Defend Public Media in the United States

Critical funding for public media in the United States is under threat. Today, April 28, we expect the White House to ask Congress to rescind more than $1 billion in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. CPB funds public media in the United States, including PBS, NPR, their member stations, and the production of documentary films for public broadcast.

This money was previously appropriated by Congress. Stations, programming strands, filmmakers, and radio producers are among those who have begun work that depends on CPB funding. If passed, the White House’s rescission package would be a devastating blow to audiences across the U.S.

Congress voted for funding public media when it appropriated the funds two years ago. This potential legislation would undo that work. IDA has members in all fifty states. We are a community that knows and believes in the importance of public interest stories for this and any democracy. Join us in calling for all of our representatives to stand up for public media again by voting against the rescission request.

This is your money. Allocated by your representatives to support the stories you need to tell and hear.

You can email your representatives directly using the text provided below. You can look up your congressional representatives here, finding their email addresses and office phone numbers. Alternatively, you can use this tool provided by IDA’s partners at Protect My Public Media to submit your email.

If you would like to call your representatives directly, you can use their direct office number or call the Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121.

Learn more about this issue from Protect My Public Media and join their campaign.

Don’t wait. Call or email your Members of Congress today and urge them to oppose any attempt to eliminate public media funding.

Sincerely,

International Documentary Association