Joan Ganz Cooney

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Joan Ganz Cooney is an American television producer and media executive best known for co-founding the Children’s Television Workshop and pioneering educational children’s programming.

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Joan Ganz Cooney canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
media executive
philanthropist
television producer
awardReceived Daytime Emmy Awards
surface form: Daytime Emmy Award

Peabody Award
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Television Academy Hall of Fame induction
surface form: Television Hall of Fame induction
coFounded Children's Television Workshop
Children's Television Workshop
surface form: Sesame Workshop
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1929-11-30
educatedAt University of Arizona
employer Children's Television Workshop
Children's Television Workshop
surface form: Sesame Workshop
familyName Ganz Cooney
fieldOfWork children's television
educational media
public television
genre children's television
givenName Joan
hasHonorificSuffix Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
influenced educational television
public broadcasting in the United States
knownFor co-founding Children's Television Workshop
developing Sesame Street
pioneering educational children's television programming
languageOfWorkOrName English
livesIn United States of America
surface form: United States
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Television Academy Hall of Fame induction
surface form: Television Hall of Fame
name Joan Ganz Cooney self-link
nationality American
notableIdea research-based children's programming
using television as a tool for early childhood education
notableWork 3-2-1 Contact
Sesame Street
The Electric Company
Zoom (as part of broader children's TV initiatives)
occupation media executive
philanthropist
television producer
placeOfBirth Phoenix, Arizona, United States
positionHeld chair of the executive committee of Sesame Workshop
president of Children's Television Workshop
residence New York City
sexOrGender female
spouse Timothy Cooney

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Sesame Street creator Joan Ganz Cooney
Sesame Street executiveProducer Joan Ganz Cooney
Peter G. Peterson spouse Joan Ganz Cooney
Joan Ganz Cooney name Joan Ganz Cooney self-link
Children's Television Workshop foundedBy Joan Ganz Cooney
Children's Television Workshop employed Joan Ganz Cooney