Time to Stay Motivated
JANUARY 28, 2025 BLACK PUBLIC MEDIA WEEKLY DISPATCH By Leslie Fields-Cruz It’s been a hell of a month. I’m already feeling knocked around a bit by the weather and the wave of changes made in Washington, D.C., recently. The flood of emotions is A LOT! If I ignore the headlines for the day, I tend […]
Recording and Restoring when Nature Takes Away
JANUARY 14, 2025 BLACK PUBLIC MEDIA WEEKLY DISPATCH By Leslie Fields-Cruz Wildfires are no joke. This week, we’ve all seen how quickly nature takes away what we’ve built. Having grown up in Southern California, I’m no stranger to the Santa Ana winds or to wildfires. Still, I’ve never seen anything like what is occurring in […]
2025 Opportunities & Challenges
JANUARY 7, 2025 BLACK PUBLIC MEDIA WEEKLY DISPATCH By Leslie Fields-Cruz As we step into a new year, Black Public Media reflects on both the triumphs and challenges of public media and looks ahead with renewed commitment to amplifying stories that celebrate and examine the fullness of Black life and history. No doubt, 2025 […]
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
DECEMBER 23, 2024 BLACK PUBLIC MEDIA WEEKLY DISPATCH By Leslie Fields-Cruz Subscribe Today! If you’re not already receiving the BPM monthly newsletter and Weekly Dispatch, fill out the “Stay Informed” box at the bottom righthand corner of this webpage to subscribe. BPM is supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting with further funding from the […]
Our Board is Awesome!
Nonprofit board service is not for everyone. Our board is AWESOME! Join us in celebrating their commitment.
Celebrate #GivingTuesday with BPM
DECEMBER 3, 2024 BLACK PUBLIC MEDIA WEEKLY DISPATCH By Leslie Fields-Cruz Make a gift and help us help independent media makers Today is #GIvingTuesday! Launched in 2012, the occasion invites hundreds of millions of people across the globe to give, collaborate and celebrate generosity. This year’s event falls in the middle of Black Public Media’s year-end […]
We’re So Thankful for You!
NOVEMBER 26, 2024 BLACK PUBLIC MEDIA WEEKLY DISPATCH By Leslie Fields-Cruz I hope you plan to surround yourself with good company and good food this coming Thursday. Despite its fraught origin story, Thanksgiving Day offers a time for us to reflect about all the ways our lives are enriched by others. I, for one, am […]
Elevating and Celebrating Excellence
This week, I and several of my BPM colleagues are in Lincoln, Neb., elevating and celebrating excellence in public media storytelling.
Join BPMplus at Torrents this Weekend
This weekend, our BPMplus program will host two Art & Tech Showcases at the third iteration of Torrents: New Links to Black Futures, in Washington, D.C.
We’re Startin’ Somethin’
I had no idea Quincy Delight Jones’ paternal grandmother had been enslaved. The producer of Michael Jackson’s hit, “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’,” …