Author: Tyler Falk
Washington’s WAMU restructures newsroom
The station will structure coverage around five beats.APM asks stations to help promote revamped ‘Prairie Home’
APM hopes the program will attract new and diverse audiences.PRI launches Kickstarter campaign to expand coverage of immigrants
Stories will come from correspondents embedded in immigrant communities.Radiotopia opens contest to find its next podcast
Three finalists will be chosen to produce pilot podcast episodes and at least one will join the network.Prudent? Out of touch? Reactions vary to NPR guidelines on podcast promo
New guidelines limiting on-air promotion of podcasts and NPR One drew a mixed response.WWOZ staffers share concerns about station’s priorities
Staffers fear the station is "losing touch with the gritty hyper-locality that gave WWOZ its cachet."Peggy Girshman, journalist and former NPR editor, dies at 61
Girshman also worked for PBS and developed a partnership between NPR and Kaiser Health News.Gaming site Twitch to stream Julia Child marathon
201 episodes, four days.James Taszarek, ‘godfather of public radio underwriting,’ dies at 73
Taszarek helped change how stations approach selling underwriting.NPR podcast ‘Embedded’ to launch March 31
Kelly McEvers, co-host of All Things Considered, will host the new podcast.New KQED radio pilot gets personal about race
The show will be distributed nationally by Public Radio International starting in April.Jazz broadcaster expands reach to Pittsburgh with new FM signal
Pittsburgh Public Media bought the 101.1 FM signal from State University of New York.‘Whad’Ya Know?’ to end production after 31 years
The show has seen a substantial drop in carriage and audience.Craig Windham, NPR newscaster, dies at 66
Windham died unexpectedly Sunday from a pulmonary embolism.Eight New England broadcasters form CPB-backed collaboration
The collaborative will report on regional topics like climate, energy, transportation and immigration.
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