WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 13, 2023) — Patricia Harrison, President and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), made the following statement today on President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget, which proposes $575 million in FY 2026 for CPB’s advance appropriation; $60 million for the public broadcasting interconnection system and infrastructure; and $31 million for the Department of Education’s Ready To Learn program in FY 2024.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 23, 2022) — Patricia Harrison, president and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), made the following statement today following the House and Senate passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, which includes funding for public media:
“We are grateful that bipartisan negotiations have resulted in increased funding support for CPB, providing $535 million for CPB's FY 2025 advance appropriation, ensuring that public media’s high-quality programs and services are available for free to all Americans.
Arlington, VA (November 16, 2022) – Sharon Rockefeller, President and CEO of WETA and President of NewsHour Productions, today named PBS NewsHour chief correspondent Amna Nawaz and chief Washington correspondent and PBS News Weekend anchor Geoff Bennett co-anchors of the nightly newscast. The PBS NewsHour, co-anchored by Nawaz and Bennett, will launch on Monday, January 2, 2023. Nawaz and Bennett succeed Judy Woodruff, who has solo-anchored PBS’s nightly news broadcast since 2016, prior to which she co-anchored it alongside the late Gwen Ifill.
DALLAS, Texas (May 18, 2022) -- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) will award the America Amplified engagement journalism initiative an additional $375,000 to help public media stations across the country ensure that American citizens have the facts they need to participate in local, state, and Congressional elections this fall. This grant brings the total amount awarded to America Amplified to more than $1.35 million.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 11, 2022) — Patricia Harrison, president and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), made the following statement regarding the House and Senate passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, which includes funding for public media:
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 28, 2022) — Patricia Harrison, president and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), released the following statement today regarding President Biden’s fiscal year 2023 budget request, which proposes $565 million in FY 2025 for CPB’s advance appropriation; $60 million for the public broadcasting interconnection system and infrastructure; and $29.5 million for the Department of Education’s Ready To Learn program in FY 2023.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 19, 2021) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is awarding a total of $275,000 in emergency grants to 14 public media stations across the country to address COVID-19 misinformation in their communities. The grants – up to $20,000 each – are being awarded to public television and radio stations in areas with low vaccination and high infection rates, or in emerging hotspots for coronavirus infection.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 16, 2021) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), released the following statement regarding the death of Leanne Kaʻiulani Ferrer from Patricia Harrison, CPB president and CEO:
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 29, 2021) — Patricia Harrison, president and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), made the following statement today following House passage of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations bill, which contains funding for public media.
“We appreciate the House of Representatives' strong support of public media, providing $565 million for CPB's FY 2024 advance appropriation, ensuring that public media remains free and available to every American throughout the country, in rural and urban areas.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 28, 2021) — Patricia Harrison, president and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), released the following statement today regarding President Biden’s fiscal year 2022 budget request, which proposes $475 million in FY 2024 for CPB’s advance appropriation; $20 million for the public broadcasting interconnection system and $29.5 million for the Department of Education’s Ready to Learn program in FY 2022.