Public Media and Local Journalism:
Meeting Community Information Needs

View the archived Webcast of CPB's press event and panel discussion from
the Newseum in Washington, D.C.

AGENDA

• CPB President and CEO Patricia Harrison announces CPB's investments in key initiatives to enhance journalism across public media, utilizing radio, television and digital platforms
• President and CEO of PBS Paula Kerger and the President and CEO of NPR Vivian Schiller (via video) discuss other new programs on the topic.
• Hari Sreenivasan (Correspondent, PBS NewsHour) moderates a panel discussion on the role of public media in local, national and international reporting.  Panel will include Tom Rosenstiel (Founder and Director, Pew’s Project for Excellence in Journalism), Nishat Kurwa (News Director, Youth Media International), Tom Karlo (General Manager, KPBS TV-FM) and Kinsey Wilson (Senior Vice President and General Manager, Digital Media, NPR) and Larry Irving (Vice President of Global Government Affairs, Hewlett-Packard Company).