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SCETV, Riley Institute expand partnership

Staff Report //October 17, 2019//

SCETV, Riley Institute expand partnership

Staff Report //October 17, 2019//

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South Carolina Educational Television and the Riley Institute at Furman University have expanded their partnership, increasing resources focused on producing in-depth stories and conversations with state, national and global leaders.

An example of the content the partnership will create for viewers occurred in 2018, when two dozen S.C. educators, policymakers and community leaders traveled to Finland to learn how that country has overcome education challenges similar to those faced by South Carolina. The trip, documented by SCETV, was covered on the network’s Carolina Classrooms program.

SCETV also produces videos documenting finalists for the Riley Institute’s annual Dick and Tunky Riley Award for Excellence and creates short biographical pieces on the winners of the institute’s annual David H. Wilkins Award for Excellence in Legislative and Civic Leadership. The network has featured many of the institute’s speakers and visitors, including journalists Judy Woodruff and Bob Schieffer, NASA Director Charles Bolden and filmmaker Henry Louis Gates.

“The issues the Riley Institute focuses on are intimately connected to progress in South Carolina and the nation and are also of compelling interest for SCETV’s audience,” Anthony Padgett, SCETV president and CEO, said in a news release. “The basis of our collaborative work is a shared desire for all South Carolinians to have access to resources and information connected to a variety of critical issues.”

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