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Q&A: Mohn leads NPR into ‘golden age of spoken word’
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An in-depth talk with NPR’s president about program strategy, his Spark initiative, NPR’s digital future and more.
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An in-depth talk with NPR’s president about program strategy, his Spark initiative, NPR’s digital future and more.
We asked our reporters to reflect on a year’s worth of trends, events and change in public media. Here’s what stuck with us.
Plus: An Israeli show inspired by This American Life offers an English translation, and NPR’s ombud weighs in on sexism in coverage.
Plus: Prairie Home encourages listening parties, and consumers show interest in the NextRadio app.
Plus: American Experience pursues crowdfunding, Mohn appears on Tell Me More and KCPW’s CEO quits.
The cancellation of NPR’s Tell Me More is leaving pubradio program directors struggling to fill the gap left by the show, which presented diverse viewpoints that some programmers say will be difficult to replace. Program directors still have a month to come up with an hourlong replacement. Tell Me More goes off the air Aug. 1, a victim of budget cuts at NPR and its limited reach through carriage on 136 NPR stations. Its core constituency within NPR’s membership consists of stations licensed to historically black colleges and universities and other stations seeking to reach minority listeners.
Plus: Rockers tweet for #SaveWRAS.
Mike Pesca has the next hit public radio show, and it’s not on public radio. That’s a problem.
Plus: Reading Rainbow hits its fundraising goal, and a call to boycott NPR.