Got A Face For Public Radio? Then Try This Name Generator
It's almost a chicken-and-egg question. Do reporters and hosts with worldly or intellectual-sounding names naturally seek out public radio? Or are they drawn to this career after recognizing their...
View ArticleWLRN Adds Latin America Correspondent In Collaboration With NPR And The Herald
Journalist Tim Padgett spent nearly a quarter of a century covering Latin America and the Caribbean for TIME and Newsweek magazines.But he's always been envious of the way foreign correspondents...
View ArticleHow The Most Violent Places On Earth Benefit Miami
Latin America and the Caribbean is a region of stark paradoxes, and that has never been truer than in the past decade: Even as the continent enjoys one of its most dynamic economic booms, it’s...
View ArticleHow A UM Film Graduate Coaxed Writer David Sedaris Onto The Big Screen
Most writers are thrilled to get attention from Hollywood. But not David Sedaris.For years, the humorist and frequent NPR contributor has fended off advances from movie producers eager to turn his...
View ArticleVenezuela: Maduro's Offensive Puts Human Rights On The Defensive
Caracas suffered another big power outage on Tuesday. The blackout shut down a hospital and a metro line and left large swaths of the Venezuelan capital without juice for much of the day.One official...
View ArticleScientist IDs Bodies Of Migrants, Helping Families Find Closure
Thousands of immigrants have died crossing the southern U.S. border. Many are never identified, leaving their loved ones to speculate about their fate.Lori Baker, an associate professor of anthropology...
View ArticleMarina Silva: From Amazon Orphan To President Of Brazil?
A political phoenix has risen from the ashes of a plane crash in Brazil. Next month it might result in South America's political upset of the decade.
View ArticleGot A Face For Public Radio? Then Try This Name Generator
It's almost a chicken-and-egg question. Do reporters and hosts with worldly or intellectual-sounding names naturally seek out public radio? Or are they drawn to this career after recognizing their...
View ArticleWLRN Adds Latin America Correspondent In Collaboration With NPR And The Herald
Journalist Tim Padgett spent nearly a quarter of a century covering Latin America and the Caribbean for TIME and Newsweek magazines. But he's always been envious of the way foreign correspondents...
View ArticleHow The Most Violent Places On Earth Benefit Miami
Latin America and the Caribbean is a region of stark paradoxes, and that has never been truer than in the past decade: Even as the continent enjoys one of its most dynamic economic booms, it’s...
View ArticleHow A UM Film Graduate Coaxed Writer David Sedaris Onto The Big Screen
Most writers are thrilled to get attention from Hollywood. But not David Sedaris . For years, the humorist and frequent NPR contributor has fended off advances from movie producers eager to turn his...
View ArticleVenezuela: Maduro's Offensive Puts Human Rights On The Defensive
Caracas suffered another big power outage on Tuesday. The blackout shut down a hospital and a metro line and left large swaths of the Venezuelan capital without juice for much of the day. One official...
View ArticleScientist IDs Bodies Of Migrants, Helping Families Find Closure
Thousands of immigrants have died crossing the southern U.S. border. Many are never identified, leaving their loved ones to speculate about their fate. Lori Baker, an associate professor of...
View ArticleMarina Silva: From Amazon Orphan To President Of Brazil?
A political phoenix has risen from the ashes of a plane crash in Brazil. Next month it might result in South America's political upset of the decade. Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos was...
View ArticleIn The Controversial Struggle To Put Roofs Over Haitians' Heads, Is Smaller...
In disaster relief circles, the report this month by NPR and ProPublica registered a good 8.0 on the Richter scale of wake-up calls. Their investigation looked at what the American Red Cross had done...
View ArticleRemembering NPR Photojournalist David Gilkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiyGgIBrNCA On Sunday, we lost one of our own. David Gilkey, an NPR photojournalist who documented both tragedy and hope, was killed in Afghanistan along with NPR's...
View ArticleNPR Shifts Host Roles For 'Morning Edition,' 'Weekend Edition Sunday'
Mornings on NPR will sound a little different, thanks to a cascade of host changes triggered by Renee Montagne's departure as Morning Edition co-host. Rachel Martin, currently host of Weekend Edition...
View ArticleAs Diane Rehm Retires, WAMU Launching Midday Show Called '1A'
As longtime public radio talk show host Diane Rehm retires, her midday slot will be filled with a new show called 1A, NPR member station WAMU announced Wednesday. The new live two-hour show — with a...
View ArticleTranscript And Video: NPR's Exit Interview With President Obama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEjeKrZxDFQ In a wide-ranging exit interview, NPR's Steve Inskeep asks President Obama about Russian interference in the U.S. election, executive power, the future of the...
View ArticleRobert Siegel Stepping Down As 'All Things Considered' Host In 2018
Robert Siegel, whose career with NPR has spanned more than four decades, will be stepping down as co-host of NPR's All Things Considered next year. One of the most distinctive voices on NPR's airwaves,...
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