Katherine Maher

Katherine Maher appears in Congress has voted to eliminate government funding for public media as NPR’s CEO and the voice of the funding appeal. She identifies herself as a longtime listener before working in public media, then argues that eliminating federal funding will hurt communities that rely on local reporting, emergency information, and public-media access.

Her argument ties Public Media Funding to concrete community functions: Local Journalism, Public Media Emergency Access, Public Service Journalism, and Listener-Supported Media. The source uses Maher as the institutional speaker for NPR’s public-facing response rather than as an interview subject.

Connections

• NPR — organization Maher represents in the appeal.
• Public Media Funding — policy and operating-risk issue she addresses.
• Local Journalism and Public Media Emergency Access — functions she says are at risk.
• Listener-Supported Media — donor-support model she asks listeners to use.