The Public Media Initiative uses a producer's co-op model to produce and promote coverage of significant but overlooked news, information and ideas, and to provide sponsorship and support for new public media.

Through the Public Media Initiative, Indy Arts supports the following programs:

• Newsdesk.org/News You Might Have Missed


• The Public Press


• Hyphen Magazine: Asian America Unabridged


• Maximum RocknRoll


• The Bay Bridged