Author: Christopher Chávez
How a public broadcasting system ‘asleep at the transmitter’ has overlooked Latino listeners
Research "was designed to cultivate a listening audience that would support the network financially. This strategy has, in turn, informed how NPR ...When one way of speaking dominates, who gets to tell their stories on public radio?
A journalism school professor argues that NPR's emphasis on unaccented English "undermines NPR’s original mission of engaging listeners civically."
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