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On June 5, 2007, The Museum of Television & Radio changed its name to The Paley Center for Media. All references to events on these pages reflect the institution's name at the time of the event.
Many of the honorees have participated in panel discussions at the Center over the past twenty years to discuss their careers and work. Wherever possible we are offering excerpts from those discussions. The full programs of all the excerpts are available at the Center in New York and Los Angeles.
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Martha Coolidge on her career
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In this clip from an interview following her lecture at the Museum, Joan Ganz Cooney discusses how difficult obtaining government funding for Sesame Street would be in the 1990s as compared to the 1960s.
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Judy Crichton discusses the craft of writing for the documentary genre.
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Director Joan Darling and actor Louise Lasser (who played the role of Mary Hartman) reflect on their artistic collaboration in this excerpt from a reunion of the Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman cast and creative team.
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Ellen DeGeneres talks about how she went from concentrating exclusively on her own character to becoming more involved in writing for other characters as well.
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Olympic athlete and pioneering journalist Donna de Varona speaks about her involvement with Title IX, a controversial piece of legislation that had a profound impact on women's athletics.
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Raechel Donahue explains how women were the preferred hires in the early days of FM rock radio.
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Raechel Donahue on her career
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On the fifteenth anniversary of Masterpiece Theatre, Rebecca Eaton discusses the specifics of her job as executive producer and addresses the question of audience development.
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Linda Ellerbee, executive producer, host, and writer of Nick News, explains the importance of teaching media literacy to children during a seminar celebrating twenty years of Nickelodeon.
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