Ann Mauze Named Deputy Director of the Educational Resource Center At Thirteen/WNET New York.

Entertainment Editors

NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--July 10, 2000

Ann Mauze has been promoted to deputy director of the Educational Resources Center (ERC) at Thirteen.

In this capacity, she will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the department and all its varied activities. Previous to the promotion, Mauze served as director of Thirteen's Educational Services and Outreach department, a division of the ERC. In her new position, she will report directly to Tamara E. Robinson, vice present for programming, who is currently overseeing the ERC while a search is conducted for a new ERC director.

"Over the course of almost 12 years, Ann has performed stellar work in extending Thirteen's programs from the screen into communities across this country," said Robinson. "Her efforts in outreach have earned her the respect of the entire public broadcasting system. Her deep understanding of Thirteen's educational mission and her comprehensive vision of the ERC and its potential for growth make her the perfect choice for this position."

As director of Thirteen's Educational Services and Outreach department for more than a decade, Mauze has designed and instituted numerous projects supporting Thirteen's national productions and local broadcasts. Her credits include the Bill Moyers series: Healing and the Mind, Circle of Recovery, Families First, Genesis, and Close to Home: Moyers on Addiction. They also include America Dancing, Innovation, Before I Die, Liberty & Limits, Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, Disconnected: Politics, Press and the Public, and Thirteen's Teen Leadership Institute, an annual non-broadcast event.

She has also been responsible for a wide variety of professional development programs, ranging from core curricula to special subjects, designed to help middle and high school teachers across the country utilize video and new technologies in the classroom. In addition, in the New York market, she has overseen Thirteen's K-12 instructional programming, youth programming outreach, and adult literacy efforts.

On the local level, she has also directed Thirteen's numerous community affairs special projects for New York and New Jersey's culturally diverse population. Grounded in education, these activities range from training programs for early education specialists to adult literacy offerings to celebrating the cultural arts to broadcast specials about women's and children's health. Many of these are tied to televised specials, which also feature real-time assistance for viewers from professionals in the relevant fields.

Mauze recently received the Outstanding Achievement Award for from the National Educational Telecommunications Association and the Proof of Performance Award from the Public Television Outreach Alliance for outreach work on the series Close to Home: Moyers on Addiction.

Prior to joining Thirteen in 1988, she was vice president of Edward Haggerty & Associates, a public relations company specializing in financial services and specialty chemicals.

Mauze has served on the New Jersey Governor's Advisory Council on Volunteerism and Community Affairs and on One To One Foundation's Leadership Council in New York City. She is past secretary/treasurer of the National Broadcast Association for Community Affairs, chairman of the board of directors of the New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, and a former director of the New Jersey Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.

A color image of Ann Mauze is available upon request in JPEG or slide format.

Thirteen/WNET New York is one of the key program providers for public television, bringing such acclaimed series as Nature, Great Performances, American Masters and Charlie Rose -- as well as the work of Bill Moyers -- to audiences nationwide. As the flagship public broadcaster in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut metro area, Thirteen reaches millions of viewers each week, airing the best of American public television along with its own local productions such as City Arts, City Life, EGG the arts show, and Reel New York -- and reaching vast new audiences through its MetroArts/Thirteen cable arts programming. With educational and community outreach projects that enhance the value of its productions, Thirteen takes television "out of the box." And as broadcast and digital media converge, Thirteen is blazing trails in the creation of Web sites, CD-ROMs, educational software, and other cutting-edge media products. More information about Thirteen can be found at: www.thirteen.org.