Gene Purcell, tus thawj coj hauv Wisconsin tshaj tawm xov xwm pej xeem thiab tus thawj coj ntawm Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism board of directors, tau tuag los ntawm kev raug mob los ntawm kev sib tsoo maus taus.
Purcell tuag rau hnub Saturday hauv Madison. Nws yog 61.
Purcell yog tus thawj coj ntawm Wisconsin Public Media (WPM), University of Wisconsin-Madison division uas muab kev nkag mus rau thoob plaws lub xeev rau pej xeem xov xwm los ntawm Wisconsin Public Radio thiab PBS Wisconsin, txij li xyoo 2018. Nyob rau lub Rau Hli, nws tau xaiv lub rooj zaum ntawm pawg thawj coj ntawm qhov chaw tshawb nrhiav, ib lub koom haum tsis koom tes nrog koom tes nrog WPR thiab PBS Wisconsin.
Andy Hall, tus thawj coj ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm tau hais tias "Kev tuag ntawm Gene yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg rau nws tsev neeg, cov phooj ywg, cov npoj yaig thiab ntau lab tus tib neeg uas tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm nws txoj haujlwm ntawm Wisconsin Public Media," said Andy Hall, tus thawj coj ntawm Center.
"Nws kev coj noj coj ua ua tus thawj coj ntawm Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism pawg thawj coj ntawm pawg thawj coj, txoj haujlwm ua haujlwm pub dawb, ua piv txwv Gene txoj kev cog lus rau kev pabcuam pej xeem kom muaj kev tshaj xov xwm zoo thiab muaj kev ywj pheej ywj pheej. Peb txoj kev xav yog nrog txhua tus uas paub thiab hlub Gene thiab tus uas tu siab rau nws txoj kev tuag. "
A ntev tshaj tawm xov xwm thiab tus thawj coj tshiab hauv kev tshaj tawm rau pej xeem, Purcell tau tswj hwm WPM txoj kev hloov pauv mus rau UW-Madison los ntawm University of Wisconsin-Extension. Nws kuj tau coj lub xeev cov koom haum tshaj xov xwm rau pej xeem los ntawm kev kis tus kab mob COVID-19, ua kom muaj kev cuam tshuam tsis cuam tshuam ntawm cov xov xwm tseem ceeb thiab cov ntaub ntawv xov xwm thiab nthuav dav kev kawm rau cov tub ntxhais kawm, cov kws qhia ntawv thiab tsev neeg thoob plaws Wisconsin.
Ua ntej dhau los ua tus thawj coj ntawm WPM, Purcell yog tus thawj coj ntawm Wisconsin Educational Communications Board (ECB) rau ntau tshaj kaum xyoo. Lub koom haum hauv lub xeev ntawd muab kev tshaj tawm rau pej xeem thoob plaws lub xeev hauv kev koom tes nrog University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents. Nrog rau nws lub luag haujlwm dhau los ua tus tshaj tawm xov xwm, tus kws tshaj xov xwm thiab tus thawj coj ntawm WPR's La Crosse lub chaw lis haujlwm hauv cheeb tsam, Purcell tus thawj coj zoo li thiab qhia txog yuav luag txhua yam ntawm Wisconsin cov pej xeem xov xwm toj roob hauv pes thoob plaws nws txoj haujlwm.
Thaum nws ua haujlwm ntawm WPM thiab ECB, Purcell tau ua haujlwm ua thawj coj rau National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA), Wisconsin Broadcasters Association thiab University Licensee Association.
Ib tug kawm tiav ntawm University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Purcell kuj tau ua haujlwm hauv kev tshaj tawm kev lag luam ua ntej hauv nws txoj haujlwm.
Tributes rau Purcell tau nchuav tam sim ntawd tom qab nws tuag lawm tshaj tawm los ntawm WPM.
"Gene coj kev mob siab rau nws txoj haujlwm," UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank hais rau WPM. “Nws tau mob siab rau Wisconsin Idea uas ob Wisconsin Public Radio thiab PBS Wisconsin koom nrog. Nws tso nws tseg ib txoj hauv kev zoo tshaj hauv cov koom haum no. Tsis tas li ntawd xwb, nws tsuas yog ib tug neeg zoo uas rub neeg tuaj, peb yuav nco nws. "
UW-Madison Provost John Karl Scholz tau hais tias "Gene Purcell yog ib feem loj ntawm vim li cas Wisconsin Public Media yog cov khoom muaj nqis uas nws yog." "Kev mob siab rau 'pej xeem' hauv nws txoj haujlwm hauv xov tooj cua thiab TV, Gene muaj lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv kev tsim thiab tu WPM. Nws kuj yog ib tug neeg hwm thiab hlub cov npoj yaig. Peb lub ntiaj teb yog tsaus me ntsis nrog nws txoj kev dhau mus tsis tau. "
"Txhua tus neeg ntawm ECB thiab WPM tau hlub Gene, thiab tau cuam tshuam loj heev los ntawm qhov kev poob siab tam sim no," ECB Tus Thawj Coj Tus Thawj Coj Marta Bechtol tau hais. “Nws tau zoo siab ua haujlwm nrog nws. Nws tau tso lub cim mus tas li ntawm peb lub koom haum: nws ua rau peb zoo dua. "
"Gene yog tus thawj coj thiab phooj ywg zoo," WPR Tus Thawj Coj Mike Crane tau hais. “Kuv qhuas nws heev thiab yuav nco nws heev. Nws kuj yog tus tshaj tawm xov xwm tseem ceeb - tag nrho rau kev pabcuam peb cov zej zog - tus qauv rau peb txhua tus. "
"Gene coj kev rov tsim dua tshiab ntawm Wisconsin Public Media uas txuas ntxiv nthuav dav thiab txhim kho peb cov kev pabcuam rau cov neeg tuaj saib thiab Wisconsin cov tsev kawm ntawv," PBS Wisconsin Tus Thawj Coj ntawm TV Jon Miskowski tau hais. "Txhua tus neeg uas ua haujlwm nrog Gene paub nws qhov sov so thiab nws txoj kev ua siab zoo, thiab hnov qhov kev poob siab no."
"Hauv peb lub xyoos luv luv hauv nws lub luag haujlwm, Gene tau dhau los ua tus thawj coj uas ntseeg siab, phooj ywg thiab koom tes hauv kev coj noj coj ua ntawm peb lub koom haum," WPM Associate Director Heather L. Reese tau hais. "Nws mob siab rau kev tshaj xov xwm pej xeem thiab peb lub xeev tau coj nws txoj haujlwm niaj hnub. Kuv yuav nco nws heev. "
Ib tug neeg nyob hauv Madison, Purcell tau dim ntawm nws tus poj niam, Ruth, thiab nws niam, Toni. Ob leeg txaus siab tias Purcell cov keeb kwm suav nrog kev pub dawb ntawm lub neej kawg. "Kev muaj peev xwm muab lub cev ntawm nws lub cev los pab lwm tus yog ua raws li txoj hauv kev uas nws tau ua nws lub neej thiab qhov nws xav tias yog qhov zoo thiab muaj tseeb thiab tsim nyog ntawm kev ua tib neeg," lawv hais hauv nqe lus.
Kev ua koob tsheej ntawm Purcell lub neej tau muaj nyob rau hauv Madison thaum Lub Yim Hli 29th thiab hauv La Crosse thaum Lub Cuaj Hli 4. Muaj cov ntsiab lus ntxiv no, thiab koj tuaj yeem saib cov duab nco ntawm Purcell ntawm nplooj ntawv no.
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