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  • 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.

  • CPB Board of Directors to Meet Virtually on April 28, 2021

    *Updated April 27 from prior release*

    WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 14, 2021) -- The CPB Board of Directors will meet virtually on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, from 2–5:55 pm ET. On the draft agenda:

  • CPB Funds COVID-19 PSAs for Tribal and HBCU Public Radio Stations

    WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 8, 2021) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has awarded more than $300,000 to Native Public Media and to KTSU-FM, a public radio station licensed to a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), to coordinate COVID-19 public outreach campaigns to 51 public radio stations serving Native and Black communities. The campaigns, airing on 36 tribal stations and 15 stations licensed to HBCUs, will provide trusted, life-saving information to populations that have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic.

  • CPB Honors WUFT and Florida Public Radio Emergency Network with Community Lifeline Award

    (WASHINGTON, DC) March 19, 2019—The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) today presented the Community Lifeline Award to WUFT-TV/FM (WUFT) and the Florida Public Radio Emergency Network (FPREN) during a meeting of the CPB Board of Directors. The award recognizes public media stations providing outstanding service to their communities during local emergencies, natural disasters and other urgent situations.