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  • CPB Statement on House of Representatives Passage of Funding for Public Media

    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.

  • WFYI Awarded CPB Funding to Continue America Amplified Public Media Initiative

    WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 19, 2021) – Indianapolis-based WFYI will lead America Amplified 2.0, a public media initiative designed to instill journalism practices that meaningfully address local information needs through active listening and engagement. WFYI will establish a central team to lead and develop community engagement journalism practices at 20 public media stations, especially in parts of the country traditionally underserved by media, including rural areas. The initiative is funded through a $983,451 grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

  • CPB Board of Directors to Meet Virtually on June 28-29, 2021

    WASHINGTON, D.C, (June 14, 2021) --  The CPB Board of Directors will meet virtually on Monday, June 28, 2021, from 2-4:50 pm ET, and Tuesday, June 29, 2021, from 2-3:30 pm ET. On the draft agenda:

    Day One (June 28):

  • StoryCorps Announces 2021 One Small Step Communities, Expanding to Six New Cities to Foster Conversations Across American Political Divides

    Stations Selected by StoryCorps to Take Part:
    Alaska Public Media, Anchorage, AK
    High Plains Public Radio, Garden City, KS, and Amarillo, TX
    KOSU, Oklahoma City, OK
    KUNR, Reno, NV
    Valley Public Media, Clovis, CA
    Vermont Public Radio, Colchester, VT
     

  • Statement from CPB on President Biden’s FY 2022 Budget Request

    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.

  • Joan Ganz Cooney Center Releases Report on Tweens’ and Teens’ Media Practices

    NEW YORK, NY (May 24, 2021) -- Despite access to an overwhelming abundance of digital options for learning, playing, and communicating, tweens and teens want media that represents them more authentically and can be trusted, according to a new report released today by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop.

  • PMJA Editor Corps Gets $45K Boost from CPB

    (May 20, 2021) -- The Public Media Journalists Association (PMJA) Editor Corps is accepting new requests for editing help from public media newsrooms through an additional $45,000 grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). The program, launched by PMJA last year, provides critical pop-up editing help to public media newsrooms facing significant burdens, including small and rural newsrooms.

  • PRX, PBS KIDS and CPB Welcome Six Teams to the Ready To Learn Podcast Accelerator

    BOSTON (May 13, 2021) -- PRX, PBS KIDS, and CPB today announced six teams of audio creators who will participate in the Ready To Learn Podcast Accelerator, a podcast training and development program for producers creating new educational content for children ages 4-8. The program is a component of the new CPB-PBS Ready To Learn Initiative funded by the U.S.

  • Brendan Daly Named CPB Vice President, Communications

    WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 26, 2021) -- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has named Brendan Daly as Vice President of Communications, effective today. He will be responsible for the development and implementation of a multi-faceted communications and messaging strategy to advance awareness of public media and its value to American society.

  • CPB Announces Distribution Plan for American Rescue Plan Act Funds

    WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 15, 2021) -- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) today announced that the CPB Board of Directors unanimously approved a distribution plan for the $175 million of emergency stabilization funds for public media. The funds were included in the American Rescue Plan Act, which was signed into law on March 11, 2021.