Nancy Barnes, the former editor and senior vice president at the Star Tribune, has laid out her vision for the future of NPR News, the network’s public editor reports. Last October, Barnes was tabbed to take the job once held by the disgraced Michael Oreskes, forced to resign as the result of a sexual harassment scandal in 2017.
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If you pay close attention to NPR’s Morning Edition, you’ve probably noticed a shift in the journalism. Gone — mostly — are deep dives from reporters. In are interviews with ‘newsmakers’, and it’s causing waves with NPR listeners, as NPR’s ombudsman, Elizabeth Jensen, wrote last month when she said listeners are finding it unsatisfying.
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If there’s one thing that radio listeners — and some radio employees, too, I’ve noticed — don’t like, it’s the advancing technology that allows us access to information on demand, even if it provides an opportunity to stem the decline of radio as a relevant medium.
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The station will go dark at the end of the month. Read more →
It comes after Tom Brady threatened to walk from his interview arrangement with WEEI after a host called his daughter “an annoying little pissant” and another host impersonated a Chinese accent when talking about an American- born sports agent of Asian descent who speaks perfect English.
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Generations are growing up now, having no idea of the glue that people like Erickson and his long-time radio partner Charlie Boone, provided to make a community a community. But generations of people, also declining in number, did. At one point, half of all radios in Minnesota were tuned to WCCO. Read more →
The ‘magic’ of radio was — and in some places still is — its ability to provide a shared experience. The Rich Petersons catered to an audience that didn’t want to be alone, even when they were alone.
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You’ve probably heard that Minnesota Public Radio is celebrating 50 years, an impressive feat in local broadcasting. But 100 is twice as impressive, and to the east of us, Wisconsin Public Radio is celebrating too. Read more →
Pat Cadigan started with the station in 1961. He got into radio the old-fashioned way; he worked the overnight shift before becoming the morning host through 1974, taking time off to sell real estate, and then returning to the station in the ’80s. Read more →
He was the voice of the Gophers for generations. Read more →
For old radio people, there’s plenty to be wistful about in the Alexandria Echo Press’ story today about Dennis Anhalt, the retiring news director at KXRA Radio. Read more →
Politico Media’s Capital New York has exposed a bit of the tension between podcasters and broadcasters in the public radio realm, including a brewing battle of the generations. Read more →
NPR’s Linda Holmes, who writes the Monkey See blog on popular culture, has found her way — sort of — into the percolating podcast v. radio debate with her latest post about a TV show. Read more →
Jarl Mohn, the new CEO of NPR forced out a highly regarded senior editor whose vision helped push NPR into a world beyond radio.
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Mike Simonson, longtime reporter for Wisconsin Public Radio, died suddenly on Sunday.
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