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public media

PSM Weekly | 24 – 30 May 2023

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


BBC

What the BBC is doing to meet the needs of audiences

What the BBC is doing to meet the needs of audiences: BBC Verify, BBC Radio's revamp on spoken audio production and Help with TV Licence.


Reporters writing in notepads

PSM Weekly | 17 – 23 May 2023

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


Recent News


SABC employees go on strike as retrenchment process resumes

Labour unions begin strike action and organise a possible blackout as South Africa’s public broadcaster continues to implement its Section 189 process.

‘Citizens’ ombudsman’ pushes back against the ruin of Brazilian public media

PMA welcomes the creation of Ouvidoria Cidadã as a positive step towards more accountable and independent public media in Brazil.  

PSM Weekly | 13 – 19 January 2021

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

Focus on PSM | Hong Kong

The situation facing independent and public media in Hong Kong went from bad to worse in 2020 with the imposition of a new National Security Law.

Serious concerns for transparency and journalist safety during Uganda’s general election

Uganda’s general election takes place amid significant threats to independent media.

Die zunehmende Bedrohung für die Sicherheit von Journalisten und Journalistinnen

In den vergangenen Jahren haben die Bedrohungen und Einschüchterungen von Journalistinnen und Journalisten an Ausmaß und Intensität zugenommen. Besonders für Journalistinnen wächst der Grad dieser…

The increasing threats to journalists’ safety

In this commentary article published in the Toronto Star, Catherine Tait, CBC/Radio-Canada President and CEO, writes in her capacity as Chair of the Global Task Force for public media about the…

PSM Weekly | 6 – 12 January 2021

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

Public media in 2021: The cornerstone of sustainable media

Strong and independent public media are more important than ever, as the past year has shown.

Poland: Media independence and pluralism under threat from state-backed companies

Growth in ownership by state-backed companies reignites concerns that government is tightening its control over the country’s media.

Licence fee increase for German public broadcasters rejected

Plans to increase the licence fee for German public broadcasters, ARD, ZDF and Deutschlandradio have been cancelled, despite financial pressures.