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Pam Johnston

Pam Johnston

Sep 15, 2026

7:47
What did you have to do to respond to those funding cuts? And really, what impact will it have on public media going forward?
7:54
Yeah, that was a curveball.
7:55
That continues to be probably our biggest challenge, that our federal funding was lost.
8:03
We in public media had challenges to our federal funding in the past, and we met that moment.
8:09
And most Americans will tell you that they want and value public media.
8:14
PBS and NPR routinely are the most trusted and credible media outlets as surveyed by Americans.
8:22
So we fought a really hard and I think valiant fight to retain our funding and we lost it.

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13:39
Yes.

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