19th August 2019
Local democracy reporting scheme to pilot in New Zealand
The new Local Democracy Reporting scheme in New Zealand seeks journalists to report on local and regional democracy issues.
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.
28th January 2019
Public media & indigenous languages
With 2019 being the UN Year of Indigenous Languages, how do public media organisations ensure the fair representation of indigenous cultures and languages?
5th September 2018
PBS joins the Public Media Alliance
We are extremely pleased to announce that PBS has become a member of the Public Media Alliance.
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
5th April 2017
Trump’s budget blueprint: A real threat to public service media
For the price of a coffee, almost all Americans can currently benefit from daily, local public media content. But Trump’s budget plan would wipe out many of these resources.
6th March 2017
The Best of PSM | Virtual Reality
As the popularity of virtual reality soars, what are public service broadcasters doing to keep pace and produce content for this emerging medium?
20th January 2017
Trump team to cut federal support for public broadcasters?
The new US administration is reportedly planning to privatise the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the private non-profit organisation that distributes federal funds to more than 1,500 public media outlets and their programmes across the US.
15th December 2016
Call for Applications: PBS Digital Innovators Program 2017
PBS is looking for innovative educators from across the USA who specialise in the use digital teaching tools to enter their Digital Innovators Program.