PSM Weekly | 5 - 9 May 2023
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🍃 "A cultural change": How PSM are becoming more sustainable
In a follow-up to PMA’s sustainability session at PBI in Tokyo last year, we highlight recent public media initiatives to be more sustainable.
The United Nations defines sustainability simply as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” The task ahead of public service media (PSM) is to be able to meet the present human need without compromising our future needs.
PSM organisations have an added responsibility to not only proactively inform the public they serve on the climate crisis and solutions that can be taken, but also create and implement innovative solutions to the climate crisis.
This effort is already underway. “Many PSMs have net zero sustainability strategies following the likes of (Greenhouse Gas) GHG protocols,” Hemini Mehta, the EBU’s Technology and Innovations Operations Manager told PMA. “Sustainability is a cultural change taking place throughout the PSMs.”
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🖊️ WPFD 2023: A Year in Review
On the 30th edition of World Press Freedom Day, we assess the past 12 months. It’s never been more important to recognise how public service media promotes freedom of information and expression.
🇸🇪 "Guardians of freedom of the press"
Having free access to information and allowing all voices to be heard – or not. That’s what freedom of speech and freedom of the press are ultimately about, writes Cilla Benkö, the head of Swedish Radio.
🇦🇺 Five-year funding for ABC
In a press release, the ABC responds to the first of the new five-year funding cycle, which the broadcaster says provides “financial stability and allows the ABC to continue delivering on its charter serving Australian audiences”.
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ARGENTINA: Public media on alert: the right promises to silence voices (Spanish)
BRAZIL: A Brazilian ‘Ministry of Truth’ is in the making (Opinion)
BURKINA FASO & MALI: African, international news outlets appeal for press freedom in Mali and Burkina Faso
UK: Channel 4 launches UK media industry’s first post-production development programme (Press Release)
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