Development
Michel Martin donates honorarium to Gulf States Newsroom
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Martin said she hopes the team uses the gift to support the “reporters’ outstanding work and encourage them to reach even higher.”
Programs/Content
‘Code Switch’ gets boost from CPB grant
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The two-year grant is part of a more ambitious plan to raise the profile of the NPR podcast on race and identity.
People
Sam Sanders signs off from NPR’s ‘It’s Been a Minute’
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“I’m taking about a month off, and then I’ll be making something new again,” Sanders said.
People
Support your local station? Former NPR CEO Jarl Mohn is supporting them all
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Mohn’s $1,000 donations to all of NPR’s member stations are netting him a sizable mug collection.
System/Policy
Union sees headway on DEI goals at NPR but highlights ‘a lot more work to do’
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NPR’s SAG-AFTRA union issued a mixed progress report this month on its demands for addressing diversity issues within the network.
People
NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe steps up to host ‘Weekend Edition Sunday,’ co-host ‘Up First’
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Rascoe succeeds Lulu Garcia-Navarro, who left NPR last fall for the New York Times.
System/Policy
CPB grant supports increased security for NPR staff in Ukraine
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NPR began rotating hosts and other staffers from its newsmagazines and international desk through Ukraine in January.
System/Policy
NPR asks federal court to throw out discrimination lawsuit
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The network argued that former employee Kevin Langley had released discrimination claims when he signed a separation agreement.
History of public media
How digging through archives brought the story of NPR’s ‘Founding Mothers’ to life
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“Writing a biography of a person or place, much less four people and a place as storied as NPR, is not for the faint of heart.”
Programs/Content
Working group will help NPR develop new standards and ethics handbook
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The new handbook will go beyond NPR’s existing ethics guide to focus on station-specific issues, such as editorial independence from university and school district licensees.
System/Policy
Second discrimination lawsuit against NPR moves to federal court
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The complaint echoes another discrimination suit against the network.
People
Audie Cornish is joining CNN
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Cornish will be an anchor and correspondent for CNN’s forthcoming streaming subscription service.
People
Audie Cornish is leaving NPR
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Cornish’s last day hosting “All Things Considered” will be Friday.
Programs/Content
Noel King leaves NPR for Vox Media
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Public radio listeners will continue to hear King on stations when “Today, Explained” is distributed next year.
System/Policy
Station leader calls for more coordinated podcast strategy with NPR
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Paul Maassen of WWNO said during a network board meeting that NPR and stations are working on podcasts in a “siloed environment.”
People
How Cokie Roberts landed at NPR: ‘They wanted her included because they loved her’
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In an excerpt from his new book, “Cokie: A Life Well Lived,” Steve Roberts recounts how Cokie Roberts overcame obstacles in her path to working at NPR with some help from “the old girls’ network.”
Programs/Content
In a new NPR podcast, Jay Williams hopes to take his guests to ‘The Limits’
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The former basketball star turned ESPN commentator Williams will ask his guests “how they continue to build their own businesses and hustle to the point of their own personal brand … because that’s exactly where I am in my life.”
System/Policy
Why public media should just say no to Facebook’s money
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Nobody’s realization that Facebook is out of control came just this year. So why did NPR ever accept its sponsorship dollars?
Programs/Content
Erika Aguilar sees ‘appetite for change’ as she steps into EP role on ‘Morning Edition’
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“The big challenge is going to be thinking about where Morning Edition goes as a show, in five years and 10 years.”