Programs/Content
NPR catches longtime freelancer recycling audio in newscast spots
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Danielle Karson has reported for NPR since the 1980s.
Quick Takes
Volunteer host injured in shooting at Wisconsin’s WORT
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Police have said “indications are this is a targeted act against specific person(s).”
Quick Takes
NYPR agrees to include temporary, per diem employees in union
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The workers will join a unit of employees that has been represented by SAG-AFTRA since 2000.
Programs/Content
APM eliminates three jobs from ‘Live from Here’ as it plans ‘new experiences’ for listeners
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Three longtime “A Prairie Home Companion” employees lost their jobs.
System/Policy
WBAI hip-hop host quits following Lopate hiring, Twitter quarrel
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“This is incredibly painful, despite all their efforts to make the decision easier,” said host Jay Smooth.
System/Policy
Phoenix’s KJZZ opens second bureau south of the border
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The bureau’s reporting aims to help listeners “better understand economic globalization and its impact on the Southwest.”
Tech
Survey finds listening to news an ‘important driver’ for use of smart speakers
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Thirty-seven percent of respondents who had listened to news in the week before taking the survey said they had listened to at least two hours of news.
CPB
CPB extends funding for PRX, WNYC podcast projects
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The $1.7 million backs efforts to help under-represented producers of podcasts network and incubate ideas.