Aram Zucker-Scharff

Ethics, Morality And A Ticking Clock For How To Report On The R**skins:

An investigation into how NPR should refer to the Washington team concludes that it is time to pull back on using the team’s name. Does anyone believe it won’t be toast anyway?

NPR’s fascinating internal debate on using the name of DC’s football team.

LISTEN HERE: A PUBLIC RADIO PLAYLIST:

wfaelistenhere:

For the list below, we turned to the people behind the headphones—some of whom you’ve probably heard of—and what follows are the stories public radio reporters, hosts, and producers think are so good, so compelling, so likely to make you laugh or cry or both at once, that even your uncle who would rather hear an hour of static than a three-minute news update won’t be able to stop listening.

The Broadcast Clock:

nprfreshair:

Ever wonder what it’s like in the studio of a radio show? Well, here you go. We wanted to share this excellent story with you and recognize Bill Siemering, who revolutionized NPR and is a major reason why Fresh Air became a national program in 1987.

This podcast takes you into the studio and explains the radio clock:

There’s a term that epitomizes what we radio producers aspire to create: the “driveway moment.” It’s when a story is so good that you can’t leave your car. Inside of a driveway moment, time becomes elastic–you could be staring straight at a clock for the entire duration of the story, but for that length of time, the clock has no power over you.

But ironically,  inside the machinery of public radio–the industry that creates driveway moments–the clock rules all.

nprmusic:

When it came time for NPR to move buildings in Washington, D.C., we couldn’t think of a better band than OK Go to help us out, which resulted in the most ridiculous Tiny Desk Concert ever.

Oh NPR, too cute.