Programs/Content
NPR’s first podcast for kids comes at the right time
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NPR fans didn’t know that they had waited 47 years for children’s programming until a few weeks ago.
Quick Takes
NPR announces slate of new podcasts
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The third season of “Invisibilia” will also launch next month.
Quick Takes
Photojournalist sues NPR over copyright infringement
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The photo at issue was used in a 2012 post.
Tech
NPR One will test in-app donations with U.S., U.K. users
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The “one-touch” functionality aims to make it easier for users to donate to NPR and stations.
Programs/Content
NPR to consolidate digital teams in Washington
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NPR Digital Services will move from Boston to D.C. this fall.
Quick Takes
NPR sports commentator Frank Deford signs off
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Deford has delivered commentaries on NPR since 1980.
Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
How NPR’s Research, Archives & Data Strategy team is saving sounds of the past for the future
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NPR’s audio archive is not a history book, but history is “etched in the voices that gave these decades their vitality.”
Quick Takes
APM, NPR among winners for radio, podcast and web Peabody Awards
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Other winners include “This American Life” and ProPublica.
People
Tamara Keith: “Public radio was my destiny”
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NPR correspondent Tamara Keith writes that in public radio she does work that could make a difference in the lives of listeners.
People
Robert Siegel to leave ‘All Things Considered’ host chair
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Siegel will step down in January.
Programs/Content
NPR aims to stop operating its Berlin station
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The network hopes the new operator will continue airing NPR programming, however.
People
NPR’s Michael Oreskes: “I’m here for the mission”
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The top news exec at NPR says he chose public media because society needs robust journalism.
Awards
ICIJ, NPR, Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting win IRE honors, and other awards
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Other award winners include independent producer Jenni Monet, Reveal’s Will Evans and WFAE’s Lisa Worf.
Programs/Content
New NPR podcast ‘Up First’ will provide early look at day’s news
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The podcast, which features the hosts of “Morning Edition” and NPR reporters, launches Wednesday.
Quick Takes
NEH grants include funds to preserve ‘All Things Considered’
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NPR receives $315,000 for the project.
Quick Takes
NPR chides Tennessee university over firing of public radio reporter
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NPR called for an affirmation of editorial independence between WUTC and its university licensee.
Programs/Content
ThinkProgress editor Zack Ford on how public radio covers LGBT issues
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“I don’t really care if NPR comes off as politically biased one way or the other, because what I care about is that people’s lives are on the line and that the truth is on the line.”
System/Policy
Pubcasters maintain opposition to looser third-party fundraising rules as FCC leadership changes
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A long-pending proposal would allow noncommercial stations to devote up to 1 percent of their annual air time to raising funds for other nonprofits.
Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
Threatening and threatened, voices of women have defined public radio
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From its origins, NPR emphasized contributions from women at a time when they were rarely heard in positions of authority in broadcasting.
People
NPR’s president recovering from heart surgery
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Jarl Mohn was released from the hospital last week.