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California public media provide lifesaving wildfire information

Public Media stations in Southern California have been collaborating to provide trusted, life-saving information about the devastating wildfires.

Five PSM stories from the New Year break

The Christmas break saw many significant developments - both good and worrying - in public media around the world.

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What does a Trump presidency mean for public media?

After a two year period of job cuts and shrinking, is public media in for a tough time under another Donald Trump presidency?

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New podcast explores US public media job cuts

We explore why the past 18 months has seen so many job cuts at American public media stations, and what impact these cuts might have. 

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CPB and PBS Partner Extend Impact of Early Childhood Education Resources and Content

CPB and PBS today announced partnerships with 14 public media stations for the Ready To Learn-funded early childhood educational resources.

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Meet the 2024 Grantees

Discover the stories of our 2024 cohort of nine Global Grantees as they share their reactions to being selected.

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PBS Kids launches civics content initiative in 2024

PBS is rolling out civics-themed kids content, to encourage viewers to get involved and learn about what’s happening around them.

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CPB Awards $1.5M to America Amplified Public Media Initiative Ahead of 2024 Elections

WFYI leads public media initiative to identify issues important to voters, inform them about electoral process in all 50 states

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“Dark day” as US public media has funding axed

The House's to scrap the funding of the CPB by 2026 will have a drastic impact on the services of public service media in the US.

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US: Political pressures on public service media

Oklahoma's public service media is at risk of being closed down, while a report has found 'gross mismanagement' by a former CEO of the USAGM.