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CPB funds Jacquie Jones Memorial Scholarship Fund

“Through the Jacquie Jones Scholarship Fund CPB will be encouraging a new generation of storytellers inspired by Jacquie’s work to be brave, creative and innovative,” said CPB President and CEO Patricia Harrison.

THIRTEEN’s American Masters Launches Season 32 With "Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart"

On March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun opened on Broadway and changed the face of American theater forever. As the first-ever black woman to author a play performed on Broadway, she did not shy away from richly drawn characters and unprecedented subject matter. The play...

THIRTEEN’s American Masters Series Launches its First Web Series, Inspiring Woman, at pbs.org/inspiringwoman

(NEW YORK – November 8, 2017) Today, American Masters, THIRTEEN’s 28-time Emmy-winning arts and culture documentary series on PBS, launched its first web series, Inspiring Woman, at pbs.org/inspiringwoman. The six-part web series features inspiring influencers:

Tracy Clayton (available now),...

Award-Winning Director Stanley Nelson and Firelight Films Launches HBCU Tour with Public Media Stations for 'Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities'

The tour is a major part of HBCU Rising, the year-long multi-platform engagement project designed to drive dialogue sparked by the film among a variety of audiences.

CPB Awards Grant to Drive Diversity in News Coverage, Audiences and Staff

St. Louis Public Radio, KCUR-Kansas City, WNPR-Hartford, Oregon Public Broadcasting Join Forces

THIRTEEN’s American Masters Presents Exclusive U.S. Broadcast Premiere of Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise, February 21 on PBS

(PASADENA – January 17, 2017) Distinctly referred to as “a redwood tree, with deep roots in American culture,” Dr. Maya Angelou (April 4, 1928-May 28, 2014) led a prolific life. As a singer, dancer, activist, poet and writer, she inspired generations with lyrical modern African-American thought...

America By The Numbers with Maria Hinojosa Election Coverage Special ‘The New Deciders’ to Air on PBS Stations September 6, 2016

Influence of Arab-Americans, Black Millennials, Latino Evangelicals and Asian-Americans Examined

TED Talks: War & Peace Premieres Monday, May 30, 2016, on PBS

Peacemaker Jamila Raqib, actor Adam Driver and author Sebastian Junger are among those featured in TED Talks: War & Peace.

CPB to Present Thought Leader Award to Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard

CPB will present U.S. Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard of California with its distinguished “Strengthening Civil Society” Thought Leader Award at today’s Association of Public Television Stations (APTS) Public Media Summit in Washington, D.C.

CPB Senior Vice Presidents Jennifer Lawson & Bruce Theriault to Retire; Joseph Tovares Tapped as Chief Content Officer

SVPs Jennifer Lawson and Bruce Theriault will retire in May 2016, and SVP Joseph Tovares will become chief content officer.

Next Generation Leadership Announces Diversity Program Fellows

New professional development initiative supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is designed to help expand diversity among senior and executive producers and other content development leaders across public media nationwide.

New Localore Production Sets Its Sights on Expanding Public Media

AIR launches Localore: Finding America, a network of journalism experiments designed to create new storytelling models and connect new audiences to public media with principal funding from CPB.