In 2025, Congress moved to eliminate funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. For many inside the system, the crisis was not unexpected—chronic underfunding, centralized decision-making, and accusations of political bias have shaped public media for decades. But what feels different now is the scale of the reckoning, and the opportunity it presents to ask a fundamental question: What would public media look like if we designed it from scratch, for this moment?
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🎙️Your media arts & culture news 📷 ALLIANCE eBulletin Winter 2025
From the Executive Director Thanks to everyone for being part of the Alliance community this year — a community of creative organizations, agencies, institutions, artists...

🎙️Your media arts & culture news 📷 ALLIANCE eBulletin October 2025
“Memory is a powerful tool of resistance.” Laylah Amatullah Barrayn From the Executive Director In just a few weeks, it will be one year since...

🎙️Your media arts & culture news 📷 ALLIANCE eBulletin September 2025
From the Executive Director In the chaos of these times, we have managed to celebrate a summer of Storytelling. Our partner organizations have been leading...

ARTS2WORK CONVERSATIONS PODCAST
Season 2 Deep Dive: What Our Guests Are Teaching Us About Connection By Sakinah Bowman Early August, I sat on my balcony facing the mountains...

🎙️Your media arts & culture news 📷 ALLIANCE eBulletin Summer 2025
From the Executive Director As June comes to an end, Summer of Storytelling begins at the Alliance. During July and August, we sponsor programs and...
🎙️Your media arts & culture news 📷 ALLIANCE eBulletin June 2025
From the Executive Director As June comes to an end, Summer of Storytelling begins at the Alliance. During July and August, we sponsor programs and...

Wide Angle Youth Media and a Changing Baltimore
By Ben Shaffron-Davis When working in the midst of a turbulent, increasingly oligarchical world, nothing brings more comfort than the realization that one is not...

Summer of Storytelling: Reclaiming Creative Time in a Production-Obsessed World
Summer of Storytelling:Reclaiming Creative Time in a Production-Obsessed World By Saki Bowman There’s something almost revolutionary about slowing down in June. While the industry machinery...

