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  • 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. 

  • CPB Statement on the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

    WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 11, 2021) — Patricia Harrison, president and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), made the following statement regarding the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which includes $175,000,000 for CPB as stabilization funding, being signed into law: 

  • CPB Board of Directors to Meet Virtually on March 2, 2021

    WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 19, 2021) -- The CPB Board of Directors will meet virtually on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, from 2-4 pm ET. On the draft agenda:

  • CPB Announces Funding Increases for National Multicultural Alliance Organizations

    WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 22, 2021) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced that each of the five public media organizations forming the National Multicultural Alliance (NMCA) will receive a $500,000 funding increase starting this fiscal year. CPB support helps these organizations provide much-needed content about diverse communities, created by diverse filmmakers, to the public television system and viewers across the country.