Two NPR Programs Sign Off For Good On Friday
NPR's "Day to Day" and "News and Notes" have their final broadcast Friday. NPR's audience is larger than ever, but funding is not. So dozens of producers, editors, reporters and engineers have lost their jobs this year.
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STEVE INSKEEP, host:
And today's last word in business is about two NPR programs that will be saying their last words today. The story goes back a few years. In the 1990's a young reporter named Madeleine Brand interviewed for a job giving traffic reports from the skies over New York City. She could have been a chopper girl. For some reason she didn't take that job. Instead she went to work for you, at NPR News.
RENEE MONTAGNE, host:
And she went on to co-host DAY TO DAY, an innovative news program produced here at NPR West. DAY TO DAY has its final broadcast today. So does NEWS AND NOTES, where host Farai Chideya shined a light on minority affairs. In this recession, NPR's audience is larger than ever, but its funding is not.
INSKEEP: So dozens of producers, editors, reporters, engineers and others have lost their jobs this year. A few go to different positions at NPR. Many start a new season in their lives.
MONTAGNE: We thank them for bringing us the texture of life here in the West and in the African-American community, for offering quirky takes on the world, and for helping us understand the dramatic news of recent years.
INSKEEP: And that includes the recession, which they continued covering these last few months, knowing that they themselves were part of the story.
MONTAGNE: And that is the business news on MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne.
INSKEEP: And I'm Steve Inskeep.
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