System/Policy
NPR, advocacy group call on Congress to give university stations access to PPP
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University stations have been shut out of applying for the relief loans.
System/Policy
Giovannoni: Listening dynamics of core NPR News listeners ‘are shifting in the wrong direction’
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Three full months into the COVID-19 pandemic, listening to NPR News stations remains only 80% of what it was a year ago. Full recovery of the lost listening is nowhere in sight despite a few changes in the margins.
System/Policy
When one way of speaking dominates, who gets to tell their stories on public radio?
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A journalism school professor argues that NPR’s emphasis on unaccented English “undermines NPR’s original mission of engaging listeners civically.”
People
Marcia Davis named NPR’s supervising editor of race and identity
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Davis previously worked for the Washington Post and the Marshall Project.
System/Policy
An open letter to NPR President John Lansing: Racial justice is public media’s mission
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Current Executive Director Julie Drizin responds to Lansing’s call to action to confront racism.
Programs/Content
‘Morning Edition’ asks listeners to share thoughts about Ahmaud Arbery in verse
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Poetry can be a way to deal with “heavy, emotionally weighted things,” says Kwame Alexander, who co-hosts the show’s poetry segments.
System/Policy
NPR receives $4.7M to support two regional newsrooms
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The Midwest regional newsroom is the fourth in NPR’s Collaborative Journalism Network.
Featured in Category
WBEZ’s Jenn White named host of ‘1A’
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White will succeed founding host Joshua Johnson.
System/Policy
NPR, union agree to cuts to employee pay, benefits
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NPR is taking additional steps to cut costs in response to financial challenges.
System/Policy
NPR extends dues relief to stations
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No member stations will see increases in fees in the next fiscal year.
System/Policy
NPR, APM leaders outline financial challenges caused by pandemic
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“We are experiencing the biggest financial test in our 53-year history,” American Public Media Group CEO Jon McTaggart told staff.
Programs/Content
Live White House briefings wane on public radio as NPR leaves ‘All Things Considered’ intact
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Stations had asked the network to move the briefings to a breaking news channel, pointing to President Trump’s handling of the daily events.
Programs/Content
A plea to family members: ‘As you’re suddenly living more at home with a little more free time, consider public radio’
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A public radio veteran tries to sell his in-laws on NPR: “Trusted public radio is there to serve you in this time of peril, helping us stay connected.”
Development
After efforts that fell short, NPR and stations plan new collaboration to land big gifts
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NPR and 15 stations are developing a fundraising pilot “in a full spirit of co-creation.”
System/Policy
NPR, stations prepare for possible impact of coronavirus: ‘This may be a marathon, not a sprint’
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Stations are limiting travel, preparing for remote work and giving staffers their own microphone covers.
Programs/Content
BBC Studios invests in pubmedia-owned podcast platform
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NPR, WBEZ and WNYC Studios are also co-owners of Pocket Casts.
History of public media
After 50 years, NPR upholds public broadcasting’s founding values
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NPR was incorporated Feb. 26, 1970, marking a new stage in the growth of a public media system rooted in education.
System/Policy
Newest journalism hub will expand coverage in Gulf States
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Four stations in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana will form the collaborative newsroom.
People
NPR’s Loren Mayor to leave for WWF
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NPR CEO John Lansing called Mayor “the NPR mission personified.”
People
Post-‘Radiolab,’ Robert Krulwich plans many more experiments with storytelling
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The master of entertaining listeners while explaining complex topics is working with a “new mafia” of media creators.