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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