NPR cancels Talk of the Nation, pairs with WBUR in bid to bolster middays
Posted: April, 03, 2013
By Ben Mook and Mike Janssen
Radio programs
Long Island psychic finds radio audience eager for forecasts
Posted: April, 22, 2013
By Mike Janssen
Planet Money crowdfunder soars, PRI campaign falls short of goal
Posted: May, 16, 2013
By Andrew Lapin
Mapping the places where ‘music is made all the time’
Posted: April, 18, 2013
By Mike Janssen
NPR’s embedded bards riff on news through poetic lens
Posted: August 21, 2012NPR’s All Things Considered now comes with a monthly dose of poetry, courtesy of poets who embed themselves among the network’s journalists… Continue reading
With new independent film, Ira Glass and TAL dream big
Posted: August 20, 2012‘Sleepwalk With Me,’ is the program’s latest (and biggest) attempt to break into the movie business. Continue reading
WGBH widens radio reach with PRI acquisition
Posted: August 7, 2012WGBH’s acquisition of Public Radio International, announced July 26, positions the station and network to step up their longtime collaboration as co-producers.. PRI will remain operationally independent … and be responsible for raising its own revenue… Continue reading
NPR receives $1.5 million grant to support race and ethnicity reporting
Posted: August 7, 2012…Like Planet Money, the as-yet-unnamed unit will establish its brand on multiple platforms, through reports for NPR’s radio shows, a blog and other facets… Continue reading
University regents call time-out on KUT signal expansion
Posted: August 6, 2012One of public radio’s biggest split-format stations, Austin’s KUT, is pursuing a signal expansion that follows a familiar playbook for strengthening audience service: buying a new channel to air music while dedicating its flagship signal to news programming. But for … Continue reading
WWNO, NPR plan expanded newsroom to serve New Orleans
Posted: August 6, 2012A group of public radio partners is preparing to launch a new local journalism nonprofit that will employ upwards of 20 people in a hybrid digital/broadcast newsroom. Continue reading
Daisey, onstage and off air, revives his ‘Agony and Ecstasy’
Posted: August 6, 2012“There is no objective, journalistic version of the show,” Daisey said. “I will be, always, making constant lies of omission by leaving out tons and tons and reams and reams of details.” Continue reading