Programs/Content
NEPM, Latino Newsletter team up for election-focused media training
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Journalist Julio Ricardo Varela is guiding high school students as they report on the Latino vote in western Massachusetts.
What public radio can learn from pro wrestling’s loyal fan base
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“Sometimes, the most valuable insights come from looking beyond our immediate environment.”
Programs/Content
The last days of ‘Soul!’: Why a trailblazing show about black issues couldn’t last
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An excerpt from a new book looks at the shifts in funding that doomed the documenting of an era.
Quick Takes
Profile 2015 study sizes up education, spending habits of NPR listeners
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A quarter of NPR listeners watch no prime-time television.
Quick Takes
Hazen Schumacher, host who introduced audiences to classic jazz, dies at 88
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Schumacher’s Jazz Revisited aired for 30 years.
Quick Takes
Keillor’s goal by fall 2016: ‘To be a gray eminence’
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Keillor wants to “fade away into well-deserved obscurity.”
Programs/Content
On ‘R-words’ that the media shouldn’t (or maybe should) say
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Rather than putting our energy into avoiding taking sides on the use of offensive terms, let’s put that energy into picking the right side.
Obituaries
WGBH cameraman Frank Lane dies; recorded historic James Brown concert
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Lane worked at the Boston public broadcaster from 1968 through his retirement in 2003.
Programs/Content
WWNO wins ‘Morning Edition’ contest, gets show for free
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NPR’s Spark initiative aimed to boost audience for Morning Edition and will focus next on All Things Considered.
Quick Takes
Europe’s public broadcasters undergoing many changes
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The Guardian checks on recent happenings.
Quick Takes
Union shares details of NPR contract
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The two-year contract includes pay raises of 2.5 percent that take effect Jan. 1, 2016, and Jan. 1, 2017.
Development
Push for major gifts advances as NPR, stations work together
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The network’s Jazz Night in America and NPR One app have benefited from the effort.