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NPR will use the $419,000 grant to help up to 30 stations across 10 states.
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NPR will use the $419,000 grant to help up to 30 stations across 10 states.
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Nearly three-quarters of public radio stations carrying the show will drop it in October.
Madhulika Sikka oversaw NPR’s international coverage from 2006–15.
NPR previously programmed the station.
Looking for his first job out of college, Malesky had two offers. One was from a strip club; the other, a new outfit called NPR.
The network is aiming for greater audience engagement across NPR and station digital platforms by bringing together Boston and Washington teams.
Rony Zakaria alleges that NPR did not have permission to use his photo of an Indonesian metal band.
The host of the WAMU/NPR show discusses her audience and the kinds of voices we need more of on podcasts.
In reorganizing newsroom management for the new focus on station collaborations, NPR is also expanding its bureau chief system.
A session at the Public Radio Program Directors conference guided stations on finding their “podcast superpower.”
“Most of what we are going to end up improving will be our local coverage or our regional coverage, which then will hopefully roll up to the really brilliant, insightful, informed national coverage,” Oreskes said.
As more consumers buy smart speakers, stations are beginning to explore how they might reach new audiences with the technology.
Developed through NPR’s Audio Storytelling Workshop, the new podcast presents honest, frank conversations about black identity.
“I needed to do something to address the moment that we’re in because I think it’s an absolutely critical time for the country,” Conan says.
The Classical Music Rising initiative will mirror NPR’s Spark project.
The show from WAMU and NPR is one part “best of podcasting” compilation show, one part industry-insider talk show, and a thousand parts Lauren Ober, its charismatic and affable host.
A reader wants to know how many cities have duplicate NPR and PBS stations.
The help from headquarters “was totally unexpected and very funny,” an Alaska Public Media reporter said.