Author: Tyler Falk
NPR website increases focus on stations, retires pop-up player
The change is accompanied by new sponsorship opportunities on podcasts, on-demand audio and NPR One.‘Sesame Street’ actor David Smyrl dies at 80
Smyrl played Hooper’s Store owner Mr. Handford.Chicago public radio and TV newsrooms begin partnership
The stations will start by making it easier to share news coverage as they consider future projects for collaboration.NPR hires WNYC’s Thomas Hjelm as chief digital officer
Hjelm comes from New York Public Radio, where he serves as executive vice president and chief digital officer.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.
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