In These Times, August 5, 2009
By Megan Tady

Public broadcasters can and should play a major role in tackling journalism's crisis. But there's a problem: Underfunded media like NPR and PBS need an upgrade before they can move into the digital age. It's time to put our public media system under the microscope -- not to tear organizations like NPR and PBS down, but to prop them up.

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