Tag: NPR
Are we here for 11% of the public or for all of it?
Usually the only speakers in the “public comment” period after an NPR Board meeting are several regional reps of stations, but they were ...NPR sees new roles for Public Interactive
NPR is proposing to give public stations more help in building and maintaining dynamic websites and mobile apps by reconfiguring its Boston-based ...Public Media Association: NPR and APTS form ‘unified’ lobbying effort during NPR’s troubles, February 2011
Memos to public radio stations’ Authorized Representatives (AReps) from NPR and APTS about the Public Media Alliance, a new combined TV and ...Fight over NPR funding: is it a “culture war,” or principled debate?
What’s really at stake in the battle over federal funding to NPR, and how can the field’s advocates make the best case ...Knives sharpened for renewed assault on CPB
Bills to defund public broadcasting, or at least any radio network that fired Juan Williams, are beginning to seem like a real ...Local, online, news, profitable, sustainable — Which word does not belong with the others?
“The big opportunity — and where the most disruption is — is in local media.”—Vivian Schiller, president, NPR “I have little doubt ...New NPR Chair Dave Edwards to name panel on improving net’s services for radio
Dave Edwards, g.m. of Milwaukee Public Radio (WUWM) for 25 years, who took over this month as chair of the NPR Board, ...Schiller discusses Juan Williams affair in remarks to NPR Board
NPR President Vivian Schiller’s remarks near the end of NPR Board meeting, Nov. 12, 2010. Over the last three weeks, I’ve heard from ...NPR’s Juan Williams fired for one too many opinionated comment
NPR President Vivian Schiller has apologized to public radio for how she and her executives handled last month’s dismissal of news analyst ...NPR sets a goal: add 100 reporters to statehouse beats
A multiyear initiative led by NPR, Impact of Government, eventually will put two additional state-level reporters to work in each of the ...Under-explained firing makes NPR an issue just in time for election
Top NPR officials may have thought their Oct. 20 decision to dismiss veteran journalist Juan Williams was about journalistic objectivity, but to ...Schiller apologizes to pubradio colleagues for handling of Williams firing
NPR President Vivian Schiller dispatched this apology Sunday evening, Oct. 24 [2010], six days after the network set off a pre-election political ...NPR fires news analyst Juan Williams
NPR fired news analyst Juan Williams late yesterday over comments he made about Muslims during an Oct. 18 appearance on Fox News. ...Study sees growth if NPR loosens up, sounds less elite
A new study for NPR identifies a much bigger potential news audience for public radio if producers craft shows to be ...RTDNA national Murrow Awards for 2009
NPR won four national Edward R. Murrow Awards in latest RTDNA contest honoring excellence in electronic journalism. Top winners among the 14 ...
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