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NPR’s Collaborative Journalism Network to expand with an Appalachia newsroom, short-form video pilot, and more

Ben Brock JohnsonNovember 21, 2023

Are public media podcasts facing a “Moneyball” moment?

In an era where the “easy money” is gone, celebrity sluggers are beyond reach, and commercial outfits are pulling back, public radio orgs can win by leaning into data and ideas that helped them create the art form.

Nikki UsherOctober 14, 2021

Higher ed and public radio are enmeshed. So what happens when the culture wars come?

With higher education at the crossroads of the culture war, public media is vulnerable to growing political interference over its operations.

Ken DoctorMarch 31, 2020

Newsonomics: Tomorrow’s life-or-death decisions for newspapers are suddenly today’s, thanks to coronavirus

By gutting local advertising overnight, COVID-19 has accelerated strategies — like cutting print days, corporate consolidation, or even closing down offices — that publishers had hoped could wait a while longer.

Ken DoctorMarch 27, 2020

Newsonomics: What was once unthinkable is quickly becoming reality in the destruction of local news

The coronavirus pandemic is proving the value of local news to millions of readers, driving up subscriptions. But the advertising collapse is knee-buckling. “If it’s a couple of months, we’ll make it through. If it’s six months, all bets are off.”

Ken DoctorJanuary 24, 2020

Newsonomics: Here are 20 epiphanies for the news business of the 2020s

After ten years of writing for Nieman Lab, Ken takes a big look back and ahead, defining the state of affairs for the troubled world of journalism.

Jason LoviglioDecember 12, 2019

What do authority and curiosity sound like on the radio? NPR has been expanding that palette from its founding

From nasal New York accents to vocal fry, NPR’s anchors and reporters have long inflamed debates about whose voices should represent the nation — or just be heard by it.

Hanaa' TameezDecember 11, 2019

Small experiments beat big ones, and other takeaways from BizLab’s public radio innovation summit

“Because we’ve been in a relatively protected space, I think one of the challenges is that there’s not always the urgency to change.”

10 U.S. public radio stations are teaming up to report comprehensively on gun violence — and training more reporters to do the same

For public radio stations, “membership” mostly means “money”

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