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PSM Weekly | 15 – 21 June 2022
Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.
RTBF supports Ukrainian refugees in Belgium
RTBF has helped expanded its offerings to support Ukrainian refugees arriving in the country since…
ABC Chair, Ita Buttrose, calls for press freedom reforms
The ABC Chair, Ita Buttrose, has called for stronger press freedoms in Australia and greater…
Hong Kong: trust in broadcaster RTHK falls
A new study shows trust in RTHK has dropped over the past two years, while independent media faces…
PMA condemns Russia’s ban on UK public media journalists
The latest action taken by Russian officials – which includes banning some UK public media workers…
PSM Weekly | 8 – 14 June 2022
Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.
Call-out: Journalists in Exile
Does your newsroom have any opportunities – funding, training, fellowship, employment, or other –…
Bangladesh: Proposed regulations leave press freedom in peril
There are fears proposed legislation exerting strict controls over online posts would present…
Radiodays Asia 2022
PMA members are eligible for exclusive discounts on tickets for this year's Radiodays Asia event in…
Register now for the CBU 53rd Annual General Assembly!
PMA members can now register for the Caribbean Broadcasting Union’s (CBU) AGA! The event will take…
Focus On: The future of the Czech Republic’s public media
Big changes are coming to public media in the Czech Republic, from significant budget cuts to…
PSM Weekly | 1 – 7 June 2022
Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.
Registration open for two-day media literacy workshop for Caribbean journalists
Registration is now open for Caribbean journalists to apply to our two-day virtual workshop on…
Collaborative media literacy programme takes off in India
BBC Young Reporter India taught more than 8,000 school students about critical thinking,…
PMA welcomes new Board members from CBC/Radio-Canada and PBS
We warmly welcome Claude Galipeau and Jonathan Barzilay as the newest members of the Public Media…
BBC announces “digital first” strategy
In a speech to staff, the Director-General said the BBC would realign its services to become…
PSM Weekly | 25 – 31 May 2022
Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.
Front lines and online: New podcast explores the dangers facing journalists today
Episode 4 of PMA’s podcast explores the variety of threats facing journalists, how journalists…
Explainer: What does a Labor government mean for the ABC?
After nine years of coalition rule, a new Labor government could spell a drastically different…
RTV Slovenija staff strike for independence of public media
Employees of Slovenia’s public broadcaster RTV Slovenija staged a one-hour strike on Monday against…
34 rights groups demand independent investigation into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
We demand that the government of Israel and all other states fulfil their responsibility to ensure…
PSM Weekly | 18 – 24 May 2022
Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.
NOWU: public media paving the way for a ‘greener web’
France Télévisions and WDR have launched NOWU, a joint youth service aimed at engaging younger…
SSR SRG’s Director General on Public media and direct democracy
“The fate of democracies will depend on their ability to produce and disseminate quality…
“Funding certainty” for New Zealand public media
The New Zealand government has announced an allocation of $327 million dollars over a three-year…
Russia to close CBC/Radio-Canada Moscow bureau
The closure of the public media organisation's Moscow bureau demonstrates further curtailment of…
“Online is first”: how ERR uses the digital sphere to become a market leader
Erik Roose, the ERR Board Chair, argues how the digital sphere is an opportunity for public media…
PSM Weekly | 11 – 17 May 2022
Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.
PTS Taiwan makes waves at INPUT 2022, announces hosting of INPUT 2023
PTS Taiwan was one of the standouts at the INPUT 2022 conference, as the annual event for global…
Will South Africa’s long-awaited analogue switch-off still go ahead?
The switch-off’s initial 31 March deadline was already pushed back to June, but new legal action is…
New Project: Thwarting disinformation in the Caribbean
Our next project — set to improve the capacity of Caribbean media workers to promote media literacy…
Pakistan: new leadership, renewed promises for media freedom?
As a new government enters power in Pakistan, what might this mean for the future of Pakistan’s…
Shireen Abu Aqla: there must be no impunity for perpetrators
It is critical following Shireen Abu Aqla's death that those responsible are held to account, and…
From Cornwall to Cape Cod: Collaborative radio project unites coastal stations across Atlantic
Public radio station CAI and community radio station Source FM have joined forces in an innovative…
PSM Weekly | 4 – 10 May 2022
Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.
Czech Republic: Independence of public broadcasters must be insulated against future attacks
Joint statement calling on the Czech Government to live up to its promises to strengthen the…
New study reveals how audiences undervalue the BBC
A new report provides evidence of how British audiences underestimate the value they get from the…
SBS: Making elections accessible
SBS has arranged partnerships with ABC and commercial news outlets to simulcast election debates in…
#WPFD2022: Public media leaders speak up for press freedom
The heads of some of the world’s largest public service media organisations highlighted how press…
#WPFD2022: Threats to independent journalism in democracies around the world
Swedish Radio's Director-General Cilla Benkö gives keynote address at press freedom conference in…
PSM Weekly | World Press Freedom Day 2022
Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.
Global Call Out: World Press Freedom Day 2022
Journalism is under a digital siege, from state & non-state actors, at a time when independent and…
World Press Freedom Day 2022: themes from the past 12 months
For World Press Freedom Day 2022, PMA has analysed six press freedom themes which have been…
Myanmar military’s effort to silence independent media
On World Press Freedom Day, a year on from Myanmar's military coup, former BBC Burmese editor, Tin…
#WPFD2022: What we’re watching, reading, and listening to
For World Press Freedom Day 2022, we’ve rounded up videos, reports, and podcasts to help you catch…
Netflix subscription woes: what can they teach public media?
The idea of introducing Netflix-style subscriptions to finance public media is being flirted with…
PSM Weekly | 20 – 26 April 2022
Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.
How election results can impact PSM
Election results in France and Slovenia could have big implications for PSM; as could forthcoming…
Ukraine war: Public media podcasts with unique takes
From an open API to practical info for refugees, pop-up public media podcasts on the Ukraine war…
All Australians invited to join the ABC’s 90th birthday celebrations
The ABC, turns 90 this year and is inviting all Australians to celebrate the milestone, with…
PSM Weekly | 13 – 19 April 2022
Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.
KBS uses “cutting edge technology” in 2022 election coverage
South Korea’s largest and most trusted public broadcaster used technological innovation to push its…
PSM Unpacked: PMA members discuss digital safety for journalists
Participants from PMA’s global membership discussed the challenge of digital harassment against…
EFE expands mission to tackle fake news in Latin America
Spanish public news agency, EFE, has signed a partnership with Mexican national broadcaster, SPR,…
GBC CEO and PMA board member Gerard Teuma retires
Gerard Teuma has been on the PMA Board since 2016, and he was Vice President from 2018 to 2021.…
PSM Weekly | 6 – 12 April 2022
Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.
The future of RRI as public radio in Indonesia
This insight provides an analysis of RRI’s ongoing issues and potential solutions for reforming the…
“A strong team for a strong ZDF”
ZDF Press Release: Nadine Bilke and Bettina Schausten become new directors.
Perugia Declaration for Ukraine
The Public Media Alliance signs declaration calling for increased support of independent media and…
Philippines: Government must relent its attacks against independent, public interest media
In the months leading up to the Philippines general election, there have been increased attempts to…
Tunisia: public media journalists strike over government interference
The strike comes after Tunisia's leading journalist union described the public broadcaster as a…
Channel 4 must not be privatised
Privatising Channel 4 means UK audiences could lose something precious: an independent,…
PSM Weekly | 30 March – 5 April 2022
Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.
ABCQueer: Australia’s public broadcaster representing marginalised groups
ABCQueer is the Australian public broadcaster's innovative, dedicated channel for representing…
Sally-Ann Wilson: “The need for public media has never been greater”
As Sally-Ann Wilson steps down as CEO of the Public Media Alliance, she reflects on two decades of…
South Africa: High Court postpones digital TV migration after pushback
South Africa’s digital TV switchover has been postponed after a last-minute court ruling extended…
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s national public broadcaster faces closure
PMA joins the EFJ, EBU and SEEMO in calling for an urgent resolution to save the Bosnia-Herzegovina…
The highlights of our Haiti crisis management project
Our Haitian crisis management project is now concluded. Here are the project's highlights, from…
Media: Uncovered – “What is the future of public media?”
In the second episode of our podcast, we explore the pressures facing public media organisations…
Rana Ayyub and press freedom in India
The journalist Rana Ayyub, was stopped from flying from Delhi to London where she was to speak on…
New head of Chile media regulator pushes for more public media
The incoming president of Chile’s media regulator advocated for more public media and greater media…
PSM Unpacked: Digital Safety
PMA members: Join us for our next virtual roundtable on digital safety for journalists and news…
Thai PBS: Above and beyond broadcasting during a pandemic
Covid-19 profoundly changed everyday life for everyone in Thailand. The public broadcaster, Thai…
PSM Weekly | 23 – 29 March 2022
Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.
RTV Slovenija’s Programming Council accused of restricting union activity
A Slovenian journalists’ union has accused the Council of adopting measures which restrict trade…
BBC files UN complaint about online violence towards women journalists
It is the second appeal in two months the BBC World Service has made to the UN regarding fears…
PSM Weekly | 16 – 22 March 2022
Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.