Microphone election

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.

US public media

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.

NPR CPB funding

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.

CBC North

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?

PBS joins the Public Media Alliance

We are extremely pleased to announce that PBS has become a member of the Public Media Alliance.  

NPR CPB funding

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

NPR CPB funding

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.

virtual reality

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?

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.

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.