20th May 2020
CPB requests additional emergency funds from Congress
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is requesting an additional $175 million in emergency funds to secure the survival of US public media against a backdrop of newsroom layoffs and closures.
15th May 2020
Global Call Out: COVID-19 takes its toll on independent media
It is essential that citizens have access to accurate, timely and independent news and information during crises and emergencies. Yet despite the current pandemic, journalists and media outlets face mounting threats in fulfilling this critical role.
3rd April 2020
Coronavirus and local public media
Democracy relies on quality journalism and no more so than at the local level, particularly during crises and emergencies.
3rd March 2020
What would be lost if Trump’s plans for public media succeed?
For the fourth year in a row President Trump has proposed cutting all federal funding for public service media. What would US citizens lose if public media disappears?
14th February 2020
Latest Trump budget eliminates funding for public media
The Public Media Alliance is once again calling on President Donald Trump to drop proposals to slash federal funding for public media.
31st October 2019
Pat Harrison named 2019 George Chaplin Fellow in Distinguished Journalism
PMA congratulates Corporation for Public Broadcasting CEO, Patricia Harrison, on being named the 2019 George Chaplin Fellow in Distinguished Journalism
16th May 2019
All change? Funding increase recommended for American public media
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting could receive its first bump in federal funding for 10 years.
28th March 2019
Trump to cut federal funding for public media?
Once again, federal budget proposals take aim at funding for public media, causing deep concern for the future of quality local news and content.
19th March 2019
CPB respond to proposed elimination of federal funding
Corporation for Public Broadcasting CEO responds to proposals to eliminate federal funding for US public media in next years budget.
12th June 2018
Trump’s push to defund and defunct the CPB
Trump’s proposed 2019 budget cuts would drastically impact rural public media outlets, threatening their knowledge of foreign and domestic politics





