coronavirus

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will receive $75million as part of an emergency relief package, which was passed by the US Senate on 25 March. This is a welcome package for some local stations but for others, it is still not enough.

The ABC is launching an expanded schedule of free education content to support students, teachers and parents, with so many children forced to learn at home due to the coronavirus global pandemic. 

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

Everything from a new email destination for your questions to a dedicated page tracking coronavirus cases.

Australian public broadcaster SBS is leading the way in providing quality news, information and education content to the breadth of society.

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

Many of us are having to rapidly re-adjust our personal and professional lifestyles to a world that quite suddenly feels very different. And such change makes no exception for public media.

This week's PMA Global Call Out sees us all working in new ways. Many of us are now working from home in a world that quite suddenly feels very different. Yet the challenges facing media freedom continue.

Public service media organisations are mandated to provide essential and, at times, life-saving information during crises and emergencies.  But what steps are organisations taking to best cover the coronavirus outbreak?

As the death toll and number of confirmed coronavirus cases continues to rise, so too does the wave of misinformation surrounding the virus. So what sources can the public turn to for accurate and reliable updates?