Tag: NPR
Working group nears standard for audio levels in PRSS content
Members of an NPR working group aiming to standardize levels of audio content delivered via the Public Radio Satellite System believe they ...Friday roundup: ACL performers play for scale; NPR tweaks newsmag rules
Also: INN launches a site to track news about nonprofit journalism.NPR cuts Krulwich blog from website
After a four-year run, science correspondent Robert Krulwich’s blog on NPR.org, Krulwich Wonders, will end Sept. 30 as the network seeks to ...Thursday roundup: NPR drops Krulwich blog, VPR A Go Go is back
Also: A head audio engineer at Oregon Public Broadcasting takes first prize in an Atari contest.David Candow, ‘host whisperer’ and public radio trainer, dies at 74
David Candow, who was nicknamed “The Host Whisperer” for his work training hundreds of public radio hosts and journalists, died Thursday at ...Monday roundup: NPR stages events series, PRPD panelists reflect on conference
Plus: A Frank Zappa concert comes to light, and Nieman Lab looks at podcasting.PRPD, Day Two: NPR, stations prepare for debut of revised newsmag clocks
PORTLAND, Ore. — This week’s Public Radio Programming Conference is giving attendees a chance to prepare for Nov. 17, the day when ...PRPD, Day One: In keynote, Mohn issues promotion challenge
PORTLAND, Ore. — Addressing the nearly 500 attendees of the Public Radio Program Directors conference, NPR CEO Jarl Mohn reassured attendees Tuesday ...Gates funding spurs doubts over pubmedia’s impartiality in education reporting
Public radio journalists find themselves navigating an ethical gray area as they receive funds for reporting on education from the Bill and ...The time Joan Rivers didn’t become an NPR host
With the death of Joan Rivers, Jay Kernis, former senior v.p. for programming at NPR, shared this remembrance of Rivers on his ...NPR’s Ellen McDonnell, executive editor for news programming, will retire after almost 35 years
NPR’s news division is seeing the exit of another longtime executive with today’s announcement that Executive Editor for News Programming Ellen McDonnell ...Final NPR newsmag clocks will take effect Nov. 17
NPR has released the final versions of the new clocks for its newsmagazines and set a date of Nov. 17 for their ...CPB bumps up two, “Blues Doctor” retires, and more comings and goings in public media
CPB has promoted two executives, Greg Schnirring and Erika Pulley-Hayes.Crane, Savage elected as new NPR board members
The month-long election for NPR’s Board of Directors closed Monday, with two incumbents and two new faces joining the board. NPR announced Tuesday ...How stations can stay relevant as listeners go elsewhere for NPR content
The public radio economy is built on $432 million in annual listener contributions to local public radio stations. Each year nearly 3 ...
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