System/Policy
‘We can’t dally’: How lay leaders are advocating for pubmedia amid federal funding threats
Diane Tilstra, president of the KBTC PBS Association in Tacoma, and Garrett King, board president of Friends of OETA network in Oklahoma, ...Commissioners select interim Arkansas PBS director
The Arkansas PBS Commission named Sajni Kumpuris as the public television network’s interim director during a special meeting Tuesday.PBS furloughs 25% of PBS Kids staff following Ready To Learn cuts
The job suspensions are linked to the Department of Education’s decision to terminate 2020–25 Ready To Learn grants.Sesame Workshop employees approve vote for union representation
A new bargaining unit with 107 eligible workers voted to join OPEIU Local 153.Facing Trump threat, CPB amends bylaws to protect directors from removal
Its bylaws now say no one, including the president, can remove a director without approval from at least two-thirds of the other ...How vulnerable pubcasters are handling federal funding threats
“What we are now and what we would become and how we continue to serve the community is an unknown at this ...Judge allows Christian broadcasters to bid on KDHX license and tower
The auction is scheduled for May 30.I ran a station in West Virginia. What’s happening now feels familiar
Understand the new rules, but don't accept them.IndiJ Public Media, PBS lose NSF grants
IndiJ’s grant supported Indigenous climate reporting, and PBS’ funded STEM videos.New York increases public radio support amid CPB funding threat
The state's fiscal year 2026 budget includes an additional $4 million for public radio stations.WQED suspends youth media academy, lays off staff
The station made the decision as it navigates “unprecedented threats to federal funding for the arts, education, and public broadcasting.”LAist lays off eight staffers citing federal funding uncertainty
The organization's SAG-AFTRA union said job cuts are “severely curtailing our ability to deliver on our mission.”Canceling NEA grants won’t stop artists from holding to their truths
Only a dictator would imagine that he could control artists and stifle free expression, writes independent public radio producer Jay Allison.Experts say Trump’s CPB order ‘should have no legal effect’
“Whether it will have a practical effect or a political effect, I suppose, is a different question,” said James B. Speta, a ...CPB tells stations to stop Ready To Learn work following termination by Department of Education
The termination of the grant affects PBS and 44 stations, according to CPB.
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