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B.A. Parker joins NPR’s ‘Code Switch’ as host
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Parker will begin hosting the show with Gene Demby in July.
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Parker will begin hosting the show with Gene Demby in July.
Developed through NPR’s Audio Storytelling Workshop, the new podcast presents honest, frank conversations about black identity.
Code Switch’s previous leader started Monday as local/regional news director for WAMU in Washington, D.C.
“We’re here to give you the complicated story.”
Montgomery talks about the long-anticipated new Code Switch podcast and responds to criticisms of her unit from both the right and left.
“Our job is to really talk to each other and push back on our story ideas and the lenses we’re applying to these stories, and then try to invite the audience into the conversation as much as possible.”
The Public Radio News Directors conference featured a pair of sessions on the subject.
A roundup of insights and comments from several public media sessions at the annual conference.
Shereen Marisol Meraji, a reporter with NPR’s Code Switch, and Lauren Saks, director of programming for PBS Digital Studios were at SXSW and gave a panel session on strategies for public radio and public television to reach out to younger and more diverse audiences.