MetaFilter posts tagged with npr and journalism

"The justice system is invisible, unable to deter or heal."

zarq — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 13:51:36 -0800

In July 2007, NPR published a two part series (direct links: 1, 2) about a four year old uninvestigated rape case at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Sparked in part by a 2006 report (pdf) from Amnesty International that included a startling statistic: "One in three Native American women will be raped in her lifetime," NPR's investigation led to the reopening of the case and Congressional hearings. In February 2011, Harper's published an update of sorts: Tiny Little Laws: A Plague of Sexual Violence in Indian Country (Via)

NPR decides to be "fair to the truth".

asavage — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:50:52 -0800

The beginning of the end of "he said, she said" journalism? NPR decides to be "Fair to the Truth" instead of simply reporting both sides of an issue.

"There are some people, who don’t wait."

zarq — Fri, 13 May 2011 10:03:38 -0800

On May 7th, Robert Krulwich (of WNYC's RadioLab and accompanying NPR blog Krulwich Wonders) gave the commencement speech to Berkeley Journalism School’s Class of 2011 on the future of journalism. (Via) Mr. Krulwich's blog is a frequent source for MeFi posts. Here are Two previous threads.

A "Living History Book"

rollbiz — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:23:29 -0800

Daniel Schorr is dead at 93. Schorr began a career in journalism which spanned more than six decades at 12 years old, when he wrote a story for the Bronx Home News about a suicide. A woman had jumped from the roof of his building, he phoned the police and then wrote and article about the event, for which he was paid $5. After serving in military intelligence during World War II, he worked as a foreign correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor and the New York Times before joining CBS in 1953 as one of the legendary "Murrow Boys". Schorr was probably most well known for his reporting on the Watergate scandal, which earned him three Emmy's and a spot on Nixon's "Enemies List". He later resigned from CBS while under threat of suspension and possible jail time for his reporting on the Pike Committee. After moving on to then upstart CNN in 1979, he moved on to NPR's "Weekend Edition" and also wrote a column for the Christian Science Monitor. He was still producing stories until just a few weeks ago.

After that day, your life is never the same. "That day" is the day the doctor tells you, "You have cancer."

Toekneesan — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:23:06 -0800

Journalist Leroy Sievers has lost his fight with cancer. He passed away Friday night. He was 53. His blog, My Cancer, and his commentaries on NPR, documented the progression of his disease while creating a community of those touched by cancer themselves.

Is The BBC The United Nations Of Broadcasting?

MiguelCardoso — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 21:52:54 -0800

Trusting The Redcoats: How many independent-minded Americans actually rely on the BBC (specially the World Service) for accurate coverage of American politics? Not to mention The Guardian. Is it a strictly an elitist, liberal/left-wing phenomenon? What does it mean? What does it say about better-informed liberal newspapers and media of the U.S.? If so, why aren't like-minded Europeans just as cosmopolitan and, say, pay the same attention to news sources like The New York Times, NPR and others, rather than stolidly sticking to their own national staples?

Is this a typo?

bumppo — Tue, 01 May 2001 09:05:50 -0800

Is this a typo? Salon's David Talbot in the NYT: "'A lot of our audience pays $300 a year to join National Public Radio and they don't have to pay anything,' he said. As early as next year, Mr. Talbot said, Salon hopes to impose a fee of $75 to $150 a year to read any of its site with ads." Now, I would have read that last sentence as "to read any of its site without ads", but perhaps I'm just being naive.