WETA Report to the Community
Fiscal Year 2015
Photography and Graphic Credits
Extraordinary Stories, Engaging Ideas, inside front cover
Top row: The Roosevelts: An Intimate History: courtesy Florentine Films; Beethoven on Classical
WETA: iStockphoto; Sesame Street: courtesy ©Sesame Workshop; Masterpiece: Downton Abbey: ©
Nick Briggs/Carnival Films 2014 for Masterpiece; National Memorial Day Concert: courtesy Capital
Concerts. Middle row: The Roosevelts: An Intimate History: courtesy Florentine Films; Miss Fisher’s
Murder Mysteries: courtesy Acorn Media; violinist Chee-Yun on Classical WETA: photo by Cheho
Lee. BrainLine Military: photo by Paul Burns. Bottom row: Judy Woodruff, PBS NewsHour:
courtesy Robert Severi; Reading Rockets: stock photo; Gwen Ifill, PBS NewsHour: courtesy Robert
Severi; Siddhartha Mukherjee and Ken Burns, Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies: photo by
Stephanie Berger; The Italian Americans: Photofest.
Building a Lasting Cultural Institution, p. 2-3
WETA headquarters: Dan Cunningham; philanthropist David Rubenstein and WETA President and
CEO Sharon Percy Rockefeller: photo by Risdon Photography; The Civil War: courtesy Florentine
Films; Sharon Percy Rockefeller and friends: photo by Risdon Photography; violinists: stock photo;
PBS NewsHour: courtesy Ariel Minn; Sharon Percy Rockefeller and WETA Board of Trustees
Chairman Timothy C. Coughlin: photo by Risdon Photography.
Exceptional Creative Productions, p. 4-13
Pages 4-5: PBS NewsHour: Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill: courtesy Andrea Jacobson/The
Observatory, David Brooks and Mark Shields: courtesy Ariel Minn, on location: Cameron Hickey;
Washington Week with Gwen Ifill: Brooks Kraft Photography.
Pages 6-7: Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies – A Conversation: photo by Risdon Photography;
Cancer The Emperor of All Maladies: archival image: courtesy Dana Farber Institute; DNA profile:
courtesy ©Dan McCoy, Rainbow/Science Faction/Corbis; other photos courtesy Ark Media.
Pages 8-9: The Roosevelts: An Intimate History: courtesy Florentine Films; James McNeill Whistler
& The Case for Beauty: courtesy Bridgeman Art Library; The Italian Americans: Photofest; A
Celebration of Peace Through Music: courtesy Georgetown University; Makers: Women Who Make
America: courtesy NASA.
Pages 10-11: The Gospel Tradition: In Performance at the White House: official White House photo
by Pete Souza; A Salute to the Troops: In Performance at the White House: official White House
Photo by Pete Souza; A Capitol Fourth: courtesy Fotosearch.com; Jay Leno: The Kennedy Center
Mark Twain Prize: courtesy Scott Suchman; National Memorial Day Concert: courtesy Capital
Concerts; Billy Joel: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize: photo by Shawn Miller.
Page 12-13: Martha Stwart: Bryan Gardner/MSLO; Sara’s Weeknight Meals: photo by James
Tiampo; Pati’s Mexican Table: photo by Cade Martin; Globe Trekker: courtesy Pilot Productions;
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: photo by Stephanie Berger; Willie Nelson: courtesy David McClister; Jackie
Robinson: courtesy Library of Congress.
Outstanding Television for the Community, p.14-19
Pages 14-15: Clockwise, from top left: Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: courtesy Acorn Media; The
Jewel in the Crown: courtesy ©ITV Global Ent. Ltd. for Masterpiece; Masterpiece: Poldark:
courtesy Acorn Media; Line of Duty: courtesy Acorn Media; The Roosevelts: An Intimate History:
courtesy Florentine Films; Masterpiece: Downton Abbey: © Nick Briggs/Carnival Films 2014 for
Masterpiece; Masterpiece: Wolf Hall: Ed Miller/Playground & Co Pictures for Masterpiece/BBC.
Pages 16-17: Clockwise, from top left: American Experience: Last Days in Vietnam: courtesy Juan
Valdez; Frontline: The Fight for Yemen: courtesy Frontline; Nova: The Great Math Mystery:
courtesy NASA/ESA, J. Coyle Jr. for STSCI; Nature: Best of Birds: courtesy Matt Bradbury;
Independent Lens: Kumu Hina: courtesy Qwaves, LLC; The March: courtesy NARA; Father Brown:
BBC ©2014; The Gospel Tradition: In Performance at the White House: official White House photo
by Pete Souza.
Pages 18-19: Clockwise, from top left: Discovering Alexandria: The Early Years: Alexandria
Library, Special Collections; WETA Around Town: photo by Risdon Photography; Curious George:
© 2014 Universal Studios and/or HMH; Clifford The Big Red Dog: TM & ©Scholastic Inc.; Odd
Squad: courtesy Odd Squad ©2014 The Fred Rogers Company; WETA volunteer and guests at the
STAR Family Festival: photo by Ferne Barrow; Washington in the ’80s: Star Collection, ©The
Washington Post.
Magnificent Music for the Nation’s Capital, p. 20-21
Joshua Bell (National Symphony Orchestra Season Opening Ball Concert): courtesy Scott Suchman;
Johan Botha in the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Classical
WETA Opera House): photo by Beatriz Schiller/Metropolitan Opera; National Symphony Orchestra
with music director Cristoph Eschenbach: courtesy Scott Suchman; brass musicians: stock photo;
Charlie Albright (Front Row Washington): photo by Tatsunori Hashimoto.
Online Resources That Change Lives, p. 22-23
Stock photos.
Membership, p. 26-27
WETA Production Center: photo by Risdon Photography; WETA volunteer at Discover Engineering
Family Day: photo by Ferne Barrow; WETA members at Masterpiece: Downton Abbey screening at
Washington Marriott Wardman Park: photo by Risdon Photography; The Roosevelts: An Intimate
History screening and discussion at Warner Theatre: photo by Risdon Photography.
WETA Leadership Circle, p. 28-39
Pages 28-29: Mount Rushmore: American Experience: courtesy Library of Congress; Nature: Animal
Childhood: courtesy Andy Rouse/Naturepl.com; Christmas at Luther: Tidings of Comfort and Joy:
courtesy Twin Cities Public Television; The Great British Baking Show: courtesy Love Productions.
Pages 30-31: WETA Leadership Circle donors and guests enjoying the WETA Salon Series: photos
by Risdon Photography; Encores! Great Performances at the Met: courtesy Ken
Howard/Metropolitan Opera.
Pages 32-33: American Masters: American Ballet Theatre: A History: courtesy Maurice Seymour;
bassoonist: stock photo; Pan American Symphony Orchestra: photo by Risdon Photography;
Classical WETA Players: photo by Risdon Photography.
Pages 34-35: Masterpiece Mystery! Poirot: courtesy ©ITV for Masterpiece; Call the Midwife:
courtesy Laurence Cendrowicz/Neal Street Productions; Midsomer Murders: courtesy Scott Newton;
Penguins: Spy in the Huddle — A Nature Special Presentation: courtesy Frederique Olivier/©JDP.
Pages 36-37: President Jimmy Carter and PBS NewsHour’s Judy Woodruff: courtesy Ariel Minn;
Great Performances: Cats: courtesy Joth Shakerly; WETA Founder Elizabeth P. Campbell: photo by
Chad Evans Wyatt; Elizabeth P. Campbell Legacy Society members and WETA President and CEO
Sharon Percy Rockefeller: photos by Risdon Photography.
Pages 38-39: Silver Salute photos by Risdon Photography.
Local Underwriting, p. 40-41
Vicious: courtesy ITV/Brown Eyed Boy Limited; A Capitol Fourth: courtesy Capital Concerts; How
We Got to Now: photo by Paul Olding; Washington in the ’80s (clockwise from bottom right): Mayor
Marion Barry: Karl Schumaker/Getty, President and Mrs. Reagan: Photofest, Doug Williams: Focus
on Sport/Getty, Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Thinkstock, Georgetown Hoyas Coach John Thompson
and Patrick Ewing: Collegiate Images/Getty; Masterpiece: Downton Abbey: courtesy WGBH; The
Italian Americans: WETA Art Department; Masterpiece: Mr. Selfridge: courtesy ©ITV for
Masterpiece.
General and Program Support/ Honors and Awards, p. 42-43
Washington in the ’80s: Photofest; Latino Americans: courtesy Robert Millite; Arlington National
Cemetery: photo by Rebecca Tulkoff; The Roosevelts: An Intimate History: courtesy Library of
Congress.
WETA Board of Trustees, p. 44
The Gospel Tradition: In Performance at the White House: official White House photo by Pete
Souza; The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries: courtesy ©BBC 1990; American Masters: American Ballet
Theatre: A History: courtesy Buddy Squires.
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