Mental health for media professionals must be prioritised

Our recent workshop discussion, held at this year’s Radiodays Europe, found an urgent need for workplace mental health and wellbeing policies for media professionals.

Telecommunications towers

PSM Weekly | 27 March – 2 April 2024

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

ZDF Berlin

ZDF statement on the Future Council

ZDF expressly welcomes the fact that the Future Council is taking a positive approach to public broadcasting and fully affirms its necessity.

CPB

CPB Statement on Congress’ Passage of Funding for Public Media

CPB CEO highlights the importance of public media in statement after new bill on funding for public media was passed by Senate.

“P3 is a radio station for kids, right?”

P3 is a station for music lovers who also want to keep up to date with popular culture and current affairs, writes Head of P3, Simon Gooch.

The Beehive, New Zealand's Parliament

TVNZ: The news funding model is broken – but this would fix it

Newshub shutting down and cuts at TVNZ show that New Zealand needs a new funding model for its fourth estate. 

Buenos Aires Argentina

Fears for future of public media in Argentina after Télam shuttered

Journalists and press unions went a strike on 5 March in protest against the decision to close down the national news agency, Télam.

Television studio gallery

PSM Weekly | 28 February – 5 March 2024

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

Protests against Rai following festival broadcast

Protests against Rai erupted after the broadcaster distanced itself from comments about Israel and Gaza, at a festival it was broadcasting.

Germany ARD ZDF

ZDF & ARD: Recommended funding increase “challenging”

The KEF’s recommendation to raise the Germany's public media funding by 58 cents per month has been described as “a challenge”.