Tag: NPR
Strong opinions from NPR personalities raise questions about limits on editorializing
Scott Simon and Mara Liasson made remarks that some journalists and colleagues thought went too far.‘Day to Day’ debuts to high expectations
Any pressure the producers of Day to Day might feel is understandable. The new show’s selling points read like a wish list compiled by ...Zwerdling remains at NPR in new job; tensions still run high
NPR has promised veteran reporter Daniel Zwerdling another year of work, but colleagues are still asking what management’s decision to eliminate his ...NPR reporters challenge Zwerdling layoff
Zwerdling hopes his bosses will reverse their decision to end his job — and so do dozens of colleagues.NPR asks porn entrepreneur to drop KCRW from hold music
It was almost a landmark case: NPR vs. The World’s Most Downloaded Woman. The woman is Danni Ashe, a web-porn entrepreneur whom ...Furlaud ornaments do float away — into listeners’ fond memories
I know more than a few public radio listeners who, while admiring the news reports on Morning Edition and All Things Considered, reserve their most ardent ...Content Depot: Getting audio gets flexible
This summer public radio will get a taste of an impending change in the technological status quo: the Content Depot. This far-reaching set ...‘The Tavis Smiley Show’: created for a black audience, but all are welcome
There’s a burden resting on the broad shoulders of this man who’s bopping his head to a funky beat, tongue out in a ...NPR’s first ombudsman: My year as a ‘porous membrane’
On Jan. 22, 2000, NPR President Kevin Klose asked me to become NPR’s first ombudsman for the listeners. I remember the date because ...‘It’s going too fast’
“I don’t remember talking to you before. I can’t remember yesterday. Tomorrow I won’t remember this. It’s not there.” “Is that distressing?” ...LPFM rules still disputed; Congress may act
Applicants for low-power FM (LPFM) stations range from mundane (Sacramento’s Sutter Middle School) to exotic (the Women on Top Awareness Series of ...NPR asks FCC to delay, rethink low-power FM
NPR took a different tack March 16 in the ongoing assault on the FCC’s controversial plan to license low-power FM (LPFM) stations. ...NPR Underwriting Guidelines, as of 2000
Undated document supplied by NPR, January 2000. No Commercial Obligations or Influence NPR is an independent, nonprofit organization that carries no on-air advertising. One ...Terry Gross: engaged with subject and listeners
Terry Gross is interviewing the actor Dustin Hoffman. He is about to launch what is probably a set piece about his work ...Bylaws of National Public Radio Inc., 1999
These bylaws include all amendments through Jan. 20, 1999. See also original NPR bylaws from 1970. ARTICLE I – OFFICES 1.1 Principal Office. ...
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