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The public media funding fight is already taking a toll. KQED in San Francisco offered buyouts to staff earlier this month, according to an email obtained by @current.org, and aims to stabilize its financial position and seek a path towards sustainability.

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"In almost every corner of America, college students can receive real-world experience at their local public media stations." current.org/2025/06/new-...

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“Here’s the reality: Public media, we have not yet developed a sustainable national local membership model on digital platforms,” said KQED CEO Michael Isip. current.org/2025/06/kqed...

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“We’re saddened to say goodbye to these valued colleagues and shows that have been an important part of our recent history,” says Sarah Ashworth, Wisconsin Public Radio's director, in an announcement. current.org/2025/06/wisc...

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Florida public stations expand reach of public safety network to counter misinformation and better reach audiences. My first piece for @current.org.

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Your support powers Current’s reporting. Donate to help keep independent journalism about public media alive. Please give here by June 30th, and thanks! bit.ly/3YBzfp2

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WLRN has been looking to restore public media in Palm Beach County for a decade, said CEO John LaBonia. current.org/2025/06/miam...

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“We are training our students how to communicate with confidence and how to take a creative idea and make something out of it that can be enjoyed by the world,” said Joe Bryant. adviser to KMIH-FM at Mercer Island High School in Washington. current.org/2025/06/with...

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at 3x speed npr podcasters sound just like normal humans

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The rescissions now need a simple majority in the Senate. current.org/2025/06/hous...

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“State funding is crucial to the long term success of our stations,” said Mark Newman, executive director of Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations. “We will be going back to the state.” current.org/2025/06/indi...

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The judge denied the motion for a preliminary injunction “without prejudice to Plaintiffs renewing their motion” should Trump or others attempt to interfere with CPB’s independence. current.org/2025/06/judg...

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"Public media outlets have the infrastructure, brand trust and distribution pipelines. Together — with support from funders — they can form a more connected, responsive media ecosystem." current.org/2025/06/from...

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“Part of the reason we fought so hard for this contract is we want to have wages that are sustainable, that allow people to stay and grow at Cascade PBS and do the work they care about and love,” said Josh Cohen, a city reporter and member of the bargaining committee. current.org/2025/06/casc...

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So happy about this excellend collaboration with @christopherali.bsky.social and @jonkropko.bsky.social - and thank you @mjanssen.bsky.social at Current for the opportunity #pbs #publicmedia

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Important and timely independent research, given the increasing efforts of the Trump administration to reverse 60 years of progress to (modestly) fund nonpartisan non-commercial local media. current.org/2025/06/stud...

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These are perilous times for public media. Current needs your help delivering news to all who care about the system. Please donate today: bit.ly/3YBzfp2

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Exciting news today! This morning @hildevdb.bsky.social @jonkropko.bsky.social and I published an article in Current - the premiere publication for public media - about our research on trust and @pbs.org!! current.org/2025/06/stud...

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"Given the wide breadth of political ideologies of viewers, our findings suggest that PBS is a meeting place for many Americans, not the bastion of liberal or anti-American sentiment that some Republicans claim it to be." current.org/2025/06/stud...

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The president seeks to roll back $535 million in both FY26 and FY27 funding for CPB that was appropriated by Congress in FY24 and FY25. current.org/2025/06/whit...

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Trump makes formal ask to Congress: kill funding for PBS, NPR and public broadcasters My story for NPR www.npr.org/2025/06/03/n...

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“GBH is being impacted by several dynamics at once: federal funding cuts, rising costs of doing business, and the need to evolve our work to meet audiences’ needs,” said CEO Susan Goldberg. current.org/2025/06/gbh-...

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APM is in “active talks” regarding a sale, Kavati wrote. current.org/2025/06/apm-...

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Meet 2025 Rising Star Nicki Mullens of @iowapbs.bsky.social. Mullens developed PBS’ Farmer’s Market program, an engagement initiative for Spanish-speaking families. Read more here: bit.ly/4dpi7tp

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Trump's executive order amouns to "blatant viewpoint discrimination and an infringement of PBS and PBS Member Stations’ private editorial discretion,” the lawsuit says. current.org/2025/05/pbs-...

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The battle for the future of public broadcasting has moved to the courts, but the battle for public opinion remains equally important — perhaps even more so. current.org/2025/05/why-...

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Revenue from individual giving to radio fell for the first time since FY20 by about 2% to $660 million. current.org/2025/05/cpb-...

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Current 2025 Rising Star Darrell Strong, VP of Education for OETA, lives the mission through his achievements. Meet Darrell and the other Rising Stars in #publicmedia here: bit.ly/4dpi7tp

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Trump's order "is textbook retaliation and viewpoint-based discrimination in violation of the First Amendment, and it interferes with NPR’s and the Local Member Stations’ freedom of expressive association and editorial discretion,” NPR said in the lawsuit. current.org/2025/05/npr-...

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Larry Massett’s musical background infused his work with a sensibility few could replicate. current.org/2025/05/infl...

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Meet our 2025 Rising Stars! Learn about their impressive work, the experiences that drew them into public media and their advice for helping early-career staffers thrive. current.org/our-2025-ris...

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Superb chess move by Corporation for Public Broadcasting current.org/2025/05/faci...

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CPB’s board approved the change following a hearing Wednesday in the corporation’s case against President Donald Trump. current.org/2025/05/faci...

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“KEDT would go off the air without CPB funding,” said GM Don Dunlap. current.org/2025/05/how-...

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Marozas was previously executive director of the Levitt Shell, a historic amphitheater in Memphis. current.org/2025/05/anne...

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Former KDHX volunteers say they believe they can still prevent the sale of the station but do not plan to outbid the Christian broadcasters. current.org/2025/05/judg...

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Why would anyone want to be in a documentary? @tomwhiteeditor.bsky.social summarizes a new ITVS study addressing ethics & accountability of the #documentary practice, specifically dynamics between filmmakers & on-camera participants. current.org/2025/05/itvs...

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"This climate may be novel on the national level, but it is intimately familiar to me. It reminds me of how politics and government worked in West Virginia." current.org/2025/05/i-ra...

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“Unfortunately, with the grant termination, all RTL-funded work on Skillsville had to stop, and the RTL team was placed on furlough while TPT explores the possibility of an appeal,” a TPT spokesperson said. current.org/2025/05/tpt-...

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ICT’s climate desk and the partnership between ICT and "PBS News Hour" will continue, with ICT seeking funding to make up for the lost grant. current.org/2025/05/indi...

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The $4 million will be divided evenly among New York's public radio stations. current.org/2025/05/new-...

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"This American Life's preoccupation with empathy ... met with rare success in ways that we are now better positioned to explore, even as many of the podcasts that took up this approach have faltered or shifted into new emotional and social paradigms." current.org/2025/05/empa...

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For everyone who's been asking me about the president's cpb order, here are a couple legal opinions current.org/2025/05/expe...

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In my "Current" debut, I spoke to some of the key drivers behind ITVS’ groundbreaking study, The Filmmaker-Participant Relationship Unpacked. Thanks to Mike Janssen and Karen Everhart for their editorial rigor. current.org/2025/05/itvs...

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“Libraries are patriotic,” said Dawn Logsdon, producer and co-director of “Free for All: The Public Library.” “… All the things that trouble our nation are in this story, but it’s a really great American story.” current.org/2025/05/free...

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Glad to be able to add my views to those of @ellgood.bsky.social and @petermshane.bsky.social on this. Left on the cutting room floor, my discussion of how this is another shameful attack on free expression and open discourse, to say nothing of education. current.org/2025/05/expe...

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“I don’t think that the president has any statutory authority to impound the money, rescind the grants, stop the funding ... no statutory authority at all,” said James B. Speta, a professor at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. current.org/2025/05/expe...

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CPB President Pat Harrison said the corporation “will work with Congress and the Administration to preserve funding for this essential program.” current.org/2025/05/cpb-...

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More of these responses! Thank you Pat Harrison / CPB! current.org/2025/05/in-e...

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The bill was amended in the Senate to provide $850,000 for Prairie Public but did not restore its $1.2 million base funding. (Via @northdakotamonitor.com) current.org/2025/05/nort...

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