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NPR cancels 4 podcasts amid major layoffs

NPR moved this week to cut 10% of its staff and stop production of a handful of podcasts, including Invisibilia, Louder Than a Riot and Rough Translation.

March 24, 2023
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  • David Folkenflik and
  • Mary Yang
NPR host Michel Martin will move from weekend afternoons to the network's weekday show <em>Morning Edition</em>.

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Michel Martin, NPR's longtime weekend voice, will co-host 'Morning Edition'

The Emmy-award winning weekend host of All Things Considered will bring her empathy and joy to weekday mornings, says Morning Edition Executive Producer Erika Aguilar.

March 09, 2023
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By:
  • Mary Yang
NPR will cut 10% of its workforce, CEO John Lansing said Wednesday. Lansing blamed a slowdown in advertising dollars.

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With layoffs, NPR becomes latest media outlet to cut jobs

NPR must lay off 10% of its workforce to address an advertising shortfall of about $30 million, CEO John Lansing says. Lansing says marketers are nervous about the economy.

February 23, 2023
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
NPR and <em>The New York Times</em> have asked a Delaware judge to consider unsealing hundreds of documents in Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion dollar defamation lawsuit against Fox News.

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NPR and 'New York Times' ask judge to unseal documents in Fox defamation case

NPR and The New York Times are seeking to convince a Delaware court to unseal documents to see whether Fox News defamed Dominion Voting Systems over claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential race.

January 26, 2023
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  • David Folkenflik
NPR news chief Nancy Barnes will leave the network in November. She announced her departure on the same day that NPR said it would hire a chief content officer to oversee both news and programming.

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NPR chief news executive Nancy Barnes to depart as network reshapes top ranks

Nancy Barnes, NPR's newsroom leader, announced her forthcoming departure as the network moves to create a new executive to oversee both the news and programming divisions.

September 23, 2022
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen early Tuesday, May 3, 2022 in Washington.

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Political Rewind: Bombshell leak on Roe v. Wade opinion; Special grand jury seated in election probe

Tuesday on Political Rewind: We discussed the big news in the Supreme Court, as leaked documents suggest it will overturn Roe v. Wade. Meanwhile, back in Georgia, the special grand jury that will weigh in on whether Donald Trump interfered in the 2020 elections has been seated.

May 03, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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NPR has named Ayesha Rascoe host of <em>Weekend Edition Sunday.</em> She has been covering the White House for the network.<em> </em>

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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe named new host of 'Weekend Edition Sunday'

NPR has tapped White House Correspondent Ayesha Rascoe to host the Sunday news magazine show. Rascoe, a Black woman from Durham, N.C., says NPR has encouraged her to "sound like myself."

February 25, 2022
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  • Anthony Tellez and
  • David Folkenflik
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NPR hosts' departures fuel questions over race. The full story is complex

NPR faces tough questions about race after the departures of prominent hosts Audie Cornish, Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Noel King. Yet their decisions also reflect major forces transforming the media.

January 12, 2022
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  • David Folkenflik
Steven Roberts holds a copy of his book <em>Cokie: A Life Well Lived</em> at his home in Bethesda, Md. The process of writing that book, he says, has helped him feel like he gets to spend more time with his wife.

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A new book captures Cokie Roberts and her 'Life Well Lived'

At the 2019 funeral for longtime NPR journalist Cokie Roberts, her husband, Steven, told personal stories about their life together. There were still more to tell, so he dove into writing about them.

November 01, 2021
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  • Reena Advani
Librarian of Congress James Billington points to a correction in the rough draft of the Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson, on July 2, 2010, at the Library of Congress in Washington. Imaging of the document confirmed that Jefferson originally wrote "subject" then changed it to "citizen."

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An NPR Tradition, Here's The Reading Of The Declaration Of Independence

Over the past 32 years, Morning Edition has broadcast a reading of the Declaration of Independence by NPR staff as a way of marking Independence Day. This year, we also offer some historical context.

July 02, 2021
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About Us: Goats And Soda

Goats and Soda: What's our mission? And what's behind our name?

December 07, 2020
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  • Marc Silver
A woman wears a mask as she walks by Pfizer's world headquarters in New York last month.

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EU Could Approve Pfizer, BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine In December

If approved, the vaccine could be distributed before the end of the year, BioNTech says.

December 01, 2020
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By:
  • Reese Oxner
Diego Maradona celebrating Argentina victory of World Cup at Azteca stadium, Mexico City, World Cup 1986.

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Photos: Remembering Maradona, Latin America's Patron Saint Of The Pitch

Plus: NPR's Latino staffers share their memories of the Argentine soccer legend.

November 26, 2020
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  • Laura Beltrán Villamizar
A purge at the U.S. Agency for Global Media has fueled concerns that broadcasters like Radio Free Europe will be turned into distributors of propaganda on behalf of the Trump administration.

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Purge Of Senior Officials At Foreign Broadcast Agency Stirs Fear And Outrage

Half a dozen top executives at the U.S. Agency for Global Media were ousted this week, the latest in a shake-up that started with the arrival of a conservative filmmaker as the agency's new chief.

August 15, 2020
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  • David Welna
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Pandemic Pastries: 'Rage Baking' Author and NPR Chef Kathy Gunst On Quarantine Cooking

One of the ways that people are coping with coronavirus anxiety is by baking. Maybe you're noticing friends whom you never thought of as "bakers"...

July 21, 2020
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  • Jake Troyer
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