At a recent gathering of WGBH’s Ralph Lowell Society, MASTERPIECE executive producer Rebecca Eaton spoke with WGBH Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen about how the show is recalibrating after the highs of Downton Abbey; the risks, mistakes, and successes of MASTERPIECE as it tests out “edgier” shows; and her commitment to delivering top-shelf drama to its loyal viewers. The iconic drama series is now approaching its fiftieth year.

Liz Cheng, General Manager for Television, previews WGBH's Asian Pacific American Heritage Month celebration featuring Norman Mineta and local community leaders.

Thanks to a partnership between WCRB, WGBH, and Aeronaut Brewery, classical music has found a new community of music and beer lovers. Since 2017, Aeronaut has been welcoming classical groups to their taproom to play live music while sipping on craft beer through their monthly pindrop sessions. The series features a new way to experience music, encouraging attendees to be fully present in the moment, where the taproom becomes an improvised concert venue.

To celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month, Eric Jackson has been conducting weekly interviews and performances at WGBH Studio at the Boston Public Library, a collaboration spearheaded by Tessil Collins, Managing Director of Jazz 24-7, WGBH’s online jazz music station. Check out monthly events and jazz resources ranging from physical books, CDs, and DVDs to eBooks, audiobooks, and streaming music and film, available to jazz fans old and new all month long at the library.

Laura Colarusso, WGBH News digital managing editor, and Emily Judem, digital producer, reached out to 351 Massachusetts city and town governments to gather information about women in local politics for their recent feature, "The Original Old Boys’ Club." Through nearly a year of reporting and data gathering, they sought to answer this question: Why is Massachusetts, one of the most progressive states in the country, lagging when it comes to electing women to political office?

In honor of National Volunteer Appreciation Month, we're taking you on an all-access tour of WGBH headquarters in Boston, showing you around from our 1,000-bottle wine cellar to our temperature-controlled vault. Along the way, you'll meet a few of the many volunteers who keep WGBH running, as well as some familiar faces from radio, TV, and beyond.

What happens when “the front page of the Internet” meets the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB)? We found out recently when our AAPB team, responsible for the preservation of historic and at-risk public media programs from across the country, opened themselves up to questions on the r/AskHistorians subreddit for an AMA, or “Ask Me Anything.”

Congratulations are in order for WGBH’s Director of Photography Meredith Nierman, who recently earned a Boston Press Photographers Association Pictures of the Year Honorable Mention in the Politics category. The award recognizes her photograph of Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley from last summer, who unseated veteran Representative Michael Capuano and became the first woman of color to represent Massachusetts in Congress. We sat down with Nierman to learn more about her award-winning photo and what it was like documenting Pressley’s historic campaign.

WGBH’s programs have impact well beyond broadcast and NOVA’s "Addiction" is the latest example. Since it aired in October, the documentary has been the centerpiece of nearly 100 screening events across the country, helping raise awareness and understanding of the science behind the disease, and furthering the dialogue about potential solutions to the deadliest drug epidemic in U.S. history.

Phillip Martin, Senior Investigative Reporter for WGBH News, has been to India and back. In his new series, “Caste in America,” Martin delves into casteism, prejudice or discrimination on the grounds of caste, and its continued practice in the present day in the United States and Canada. We sat down with him to learn more and hear about his travels.