Since 2005, CPB has invested more than $200 million to increase the capacity of local and national newsrooms and support international journalism. CPB funds journalism that is fair, accurate, balanced, objective, and transparent, and created in a manner consistent with local stations and producers’ editorial independence and First Amendment rights. Our mission to provide high-quality, innovative, fact-based journalism that represents the different perspectives of Americans from all across the country has never been more closely aligned with America’s need for trusted news. In response to the decline of local news outlets, public media stations have added nearly 1,000 full and part time journalists over the past decade, aided by CPB support to address critical information needs, especially in underserved and rural areas.