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...course, not everyone sticks to six. NPR's On the Media held a 12-word-novel contest, which yielded several gems, including listener Brenda J. Wolfe's "My sister had written Father's obituary. He is survived by one daughter." The contest was held last November in honor of National Novel Writing Month, a.k.a. NaNoWriMo...
...Democratic Party simply by treating Hillary Clinton like a monarch at the convention. These voters are not hers to deliver; Obama has to earn them back on his own with a convention that reaches out to those hardworking Americans who don't drive a Prius, don't listen to npr, don't buy syrah-and assure them that it is still very much their Democratic Party...
...Publica, one answer to the problem is to give news away for free - fulfilling the lofty ideal of journalism as an essential public service. It's not unlike what nonprofit entities like NPR, PBS and CSPAN - as well as journalism organizations like The Center for Public Integrity and the Center for Investigative Reporting have been doing for decades. But with most of Pro Publica's assets the product of the Sandlers' largesse, it leaves the group open to speculation, as Slate media columnist Jack Shafer pointed out, that the Sandlers political views could influence coverage: the couple have donated heavily...
...press release announcing her appointment as co-host the National Public Radio (NPR) show “All Things Considered,” longtime reporter Melissa J. Block ’83 credited “an aversion to law school” with drawing her to journalism...
...NPR is unlike any other sort of radio so, once I found my niche, I had done just about every job there,” Block said. She worked her way from booker to producer before becoming a reporter for the show in 1993—a job that took her everywhere from the day-after debris of Sept. 11, 2001 to a reeling Mississipi in the wake of Hurricane Katrina...