Blogs & Opinion

Effective public media should be accountable to the breadth of society. For the Australian Broadcasting Corporation this means placing diversity, equity, and inclusion centre stage.

Catch up with our session ‘Why Public Media Matters’ from this year's virtual World Press Freedom Conference.

In this edition of our podcast series, we explore the growth in public media podcasts for children and their role during the COVID-19 pandemic.

New research reveals how coronavirus is changing viewing habits in the UK and what impact this might have on the country's public broadcasters

A great deal of ‘anti-BBC’ flak is flying at the moment as the public broadcaster has announced that it will end the provision of free licences for most over-75’s on 1 August 2020. But we must be very clear about where the real blame lies for this decision.

From political interference to funding cuts, many independent public media organisations are facing both new and ongoing threats. Here we reflect on some of these challenges, many of which have been amplified by the COVID-19 crisis.

As many journalists adapt to working from home, what are the best practices for broadcasting away from the studio?

This week's PMA Global Call Out sees us all working in new ways. Many of us are now working from home in a world that quite suddenly feels very different. Yet the challenges facing media freedom continue.

Despite some highs, 2019 struck a new low for many public media organisations around the world. Explore some of the key PMA stories from 2019.

Following a year of upheaval and political wrangling, PMA member Manx Radio, has finally secured a package from government that will enable it to plan and build for the future.