Obituaries
Former NPR reporter John McChesney dies at 78
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He was the first reporter at NPR to cover the digital technology beat.
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He was the first reporter at NPR to cover the digital technology beat.
Individual stories are pulling more traffic, and a survey had found that readers were unfamiliar with NPR’s blogs.
The clock includes a spot for inserting local news that station leaders had requested.
NPR and “PBS NewsHour” were among the few national media outlets to share staff diversity data for the report.
The pilot program pairs 10 mentors with 10 mentees throughout the company.
The initiative will be announced Tuesday at the annual Non-COMMvention in Philadelphia.
A meeting at NPR’s headquarters this month was the third consecutive board session where employees spoke about harassment fallout.
NPR has said that stations may instead have to air a full three-minute national newscast during that time.
The network has told the FCC that the plan could interfere with delivery of public radio programs to stations.
NPR, WNYC, WBEZ and This American Life teamed up to make the deal.
NPR also announced the head of a station collaboration on election coverage.
“He remains in my mind an exemplar of what it means to be both a broadcaster, and a person,” said Wait Wait host Peter Sagal.
A proposed update would lengthen segments and return the show to a format of two newscasts per hour instead of three.
Seven positions will be eliminated and replaced with new roles.
Kerry Lenahan and Joel Sucherman will fill the new positions.
The two-part story on the anti-malarial drug mefloquine had been scheduled to air in late November 2017.
The plaintiff is represented by a law firm that has filed hundreds of copyright lawsuits against media companies.
The new structure will aid collaboration and provide “clearer points of contact for our digital work,” said Managing Editor Sara Goo.
The focus of an article about a suspicious album sale claims the coverage “obliterated” his career.
“I don’t want to see confidence in a broken system that allowed dangerous behavior to continue,” said one producer.