NPR’s It’s Been a Minute and Wild Card team up for a new one-hour broadcast, blending cultural deep dives and intimate interviews. Tune in Saturdays at 2 p.m. on GPB.
Chief Diversity Officer Keith Woods announced he'll retire after a 46-year career in journalism and 15 years at NPR, as the issue he has championed takes center stage in political discourse.
Lansing tangled with titans, kept the network’s shows on the air even as its offices closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and steered NPR through what he defined as an “existential” financial crisis.
The Trump assassination attempt and big Paris Olympics stars dominated the headlines in July. Here are some other stories that resonated with readers — but fell under the radar.
NPR’s Rachel Martin has made a career out of her thoughtful interviews. Now, she’s trying a fresh approach to the standard Q&A with just a deck of cards. Her new podcast, Wild Card with Rachel Martin, is part game show, part interview, and always enlightening. Martin recently discussed her exciting new project with GPB's Pamela Kirkland.
NPR has suspended Senior Editor Uri Berliner after he wrote an essay accusing the public radio network of becoming too progressive in its news coverage and losing the public's trust.
A veteran NPR editor publicly questions whether the public radio network has, in its push for greater diversity and representation, overlooked conservative viewpoints.
In a bid to amplify the voices of budding journalists and audio enthusiasts across the nation, NPR's Student Podcast Challenge has become an opportunity for students in grades four through 12 and college students. NPR's Steve Drummond and Janet Woojeong Lee, two of the people behind the competition sat down with Morning Edition host Pamela Kirkland to shed light on the impact of the challenge.
There's been a disconnect between how the US economy is doing and how people actually feel about it. Maybe people are still burnt from when inflation was high, maybe it's the expensive cost of borrowing for a car or a mortgage, or maybe it's ... wait, are WE the problem?! Today we look in the mirror and find out if financial media contributes to negative economic sentiment.
NPR has named veteran newsroom leader Eva Rodriguez as its next vice president and executive editor, a role that will put her at the helm of the network's global journalistic operations.
Lewis was named president of NPR in 1993, becoming the first Black person to take the role. He came to the job with a long resume from his time in Washington politics and business circles.
