Tag: NPR
NPR, Colorado stations sue over executive order targeting network funding
The lawsuit argues President Trump’s executive order violates the Public Broadcasting Act and the First Amendment.Lara starts new job at Monterey Bay Aquarium
Isabel Lara, NPR chief communications officer since 2021, left the network in March.In executive order, Trump demands CPB stop funding PBS, NPR
In response, CPB asserted that it is not subject to the president’s authority.Here’s how much public media relies on federal funding, and what could happen next
New insights from financial data show which stations — and audiences — would be hardest hit if CPB loses funding.Rep. Greene calls for defunding CPB at end of hearing with pubmedia leaders
NPR CEO Katherine Maher testified along with PBS CEO Paula Kerger, Alaska Public Media CEO Ed Ulman and Heritage Foundation Senior Fellow ...NPR, PBS CEOs to testify before congressional subcommittee March 26
The Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency announced Wednesday details of the “Anti-American Airwaves: Holding the heads of NPR and PBS Accountable” ...How NPR escaped a financial crisis with help from friends in high places
In his new book "On Air: The Triumph and Tumult of NPR," journalist Steve Oney revisits a pivotal night in the network's ...NPR Chief Diversity Officer Keith Woods to retire
Woods joined the network in 2010.NPR CDO Leora Hanser leaves for Planned Parenthood
“I am humbled and thrilled to be joining Planned Parenthood at this critical time,” Hanser said in a press release.Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene calls on PBS and NPR CEOs to testify
The House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency is concerned about “blatantly ideological and partisan coverage,” Greene wrote in letters to PBS’ ...DOD dismisses NPR, other outlets from Pentagon office spaces
The outlets can reportedly continue to attend briefings.NPR hires Ryan Merkley as COO
Merkley most recently led a biotech nonprofit and previously worked with NPR CEO Katherine Maher at the Wikimedia Foundation.NPR boosts coverage of religion with added staff, partnership with Religion News Service
“Coverage of religion is really important for helping people see that there’s a vibrant civic life in America,” said RNS Publisher Deborah ...Why NPR’s newsmag tweaks are a gamble worth taking
There’s no doubt that a livelier presentation and coverage of topics of concern to midlifers, such as personal finance and health and ...NPR CEO warns of ‘hostile environment’ ahead for journalism, scrutiny of pubmedia
“We should be well prepared at every moment to talk with enthusiasm about the purpose and value of public media,” CEO Katherine ...
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