Quick Takes
Profile 2015 study sizes up education, spending habits of NPR listeners
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A quarter of NPR listeners watch no prime-time television.
Programs/Content
WWNO wins ‘Morning Edition’ contest, gets show for free
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NPR’s Spark initiative aimed to boost audience for Morning Edition and will focus next on All Things Considered.
Quick Takes
Union shares details of NPR contract
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The two-year contract includes pay raises of 2.5 percent that take effect Jan. 1, 2016, and Jan. 1, 2017.
Development
Push for major gifts advances as NPR, stations work together
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The network’s Jazz Night in America and NPR One app have benefited from the effort.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #27: NPR One’s Sara Sarasohn, live from Lost & Found in Washington, D.C.
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Seeing how listeners use the NPR app “is brand new and a little scary, but also priceless.”
Quick Takes
NPR reportedly withdraws from coalition seen as enemy to musicians’ cause
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Critics say the MIC Coalition is taking aim at legislation that would boost royalties to performers.
Programs/Content
Eric Nuzum on expectations for shows, channeling creative energy and his future at Audible
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In an interview from our podcast, the departing VP of programming at NPR looks back on his work in public radio.
Programs/Content
NPR, Greater Public team up to create pledge campaign built on Spark promotions
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Pledge messages coming to public radio this fall will target listeners who find themselves tuning into Morning Edition more often.
All Things Considered
NPR expands co-hosting team for ‘All Things Considered’
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NPR tapped longtime correspondents to expand ATC’s co-hosting team and appointed Michel Martin to host weekend editions of the newsmagazine.
Obituaries
Jane Couch, former NPR development v.p., dies at 73
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Couch helped NPR increase support from foundations, corporations and donors and rely less on federal funding.
Awards
CPB to honor NPR journalists
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David Gilkey and Ofeibea Quist-Arcton were part of the NPR team that covered the Ebola crisis earlier this year.
System/Policy
NPR’s vision for collaborative news coverage holds promise, but challenges remain
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As NPR and stations develop a new model, a former station-based editor offers a few suggestions.
Quick Takes
Study points to lack of diversity on NPR and member station boards
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A new study finds that boards of NPR and eight large-market public radio stations are made up mostly of men, white people and people with corporate connections.
System/Policy
While NPR employees negotiate, staffers at two stations approve first union contracts
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NPR staffers are taking to Twitter to call attention to union negotiations.
System/Policy
News directors’ conference focuses on diversity in hiring and reporting
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The Public Radio News Directors conference featured a pair of sessions on the subject.
NPR
All Things Considered’s Melissa Block moves from host chair to special correspondent role
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Block has co-hosted the show for 12 years.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #24: Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven frontman says NPR is standing against artists
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The musician says public radio should get on what he sees as the right side of a matter of social justice.
Programs/Content
Why public media journalists should drop the fig leaf of impartiality
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It’ll result in smarter, fairer news coverage that more people will want to consume and support.
People
Brain injury sidelines Alex Chadwick, but veteran journalist returns to reporting
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Alex Chadwick might not be alive today if it weren’t for a burnt sausage.
Programs/Content
NPR and ‘PBS NewsHour’ partner on election coverage
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The media outlets are looking for more ways to collaborate.