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Joan Ganz Cooney (born Joan Ganz; November 30, 1929) is an American television writer and producer. She is one of the founders of Sesame Workshop (formerly Children's Television Workshop or CTW), the organization famous for the creation of the children's television show Sesame Street, which was also co-created by her.
Joan Ganz Cooney, originator of the preschool educational series Sesame Street, was co-founder in 1968 of Children’s Television Workshop (renamed Sesame Workshop June 2000) and served as President and Chief Executive Officer until 1990.
Apr 30, 2024 · Joan Ganz Cooney (born November 30, 1929, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.) is an American television producer. Cooney worked as a journalist before becoming a producer at a public television station in New York City (1962–67).
Joan Ganz Cooney. In 1966, Joan Ganz Cooney and her colleagues charted new territory by harnessing the power of television to educate underserved preschoolers. Their efforts led to the creation of Sesame Street, now the single largest informal educator in the world, reaching some 100 million children and families in more than 140 countries.
Dec 3, 2019 · The Missing Middle: Reimagining a Future for Tweens, Teens, and Public Media. by Monica Bulger, Mary Madden, Kiley Sobel, and Patrick Davison | May 24, 2021. Learn More.
Joan Ganz Cooney. Co-Founder and Honorary Lifetime Trustee, Sesame Workshop. Joan Ganz Cooney co-founded the Children’s Television Workshop (since renamed Sesame Workshop) in 1968 and has created children’s programming, including Sesame Street, The Electric Company, 3-2-1 Contact, and Dragon Tales, for more than three decades.
Forty years after the landmark study that led to the creation of Sesame Street, we established the Joan Ganz Cooney Center to carry out our co-founder’s vision in a rapidly-changing world, asking the modern version of her game-changing question: “How can emerging media be used to educate kids?”
