Iowa PBS Executive Director and General Manager Named to America's Public Television Stations Board
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America’s Public Television Stations (APTS) announced that Andrew Batt has been elected to its board. 

Batt serves as Executive Director and General Manager of Iowa PBS, Iowa’s statewide public media network. He leads the organization’s four broadcast channels and expanding digital platforms, advancing its mission to educate, inform and inspire Iowans through trusted journalism, lifelong learning and community engagement. Batt is a strong advocate for public media and public service journalism. He works closely with local officials, state legislators and Iowa’s congressional delegation to demonstrate the essential role of public broadcasting in rural education, civic life and emergency communications. His leadership emphasizes collaboration among public and private partners to strengthen statewide impact. 

A veteran public media journalist, Batt has more than two decades of experience covering politics, policy and rural affairs — and working alongside campaign and legislative staff across Iowa, the Midwest, and nationally. He has directed award-winning productions including Iowa Press and the award-winning documentary Caucus Iowa: Journey to the Presidency. He has also led ongoing development of Market to Market, Iowa PBS’s nationally distributed program on agriculture and the rural economy, bringing attention to the challenges and innovations shaping rural life. His leadership spans legislative sessions, gubernatorial administrations and every major presidential caucus cycle of the past 20 years, as well as national political campaigns and debates. A native of Council Bluffs, Iowa, Batt earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communication, with a minor in political science, from Iowa State University, and a master’s degree from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. 

Joining Batt on the APTS board are: Dolores Fernandez Alonso, President and CEO of South Florida PBS; Adrienne Fairwell, President and CEO of South Carolina Educational Television (SCETV); Susan Reardon, Lay Trustee of PBS SoCal; Dana Elmquist, Lay Delegate of New Mexico PBS; Dan Griffith, Lay Delegate of KET; Rick Schneider, President and CEO of Maine Public; David Tang, Lay Delegate of WXXI Public Media; Anthony Padgett, General Manager of WOSU Public Media.

Read the full release on the APTS website

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America’s Public Television Stations (APTS) is a nonprofit membership organization ensuring a strong and financially sound public television system and helping member stations provide essential public services in education, public safety and community connections to their local areas and the American people. For more information, visit www.apts.org.