The Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s imminent shutdown, as Republicans in Congress cut funding, resets key aspects of the U.S. media landscape.

The company is among the first casualties of a vote to strip roughly $500 million in federal funding from NPR, PBS and local stations across the country.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting shutters, but not all is lost. IndieWire spoke to two figures in public media, Eric Deggans and Sitara Nieves.