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NPR hopes podcast bundle can gain traction after slow start
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NPR made their podcast bundle available to anyone in July.
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NPR made their podcast bundle available to anyone in July.
As audiences decline, pledge has dropped for all station types across the last five years.
The recent decline in listening has been staggering, but so is the opportunity lying right behind it to make infrequent listeners more loyal.
“One of the biggest things for me was to know that we would be treating these stories with justice and presenting them in the most honest and effective way possible,” says host and producer Ahmed Badr.
As an NPR board member, Lucas led the committee that oversaw an investigation of sexual harassment by NPR news leaders.
The union, which formed last summer, is calling for accountability on management’s stated commitments to diversity and inclusion.
Reporters are using engagement strategies and a “human-centered” focus to build audience.
Rachel Sadon is stepping into the role of interim news director as the station seeks a permanent successor to Jeffrey Katz.
The pandemic has forced nonprofit and public media to rethink their events strategies.
Five women of color have left WAMU since January 2019, an exodus that prompted a series of tweets on the subject last month by current staff.
Three full months into the COVID-19 pandemic, listening to NPR News stations remains only 80% of what it was a year ago. Full recovery of the lost listening is nowhere in sight despite a few changes in the margins.
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