CPB Board of Directors to Meet on July 16-17, 2018

The CPB Board of Directors will meet on Monday, July 16, 2018, from 10:30 am – 4:45 pm Eastern Time and Tuesday, July 17, 2018, from 9:30 – 11:30 am Eastern Time. On the draft agenda:

Day 1

• Approval of Minutes (public and executive sessions)
• Chair’s and Directors’ Remarks
• President’s Report to the Board  
• Legislative Update
• Report on CPB's FY 2020/2022 ‎Budget Request to OMB (executive session)
• Resolution: Authorization to Submit CPB’s Budget Request to OMB for CPB’s FY 2022 General Appropriation and FY 2020 Interconnection Appropriation
• Update on Journalism
• Hearken – Public Powered Journalism
• "Civics 101" – New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR) Podcast on U.S. Civics
• Public Media Stations in the Digital Age
• Report on CPB Initiative - The Digital Culture Accelerator and Resolution (executive session)
• Report on Editorial Integrity and Leadership Initiative and Resolution (executive session)

Day 2

• Update on Education
• Student Reporting Labs
• Discussion and Approval of CPB’s Goals and Objectives
• Future Agenda Items

With the exception of the executive session, the public may attend and listen to these meetings in the Blair-Killian Board Room, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 401 Ninth Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 

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