CPB Statement on the Death of Robert MacNeil

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 12, 2024) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), released the following statement from President and CEO Patricia Harrison regarding the death of Robert (Robin) MacNeil:

Robert MacNeil, left, and Jim Lehrer, photo courtesy of PBS NewsHour

Raney Aronson-Rath Receives the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s Edward R. Murrow Award

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 11, 2024) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has awarded FRONTLINE Editor-in-Chief and Executive Producer Raney Aronson-Rath the Edward R. Murrow Award, recognizing her outstanding contributions to journalism and public media. The award was presented at a CPB Board dinner Wednesday night in Washington, D.C.

CPB Board of Directors to Meet on April 10-11, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 1, 2024) -- The CPB Board of Directors will meet in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, from 11 am-4:15 pm ET, and on Thursday, April 11, 2024, from 9:30-11:30 am ET. On the draft agenda:

Day 1:

CPB Board of Directors Interconnection Committee to Meet on Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Washington, D.C. (April 1, 2024) -- The Interconnection Committee of the CPB Board of Directors will hold its meeting on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, from 9:30-10:40 am ET, to discuss matters relating to public media’s interconnection systems.

CPB Statement on Congress’ Passage of Funding for Public Media

WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 23, 2024) — Patricia Harrison, President and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), issued the following statement today after the House and Senate passed the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024. The bill provides $535 million for CPB in Fiscal Year 2026, upholding the two-year advance appropriation for public media.

Applications Now Open for Second Round of Public Media’s Editorial Integrity and Leadership Fellowship

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (March 13, 2024) — Poynter and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting are pleased to announce that applications are now open for the second cohort of the 2023-2025 Public Media Editorial Integrity and Leadership Program. 

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett Headline National Civic Learning Forum on March 12

March 1, 2024 -- U.S. Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, and Archivist of the United States Colleen Shogan will join thousands of people across the country in focusing on the importance of civic education during Civic Learning Week, March 11–15, 2024. 

FRONTLINE and AP Documentary 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL Wins Academy Award® for 'Best Documentary Feature Film'

Boston, MA – March 10, 2024   – 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL, the documentary produced by the PBS series FRONTLINE at GBH in Boston and The Associated Press, has won the Oscar® for Best Documentary Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards®.

CPB Response to February 22 Letter from Senator Ted Cruz

Attached and copied below is a letter that CPB President and CEO Patricia Harrison sent today to Senator Ted Cruz, responding to his letter of February 22, 2024.

Full letter: CPB Response to February 22 Letter from Senator Ted Cruz

StoryCorps' 2024 Military Voices Tour to Record and Preserve the Stories of Veterans, Active Duty Service Members, and Military Families

February 22, 2024 – StoryCorps—the national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping us believe in each other by illuminating the humanity and possibility in us all, one story at a time—today announces its 2024 Military Voices Initiative (MVI) tour, which honors veterans and members of the military community by gathering and preserving their stories. StoryCorps’ MVI works in partnership with veteran service organizations across the country, and is made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).