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CPB Awards $200,000 Grant to PMJA Editor Corps

Public Media Journalists Association program provides short-term editors

KANSAS CITY, MO (June 26, 2025) — The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced a $200,000 grant to the Public Media Journalists Association (PMJA) to support its Editor Corps program, which provides critical short-term editing help to local public media newsrooms across the country. The funding was announced today at the PMJA 2025 conference in Kansas City, Mo.

Introducing the Public Media Executives Selected for 2025 Poynter/CPB Fellowship to Strengthen Editorial Leadership

23 fellows to get tools to uphold public media journalism’s highest editorial standards and successfully lead their stations

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (May 1, 2025) — Poynter is pleased to announce 23 executives from across the nation have been selected for the 2025 Public Media Executive Editorial Integrity and Leadership Initiative, a six-month fellowship developed by the Poynter Institute and funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).

The fellowship, which began this week, will equip public media leaders with support, tools, and individualized training to help build stronger stations, reflecting the goal shared by CPB and Poynter   to strengthen local journalism.

CPB Awards $650,000 Grant to Appalachia and Mid-South Journalism Collaboration

Louisville Public Media Leads Group of 7 Locally Owned and Operated Stations Covering Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 1, 2025) -- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has awarded the latest in a series of grants to prioritize local reporting -- a $649,703 grant to the Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom (AMSN). The journalism collaboration of public radio and television stations, led by Louisville Public Media, was launched last fall to provide relevant, fact-based information to local communities across Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia.

CPB Awards Harvest Public Media $1 Million for Rural Journalism Expansion

Journalism collaboration led by KCUR covers agricultural and rural issues

WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 6, 2025) -- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has awarded a $1 million grant to Harvest Public Media, a public media journalism collaboration covering agricultural and rural issues that gives insight into the lives of people in the Midwest, Great Plains, and farming communities throughout the country. The three-year grant will help the station collaboration expand from nine to 15 states, increasing its reach and daily coverage of rural issues.

CPB Awards $1.9 Million to NPR for Editorial Enhancement

Funding provides increased oversight to ensure objective, balanced, transparent, fact-based journalism

WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 18, 2024) -- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has awarded a $1.9 million grant to NPR to help further strengthen its editorial operations and meet the challenges of producing 24/7 news content on multiple platforms that consistently adheres to the highest standards of editorial integrity – accuracy, fairness, balance, objectivity, and transparency, and the obligation to include diverse viewpoints.

Poynter announces new leadership and ethics training program for public media station managers

Funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the fellowship is customized for local public media executives navigating a changing news landscape

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. (October 16, 2024) — In partnership with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Poynter Institute is pleased to announce a new six-month fellowship that will strengthen the leadership and editorial excellence of public media station managers.

Meet the second round of public media journalists in our Poynter/CPB fellowship

These 26 fellows will receive custom training on editorial standards, leading through change and innovation

ST. PETERSBURG, FL (September 3, 2024) — The Poynter Institute is pleased to announce the 26 journalists who have been named to the second cohort of the Public Media Editorial Integrity and Leadership Initiative, developed and delivered by the Poynter Institute and funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). 

This nine-month fellowship is designed to prepare public media leaders for the challenges and opportunities presented by a changing media landscape, and represents the commitment of both CPB and Poynter to local journalism.

CPB Awards $936,000 Grant to Fund Alaska Desk Journalism Collaboration

WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 17, 2024) -- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has awarded a $936,000 grant to Alaska Public Media to lead the Alaska Desk, a statewide collaboration among public media stations, designed to strengthen and expand their local news services, particularly for rural communities.

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