29.1 issue contents - The future of public service broadcasting

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Marking 100 years of the BBC, this edition of Progressive Review focusses on the future of public service broadcasting in the rapidly changing media landscape

While some may argue that traditional broadcasters are anachronistic, they have also risen to recent challenges, from the pandemic to the unmatched coverage of the invasion of Ukraine

In a world where fears about media freedom and disinformation are rising, we ask what it means to be a public service broadcasters in the 21st century.

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