NPR: The Cutting Edge of Journalism

By ELIZABETH JENSEN/The New York Times Published: July 26, 2009 Even as far back as 1979 when I was an intern at WAMC (the NPR member station in Albany), National Public Radio has always been on the cutting edge…I remember when they were the first network to switch to total satellite distribution (from terrestrial landline) [...]

Response to Sarah’s interview on public radio

For those of you who have been following the story of Sarah and her interview on public radio earlier this week I wanted to share with you a few responses the folks at “The Story with Dick Gordon” sent us from listeners.

NPR Cutting Back?

I remember reading back in November 2003 that NPR benefited from a bequest of more than $200 million from the estate of philanthropist Joan B. Kroc, widow of McDonald’s Corp. founder Ray A. Kroc, died earlier that year. Most of the money — described by NPR as “the largest monetary gift ever received by an [...]