WGBH Educational Foundation

The WGBH Educational Foundation, based in Boston, is the leading multiplatform creator for public media in America. With its wide range of programs, events and services it is one of the nation's preeminent public media institutions.As the largest producer of content for PBS and partner to NPR and PRX, GBH delivers compelling experiences, stories and information to audiences wherever they are. GBH produces digital and broadcast programming that engages, illuminates and inspires, through drama and science, history, arts, culture and journalism. It is the creator of such signature programs as MASTERPIECE, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, FRONTLINE, NOVA, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, ARTHUR and MOLLY OF DENALI, as well as WORLD Channel and a catalog of streaming series, podcasts and on-demand video. With studios and a newsroom headquartered in Boston, GBH reaches across New England with GBH 89.7, Bostons Local NPR; CRB Classical 99.5; and CAI, the Cape and Islands NPR station. Dedicated to making media accessible to and inclusive of our diverse culture, GBH is a pioneer in delivering media to those who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind and visually impaired. GBH creates curriculum-based digital content for educators nationwide with PBS LearningMedia and has been recognized with hundreds of the nations premier broadcast, digital and journalism awards.From its roots as a local public radio and TV station, GBH has continually enhanced its service to its community and the nation. It is deepening its commitment to delivering programs that foster opportunity and equityensuring that its content and workplace are inclusive and representative, broadening the reach of its news operations, and reaching audiences where they are. GBH shares stories across platforms on its website, social media and email newsletters. Through apps and podcasts and through virtual or in-person events GBH offers news panels, music events and educational activities.Our mission remains our North Star: "GBH enriches peoples lives through programs and services that educate, inspire and entertain, fostering citizenship and culture, the joy of learning, and the power of diverse perspectives." The foundation for everything we do is bolstered by our commitments to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility; innovation; growth and sustainability; and a collaborative and accountable culture.That mission continually drives us to develop robust programs and resources for the public.Were supporting vulnerable learners through K-12 initiatives that inspire curiosity and creative thinking. We're a trusted news organization that is driven by facts rather than factions. We're promoting science literacy so that people can make informed decisions about our changing world. We're championing the arts and giving the public access to both the greatest performers and emerging talent. And we're constantly innovating to ensure that our services are available and relevant to all.Serving the public interest drives everything that we do, and every commitment that we make is to promote knowledge so that everyone can appreciate and engage with the world around them.GBH makes a commitment to:* Foster an informed and active citizenry* Make knowledge and the creative life of the arts, sciences, and humanities available to the widest possible public* Reflect the diversity of our audience, inviting a sense of inclusion and a better understanding of each other* Improve, for all people, access to public media* Be a trusted partner to parents and educators, providing programs and services that promote the healthy development of children* Serve the individual not just as a spectator but as a participant, able and willing to learn new skills through our programs and servicesIn 2023, FRONTLINE, Americas longest-running investigative documentary series on television, celebrated 40 years. This year, FRONTLINE was given the coveted Beacon Award, public medias highest honor for its unparalleled track record of producing quality investigative journalism. FRONTLINEs journalism is reaching audiences across more platforms and in more places than ever before and has emerged as a leader in experimenting on new platforms. The series YouTube channel currently reaches more than 2.6 million subscribers with approximately 665 million views.In an effort to reach teens who are consuming news on social media, FRONTLINE launched a new series called FRONTLINE Short Docsoffering boldly told, digestible films that explore the critical issues impacting young adults and the world they live in. By publishing the films on YouTube, FRONTLINE Short Docs aims to combat rampant misinformation thats reaching younger audiences online. The documentaries were developed by FRONTLINE in collaboration with GBH Education. Each film is available free to teachers on PBS Learning-Media with an accompanying curriculum unit.GBH News continues to operate one of the largest public media newsrooms in the country, producing timely, award-winning multiplatform reporting online and on radio and television. Embracing a newsroom without walls approach, GBH News tells stories infused with and informed by the diverse communities we serve across the Commonwealth, through our bureaus at the State House, Dorchester, and Worcester, and our broadcast studio at the Boston Public Library.On GBH 89.7 Boston Public Radio with Jim Braude and Margery Eagan continued to be GBH News most popular show across multiple platforms and GBH launched its first major show in a decade The Culture Show, hosted by Jared Bowen and featuring arts and culture coverage each day for an hour.The World, public radios longest-running daily global news program, is now airing on a record 376 public radio stations across the United States and in Canada, more than at any point in the programs history. The show, produced by GBH and PRX in our Brighton studio, is heard by nearly 2 million people nationwide each week. The World reporters dug into real-time coverage of the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East and delivered critical information on key topics such as climate change, global security, women and gender, migration, and public health.NOVA, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2024, launched Climate Across America to spotlight how climate change affects communities across the country andengaged audiences in conversations about innovative climate solutions. With majorsupport from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and additional funding from GBHs Planet Future Fund and The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, the collaboration leveraged the reach and power of the PBS system, enabling NOVA to work with 10 public media stations and students in classrooms to produce and distribute climate focused content. In conjunction with the initiatives debut, NOVA presented two complementary climate documentaries, Weathering the Future and Chasing Carbon Zero.The newest GBH Kids series Work It Out Wombats!, which helps young children with computational thinking, launched in 2023 to great acclaim and is the number three show in weekly reach on PBS KIDS, with 1.1 million weekly viewers. Wombats! videos have been streamed more than 204 million times across PBS Kids platforms, and the digital games have tallied over 12 million plays.The Molly of Denali has received a Peabody Award, a Television Critics Award, anda Kidscreen Award, garnering a television reach of more than 20 million people and some 450,000 users on PBS Kids digital platforms each month.The U.S. History Collection, developed by GBH Education for middle and high school students on PBS LearningMedia, has exceeded 1 million users, with research showing that students using the resources made significant gains in learning both content knowledge and historical thinking skills. The collection was named the best social studies instructional solution of 2023 as part of the annual SIIA CODiE Awards, which recognize the most innovative education technology products in the country.