Tag: NPR
NPR and WBUR partner in ‘Here & Now’ expansion
More than 100 public radio stations have picked up the midday NPR news show Here & Now with its expansion to two ...Online News Association moves into new NPR building
The Online News Association, a nonprofit resource and support group for digital journalists, moved its offices into NPR’s new Washington, D.C., headquarters ...Rep. Lamborn once again targets funding for NPR on Capitol Hill
Republican Colorado Congressman Doug Lamborn today reintroduced legislation to kill federal funding for NPR. Its language is identical to his bill that ...NPR shake-ups: Wahl new Morning Edition e.p.; Stencel leaves to write book
NPR announced today that Tracy Wahl will become the new executive producer of Morning Edition.NPR, other noncoms push for laxer FCC indecency rules
NPR is advocating for the Federal Communications Commission to loosen its policies surrounding broadcast decency standards, and retreat from a “zero tolerances” ...NPR’s Rudin hopes to launch new show after leaving network
Shutdowns of a show and a reporting project at NPR have prompted the departure of “Political Junkie” Ken Rudin, who has worked ...Salt Lake City’s KCPW cites program costs, duplication in canceling NPR programs
Salt Lake City pubcaster Wasatch Public Media, licensee of KCPW-FM, will drop all NPR programs June 24, a schedule change intended to ...Public media leaders debate value of internships, paid and unpaid
As public and for-profit media companies come under new scrutiny for compensation of interns, public media executives debated how decisions to pay ...The Future of Media Leadership: A Storify
Follow the conversation around the next generation of public media leaders with Current's Storify of the June 14 forum.Fresh Air returning to daytime in Mississippi
Fresh Air will air during daytime hours on MPB’s Think Radio network for the first time since 2010, when the network’s then–Executive Director Judith ...OK Go’s Tiny Desk concert makes for an epic NPR move
In a single video, for the song “All Is Not Lost,” rock band OK Go performed both the last-ever Tiny Desk concert ...Pubradio contenders dominate radio division of Sigma Delta Chi Awards
Public radio reporters took all nine awards for radio reporting in this year’s Sigma Delta Chi Awards, which recognize outstanding reporting on ...Pubcasters win total of 173 regional Murrow Awards
NPR stations won 82 large-market regional Murrow Awards, while small-market pubcasters captured 91. Among all stations, WLRN in Miami topped public radio’s regional ...NPR, AIR unveil resource site for freelancers
NPR and the Association of Independents in Radio have launched the Freelance and Station Contributor Resource Site, an online repository of information ...Three NPR journalists will embark on fellowships
Three NPR journalists will start academic fellowships starting this fall, with Dina Temple-Raston and Alison MacAdam joining the Nieman program at Harvard, ...
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