“Ideas
In Action with Jim Glassman” To
Debut in February
New
Television Series from Grace Creek Media and The
George W. Bush Institute
Explores
Impact of Ideas on Public Policy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JANUARY 12, 2010
Annapolis,
MD. (Jan 12, 2010) – Andrew Walworth, president of the television and
distribution company Grace Creek Media, announced today the launch of a new
half-hour television series on ideas and their consequences, Ideas in
Action with Jim Glassman.Each edition of the new series, to be hosted
by veteran journalist, scholar and diplomat Jim Glassman, will present a
discussion of trends, conditions, and ideas at the heart of the important
issues of the day.
“The
premise of the program is that ideas that come out of the academy and research
institutes can have profound impact on the real world,” says Walworth, who will
serve as executive producer of the program.“We are interested in the nexus of theory and policy – or to put it
another way, what happens when ideas are put into action?”
“Our
goal is to explore how new ideas, research and technologies affect our world
with a balanced panel of the best thinkers we can find,” says Glassman. “For
example, we’ve already taped programs on how new internet-based communications
technologies are being harnessed by the opposition in Iran. We’ve looked at
what the latest research on pay-for-performance for teachers might mean for
public education. We’re planning programs on global health, domestic economic
policy, and the future of journalism, just to name a few of the topics we hope
to address.”
The
series will be distributed weekly to public television stations and
noncommercial cable stations nationwide. The project includes a website and
other ancillary activities that will extend the reach of Ideas in Action beyond the television screen.
The
series is a co-production of Grace
Creek Media and The George W. Bush Institute, the think tank that is part of
the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas.It
will be taped in Washington, D.C. at the studio facilities of the Newseum, and
on-location at the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
Host Jim
Glassman is well-known to PBS viewers as the host of the PBS series TechnoPolitics.Glassman’s other television credits include hosting the series MoneyPolitics for WJLA (Washington DC’s
ABC affiliate) and Capital Gang Sunday
for CNN. He is the former publisher of The
New Republic, former President of The
Atlantic Monthly Co., and former co-owner and editor of Roll Call, the newspaper about Capitol
Hill. He was a weekly columnist for The
Washington Post from 1993-2004 and a senior fellow at the American
Enterprise Institute from 1996 to 2008. He served as chairman of the U.S.
Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees Voice of America, Radio Free
Europe, and other taxpayer-funded broadcasting, and as Under Secretary of State
for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. In September 2009 he was named the
founding Executive Director of the George W. Bush Institute, the think tank
that is part of the Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, which also includes a
library and museum.
Andrew
Walworth is Executive Producer.He is
founder and president of Grace Creek Media.His recent production credits include the public television series Think Tank with Ben Wattenberg, Moneywise
with Kelvin Boston, Closer To Truth with Robert Kuhn, and Follow the Money hosted by Gail Harris
and Ray Suarez, as well as many series and documentaries for PBS and leading
cable networks.
The
series will be distributed by Executive Program Services.
For more information on Ideas In
Action.Please visit our media website
at:www.ideasinactiontv.com.
ABOUT GRACE CREEK MEDIA
Grace Creek Media, Inc. (www.gracecreek.com) is an independent production and distribution
company based in Annapolis, MD that specializes in the development, production
and distribution of documentaries, series and educational television
programming.
The
George W. Bush Institute is an independent, nonpartisan think tank engaged in
policy, research, and action guided by the principles of freedom, opportunity,
responsibility, and compassion.Working
with philanthropic-minded individuals, social entrepreneurs, other non-profit
private institutions, businesses, and international and domestic government
agencies, the Bush Institute’s goal is to transform ideas into action,
producing results that can be tested, proven, and replicated in the real
world.
Contact:
Ashley Kavanaugh, The George W. Bush Institute
