WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 2, 2025) – Twenty-five public media stations from across the country will begin training this week in the new 2025 Advanced Track of the second phase of the Digital Transformation Program (DTP), delivered by the Poynter Institute.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 29, 2024) – The first 50 public media stations from across the country have been selected to participate in a second phase of the Digital Transformation Program delivered by the Poynter Institute. The program educates, assists, and coaches public media senior leaders and their staff on the best strategies and tactics to transform their organization’s digital operations and culture to meet the needs of local audiences.
BOSTON (October 7, 2024)–– The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) awarded a $359,600 grant to public media distributor PRX for a pilot that will enable free access to Dovetail for 30 public media stations. Dovetail is PRX’s digital platform that currently supports hundreds of podcasts, including more than 150 from stations nationwide.
Public media stations that participate in the pilot will test Dovetail’s impact on audience engagement and station revenue.
BOSTON - August 12, 2024 - Boston public media producer GBH and PBS LearningMedia are launching a Civics Collection, a set of educational resources designed to encourage civic understanding and engagement among middle and high school students.
October 11, 2023 (BOSTON) – FRONTLINE, the PBS investigative documentary series produced at GBH in Boston, has announced the pilot season of "FRONTLINE Short Docs" — a new, streaming original series crafted for young adults.
ARLINGTON, VA; Monday, Jan. 16, 2023 – PBS Digital Studios announces today the launch of two new digital series in January and February, “Hip-Hop and The Metaverse” and “Ritual” on PBS Voices, a documentary-focused YouTube channel. “Hip-Hop and The Metaverse” premiered Thursday, Jan.
NEW YORK (February 28, 2022) — The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) today announced the selection of 12 public media stations to participate in a grant program to create content by, with, and for tween and teen audiences. As part of the By/With/For Youth: Inspiring Next Gen Public Media Audiences project, each station will receive a $15,000 grant to support their local work with tweens and teens (ages 10-18).
ARLINGTON, VA; January 26, 2022 – Today, PBS Digital Studios announced the three member stations selected as Regional Digital Centers of Innovation. Over the next two years, Houston Public Media (KUHT), Rocky Mountain PBS (RMPBS), and PBS North Carolina (PBS NC) will develop original digital series in partnership with PBS Digital Studios.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 6, 2021) -- Seventy-five public media stations have been selected to participate in the Digital Transformation Program, a virtual program developed by the Poynter Institute to educate, assist, and coach public media senior leaders and their staff on the best strategies and tactics to transform their organization’s digital operations and culture. The training is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 13, 2021) — The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it has selected the Poynter Institute to develop and deliver a new Digital Transformation Program to educate, assist, and coach up to 80 public media senior leaders on the best strategies and tactics to transform their organization’s digital operations and culture. The virtual training will be funded by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.