Featured Reports
2nd May 2023
BBC World Service launches emergency radio service for Sudan
The programme, which will be broadcast live in London with input from teams in Amman and Cairo, will air on short wave in Sudan and be available on radio, online and across social media
28th April 2023
SABC: New board appointed
South Africa's President has finally appointed 12 individuals to the new board of the SABC, six months after the old board disbanded.
28th April 2023
Twitter ditches labels but concerns remain
Twitter removed labels for both independent and state-controlled public broadcasters, raising further concern about disinformation.
Recent News
10th August 2020
Public Media, Accessibility and COVID-19
How have public media provided accessible information about the coronavirus pandemic for people living with disabilities?
9th August 2020
Opportunity: Collaborative news content for PMA members
PMA has partnered with Orb Media to provide its members with free, high-quality content on sustainability issues worldwide.
6th August 2020
House of Representatives support increased funding for US public media
Bipartisan support welcomed as the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee endorses more funding for the Corporation of Public Broadcasting (CPB).
4th August 2020
PSM Weekly | 29 July – 4 August 2020
Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.
3rd August 2020
Angriffe auf öffentlich-rechtliche Medien sind Angriffe auf die Demokratie
Anfang Juni kündigte Facebook an, Inhalte von staatlich kontrollierten Medien zu kennzeichnen. Dies ist die jüngste Verlautbarung in einer laufenden Debatte über den Unterschied zwischen staatlichen…
30th July 2020
S’attaquer aux médias publics, c’est attaquer la démocratie
30 juillet 2020 - Début juin, Facebook a annoncé avoir commencé à étiqueter les contenus venant d’organisations médiatiques contrôlées par l’État. Cette décision s’inscrit dans le cadre du débat…
30th July 2020
Attacks on Public Media are an Attack on Democracy
In early June, Facebook announced that it had begun labelling content originating from state-controlled media organisations. This is the most recent manifestation of an ongoing discussion about the…
29th July 2020
Space for independent and critical media continues to shrink in Pakistan
It has now been 139 days since the arbitrary arrest of Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, Editor-in-Chief of the Geo-Jang Group. The Public Media Alliance continues to join calls for his immediate release.
28th July 2020
Diversity and Public Media
It is time for all public media mandates to place diversity and representation centre stage.
28th July 2020
Independent media and press freedom take another hit in Hungary as Index editor is fired
The country, whose government is credited with inspiring media capture across Europe, has received yet another blow to its press freedom.
28th July 2020
PSM Weekly | 22 – 28 July 2020
Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.