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If you are a member of the media and have inquiries, interview requests, or would like to join our press list, please contact Jenn Ettinger at 202-265-1490, ext. 35, or email her at jettinger@freepress.net.

Recent press releases are below. Learn more about our spokespeople here, and download our media kit here.

  • Romney’s Threats to Public Media Ignore Popular Will

    August 15, 2012

    WASHINGTON – In an interview published Wednesday in Fortune, presidential candidate Mitt Romney said that he would eliminate funding for public broadcasting if elected.

  • New Report: Cutting Public Media Funding 'Risks the Collapse of the System'

    June 21, 2012

    WASHINGTON — An independent analysis of public media funding requested by Congress has found that "the loss of federal support for public broadcasting risks the collapse of the system.” The public media newspaper Current first reported the study’s findings.

  • New Study Finds Investment in Public Media Around the World Leads to Better News

    February 17, 2011

    NEW YORK – Even as public media are under attack on Capitol Hill, a new report shows how increasing, not cutting, federal funding can promote quality, independent journalism. The study, Public Media and Political Independence: Lessons for the Future of Journalism from Around the World, analyzes public media systems in 14 democratic countries, from Australia to Finland and France to Japan.

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