Featured Reports


World Radio Day 2023 | Radio and Peace

To celebrate World Radio Day 2023, a new PMA podcast explores how radio stations are being used to advance peace in Colombia and CAR.


Radio’s contribution towards peace in South Africa

SABC's radio services played a pivotal role in the peaceful transition from Apartheid in South Africa, writes Wynand Harmse, former SABC CEO.


Aerial view of Česká televize.

Czech TV joins the Public Media Alliance

The Public Media Alliance is thrilled to welcome Czech TV into our association of public service media organisations.


Recent News


Insight | The struggle for media pluralism

In this op-ed, RNZ CEO Paul Thompson highlights the struggle for pluralism in New Zealand and the need for strong independent public media.

NBC defends editorial independence following SWAPO complaint

Namibian public broadcaster defends editorial independence and restores radio services amidst financial crisis. 

PSM Weekly | 9 October – 15 October 2019

Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.

Poland’s election without public media

Poland’s ruling Law and Justice Party has been voted in for a second term this week. Yet despite Poland being a representative democracy, the party’s strategy to “repolonise” and control the media is…

SBS delivers new mobile-first website in 68 languages

Australia and the world's "most linguistically diverse public broadcaster", SBS, has launched an innovative new mobile-first website to improve accessibility and engagement with in-language content.……

Journalists targeted amid Hong Kong protests

Violence escalates and journalist safety declines in Hong Kong as protests enter their fifth month.

Uncertainty continues for RTVE

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

UPDATE | Financial crisis at NBC

Following the announcement from the NBC’s board that austerity measures are underway, which includes a possible retrenchment of some of the public broacaster’s workforce, employees took to staging a…

Financial crisis at NBC

The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation is in the midst of a financial crisis, with significant programming and job cuts on the cards. With elections just over a month away, how will the public…

PSM Weekly | 2 October – 8 October 2019

Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.

Social Media Guidelines | For media professionals & journalists in Southern Africa

Read our latest guidelines developed collaboratively with journalists and media professionals from across Southern Africa.