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Effective public media is crucial at times of election. Trusted, impartial analysis and reporting is paramount to ensure that the public is armed with the knowledge it needs.

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

The BBC’s Editorial Complaints Unit last week ruled that BBC presenter, Naga Munchetty, breached editorial guidelines on impartiality for commenting on racist remarks made by President Trump in a tweet. The public broadcaster’s Director General has now overturned this decision.

The new Local Democracy Reporting scheme in New Zealand seeks journalists to report on local and regional democracy issues.

In light of the recent heat waves occurring across the globe, media organisations, public and independent, are taking heed on placing climate change at the forefront of their reporting. 

As disinformation and misinformation become more prevalent than ever before, public media organisations are engaging in collaborative efforts to counter its spread. 

The BBC announced that it will fund means-tested licence fees for some older people following government decision to stop the provision of free licences.

Our submission to an inquiry by the UK's upper house of parliament as to whether there is a future for public service broadcasting in the age of VOD.

Crossing Divides is an ambitious season.  Throughout the BBC in 2019 we are exploring the power and possibilities of encountering people with conflicting opinions, across divisions of race, class, faith, politics and generation.

Press Release: Directors BBC, ABC and NHK among those who signed joint communique highlighting growing threats to public service broadcasting and expressed concern about ‘troubling attacks‘ on journalists around the world.