Focus on PSM

South America is not known for its well-established and well-funded public service media institutions. However, Argentina seems to be making strides towards a more resilient PSM system.

Public media services in France face a number of drastic changes in 2020, including budget cuts and plans to merge multiple organisations.

Japan’s public broadcaster faced a number of challenges in recent months, from the introduction of simultaneous streaming to governance and independence concerns.

Serious concern as recently enacted “fake news” laws threaten media freedom across South East Asia.

Initial hopes for improvements to media freedom in Pakistan, under the leadership of Imran Khan, appear to have receded. In recent months the country’s media landscape has been faced with numerous changes and challenges.

Concerns over transparency, relevance, governance and its funding model are just some of the issues that the public broadcaster has been grappling with.

Ongoing disagreement over working hours and wages, a long-awaited public tender and centralisation concerns continue to burden Spain’s national public broadcaster.

With an ongoing debt crisis, an investigation into state capture and resignation threats, have things gone from bad to worse for South Africa’s public broadcaster?

From funding adjustments to new streaming platforms, what’s new in the world of American public media? Read our latest round up.

Despite a pluralistic media environment and recent gains for improved media freedom, Haiti struggles with a lack of secure independent media outlets and protections for journalists. Here we explore the country's provisions for effective public interest journalism.