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Reality Check Forum 2026 / Meeting

1:1 Networking with PBS

Filmmakers are invited to sign up for individual 15-minute meetings with leaders from PBS and WETA to share their projects, ask questions, and learn more about the evolving landscape of public media and nonfiction storytelling.

These informal sessions offer an opportunity to connect directly with commissioning editors, producers, and public media executives working across documentary, journalism, and national programming. Whether seeking insight into editorial priorities, distribution pathways, audience engagement, or the broader public media ecosystem, participants will have the chance to engage in candid conversation about their work and the current state of nonfiction storytelling.

Space is limited, and advance sign-up is required.

Margaret “Mishi” Ebrahim

Margaret “Mishi” Ebrahim

Senior Director of Programming & Development, PBS

Margaret “Mishi” Ebrahim is Senior Director of Programming & Development at PBS. Ebrahim is the editorial lead for news, current affairs, and history content, as well as special nonfiction series and documentaries.

Before joining PBS, Ebrahim was a journalist, producer, and showrunner who worked at CBS News “60 Minutes,” ABC News, and National Geographic, among others. She was also part of the leadership team at the Investigative Reporting Workshop and the Center for Public Integrity, where she oversaw films and digital content, including collaborations with PBS FRONTLINE and the climate change series YEARS OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY for SHOWTIME.

She is co-chair of the board of 100Reporters, which produces the Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival.

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Kate Kelly

Sr. Director, National Project Management, WETA National Productions

Kate Kelly is Senior Director of National Project Management at WETA and serves as a project executive or executive producer on numerous multiplatform productions for national PBS audiences. Since joining WETA in 2005, Kate has worked on more than 120 national public media projects produced by WETA, spanning a wide range of genres — from health, news, and public affairs to history, culture, and performance — including many award-winning projects and top-rated documentaries and series on PBS.

Devin Karambelas

Devin Karambelas

Vice President of Television Programming and Operations, WETA

Devin Karambelas is Vice President of TV Programming at WETA, the PBS station serving the greater Washington, DC region.

Michael E Tang

Michael E. Tang

Director, PBS Plus

Michael E. Tang is the Director of PBS Plus, a syndicated programming service from the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) for public television stations across the United States.

Leading PBS Plus content programming and strategy, Michael oversees the national distribution of AUSTIN CITY LIMITS, THIS OLD HOUSE, REEL SOUTH, MOTORWEEK, and many other programs viewers already know and enjoy.

Michael is a member of the Producers Guild of America.

Prior to joining PBS, Michael worked as a producer on projects including the Disney+ original docuseries THE IMAGINEERING STORY, the Netflix-distributed LEAGUE OF LEGENDS ORIGINS, and the Netflix-distributed ELLA BRENNAN: COMMANDING THE TABLE.