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  • CPB Statement on the Death of Leanne Kaʻiulani Ferrer

    WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 16, 2021) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), released the following statement regarding the death of Leanne Kaʻiulani Ferrer from Patricia Harrison, CPB president and CEO:

  • PBS Digital Studios Receives $3M Grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to Establish Regional Digital Centers of Innovation

    ARLINGTON, VA (August 10, 2021) – Today at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour, PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger announced that with a $3 million grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), PBS Digital Studios will establish three Regional Digital Centers of Innovation to build its digital capacity and create a new pipeline of multi-platform content.

  • CPB, PBS Award Firelight Media $5.5 Million to Diversify Public Media Content

    NEW YORK, NY (August 10, 2021) – Acclaimed documentary producer Firelight Media has received $5.5 million in funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and PBS to support its Firelight Documentary Lab and two other programs aimed at increasing the diversity of public media content in partnership with local stations and PBS national series.

  • CPB Board of Directors Audit and Finance Committee to Meet Telephonically on August 16, 2021

    WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 3, 2021) -- The Audit and Finance Committee of the CPB Board of Directors will meet telephonically on Monday, August 16, 2021, from 2-3:45 pm ET. On the draft agenda:

  • 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.