas City looked amazing on the national stage!

As always, thank you for watching!

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Study Finds Proposed Startup Visa Could Create Half Million Jobs

New report suggests that passing legislation to offer Startup Visas has the potential to add between 500,000 and 1.6 million new jobs over the next 10 years.

A new report issued by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation suggests that passing legislation to offer Startup Visas has the potential to add between 500,000 and 1.6 million new jobs over the next 10 years.

The visas, included in the Startup Act 3.0 bill recently introduced in the U.S. Senate, would be available to a fixed pool of 75,000 foreign-born individuals who already hold H-1B visas or F-1 student visas and who start companies in the United States.

In the first year of business, these entrepreneurs would be required to employ at least two full-time, non-family workers and to invest or raise an investment of $100,000 or more.

By meeting the first-year requirements, recipients would be granted a three-year visa extension. If, over that three-year period, the business owner has hired, on average, one additional employee each year, he or she may apply for permanent status.

“There’s hope that 2013 finally may be the year the United States implements comprehensive immigration reform,” said Dane Stangler, director of research and policy at the Kauffman Foundation. “However, that legislation would fall short if it fails to create a new visa for the thousands of potential foreign-born entrepreneurs who are already in the country, particularly those who are likely to start technology and engineering firms. Increasing their numbers would accelerate U.S. economic and job growth and help offset the steadily declining numbers of native entrepreneurs.”

Previous research has shown that immigrant-founded technology and engineering startups employ an average of 21.37 people per firm.

A National Foundation for American Policy analysis of the top 50 venture capital¬backed companies in 2011 revealed that 24 were founded or co-founded by immigrants.


 

 

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Take the KCPT Viewer Survey

We want to learn more about how you watch KCPT.

As a Kansas City non-profit, KCPT is owned by the community it serves. This month, we are asking you to help us be more responsive to the needs and desires of our viewers and supporters by taking the KCPT Viewer Survey. The survey will take a maximum of 15 minutes to complete. Your insights will help us guide Kansas City Public Television over the next several years. We really appreciate your time!

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