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  • 24 Public Media Journalists Named to Poynter-CPB Fellowship

    ST. PETERSBURG, FL (September 6, 2023) -- The Poynter Institute has announced the 24 journalists named to a fellowship designed to prepare public media leaders for the challenges and opportunities presented by a changing media landscape.

    The 2023-2024 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, is a nine-month fellowship that starts this month. 

  • PBS KIDS Expands Growing Library of Podcasts this Fall with New Offerings

    ARLINGTON, VA (August 30, 2023) – As podcast popularity soars among kids and families, PBS KIDS continues to deliver free, engaging, and entertaining content for young audiences nationwide. Just in time for the back-to-school season, things will kick off in September with a new original podcast series, JAMMING ON THE JOB, which introduces kids to a variety of interesting jobs while helping them see how their own interests and skills relate to those of the professionals they meet in the series.

  • PBS and WETA Announce Four-Hour Documentary GOSPEL with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Coming February 2024

    WASHINGTON, DC — August 28, 2023 — PBS and WETA today announced GOSPEL, a new four-hour docuseries that explores the rich history of Black spirituality through sermon and song from executive producer, host, and writer Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., premiering in February 2024 on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS App. GOSPEL reunites acclaimed Harvard scholar and documentarian Gates with directors Stacey L.

  • Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival launches Filmmaker Forum October 9-10

    HOT SPRINGS, AR (August 30, 2023) – Now in its 32nd year, the 2023 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival (HSDFF), to be held October 6-14, 2023, will launch a Filmmaker Forum to connect filmmakers and industry leaders on October 9-10 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The Filmmaker Forum, funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), will serve as a major convening of documentary filmmakers and industry leaders from throughout the South/Mid-South and across the U.S.

  • CPB Awards $1.5M to America Amplified Public Media Initiative Ahead of 2024 Elections

    WASHINGTON, DC (August 17, 2023) -- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has awarded Indianapolis-based WFYI Public Media a $1.5 million grant for America Amplified, a public media journalism initiative that focuses on listening to communities in the reporting process.

  • Maryland Public Television Announces Launch of National HBCU Week

    OWINGS MILLS, MD (August 16, 2023) – Maryland Public Television (MPT) today announced a national expansion of its HBCU Week programming initiative for September in celebration of the contributions of America’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU). The initiative includes national broadcasts of three HBCU-themed films and the production of four new short films focusing on HBCU Classic football matchups.

  • WETA Names Atlantic Editor in Chief Jeffrey Goldberg Moderator of Washington Week

    ARLINGTON, VA (August 2, 2023) – Sharon Percy Rockefeller, president and chief executive officer of WETA and President of NewsHour Productions, today announced Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief of The Atlantic, as the new moderator of Washington Week. The Atlantic will join NewsHour and WETA as an editorial partner on the show, to be rebranded as Washington Week with The Atlantic. Goldberg’s tenure as moderator will begin on Friday, August 11, 2023.

  • New PBS KIDS Series, LYLA IN THE LOOP, Launches February 5, 2024

    ARLINGTON, VA (August 2, 2023) – On February 5, 2024, PBS KIDS will debut LYLA IN THE LOOP, a funny and engaging new animated series for kids ages 4-8.

  • CPB Board of Directors Audit and Finance Committee to Meet on August 10, 2023

    WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 31, 2023) -- The Audit and Finance Committee of the CPB Board of Directors will meet telephonically on Thursday, August 10, from 10-11:40 am Eastern Time. On the draft agenda:

  • 2023 One Small Step Radio Station Hubs Announced: Five Public Media Stations Nationwide to Foster Connection Across Political Divides

    Brooklyn, NY, May 1, 2023—StoryCorps, the national nonprofit dedicated to recording, preserving, and sharing the stories of Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs, today announces a new roster of One Small Step Radio Station Hubs. One Small Step is an effort to bring strangers with different political beliefs together for a 50-minute conversation—not to debate politics, but to learn who we are as people.