by UCC Media Justice | Sep 18, 2025 | A Faith-Based Perspective, Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, Featured
Sara Fitzgerald, treasurer of the UCC Media Justice Ministry Board of Directors and guest author of this post, is retired following a career in journalism and public policy that included 15 years at The Washington Post as an editor and new media developer. When I...
by Cheryl Leanza | Aug 6, 2025 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, Featured, Media Diversity, Open and Affordable Communications
We have heard from many supporters asking for guidance with respect to recent events facing public media. As followers of UCC Media Justice know from our recent advocacy, Congress voted to cancel the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s (CPB) funding in July. CPB...
by Cheryl Leanza | Jun 30, 2025 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, Online Accountability
The United Church of Christ Media Justice Ministry has opposed and continues to oppose the newest version of the AI moratorium included in the budget reconciliation bill as of Monday, June 30, including the Cruz-Blackburn compromise. This provision should be struck in...
by Sara Cederberg | Jun 11, 2025 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, Media Diversity, Open and Affordable Communications
Public media has long served as one of the most trusted sources of independent journalism in the United States — providing non-commercial news, educational programming, and local reporting to communities nationwide. Today, that system faces one of the most serious...
by Sara Cederberg | May 19, 2025 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, Media Diversity
On Monday, May 19, the conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit overturned the Federal Communications Commission’s rules re-establishing its workforce diversity data publication rules in National Religious Broadcasters v. FCC. In response to this ruling,...
by Sara Cederberg | Apr 15, 2025 | A Faith-Based Perspective, Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, Open and Affordable Communications
On Friday, April 11, 2025, UCC Media Justice filed a letter in response to the Federal Communications Commission’s “Delete, Delete, Delete” docket, in which the agency seeks comment on every rule, regulation, or guidance document that the FCC should...
