Sesame Workshop Promotes Truglio

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Sesame Workshop has named Dr. Rosemarie Truglio senior VP, education and research. She is responsible for the curriculum on which the iconic kids TV show is based.

She also oversees content for Electric Company.

Truglio joined the Workshop 15 years ago as director of research for the program, which has included researching the effects of TV on kids' development. She has made frequent appearances on various news programs including Today, Good Morning America, The Early Show and CNN Headline News.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.