Wednesday February 6, 2013

NPR

NPR Extra

Signs of the Times: NPR and Stations Promote on Billboards and Other Media

February 6, 2013 • Between January and April, NPR and Member Stations KPBS, KERA, WFYI, and WMFE are testing out a new visibility campaign that may eventually go nationwide.

Thursday November 1, 2012

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NPR Extra

New Leaders Slated to Join NPR in December

November 1, 2012 • Today NPR President and CEO Gary E. Knell introduced to NPR staff and Member Stations two new leaders to round out the NPR executive ranks and play big roles in making public radio more central in the lives of millions of listeners.

Tuesday July 17, 2012

NPR Extra

NPR Statement Regarding House Appropriations Subcommittee On LHHS and Education

July 17, 2012 • Today, NPR expressed serious concerns about the impact of funding rescissions on public radio and television stations and the communities that rely on them every day.

Thursday October 20, 2011

NPR Extra

Correcting Media Inaccuracies

October 20, 2011 • Various media reports in the last two days have revealed that Lisa Simeone is serving as a spokesperson and activist with Occupy DC. There have been some inaccuracies in the reporting that we'd like to correct.

Friday August 5, 2011

NPR Extra

NPR News and NPR's Ombudsman Respond to Conversion Therapy Story Criticism

August 5, 2011 • Monday's story on Morning Edition concerning conversion therapy prompted a swift and enormous reaction. NPR's independent Ombudsman and NPR's Acting SVP of News each responded.

Friday July 22, 2011

NPR Extra

NPR Responds To Recent Politico Article

July 22, 2011 • In a recent Politico piece, "Juan Williams on NPR" (July 21, 2011), the former NPR contract journalist mischaracterized our news organization and called into question our journalistic standards.

Thursday November 18, 2010

NPR Extra

Statement On The House Rejection Of An Attempt to Prohibit Federal Funding For NPR

November 18, 2010 • NPR Statement On The House Rejection Of An Attempt to Prohibit Federal Funding For NPR

Wednesday November 17, 2010

NPR Extra

Meet New NPR Board Chair and Vice Chair, and NPR Foundation Board Chair

November 17, 2010 • Meet the new NPR Board chair and vice chair, and the NPR Foundation Board chair.

Thursday October 28, 2010

NPR Extra

Follow-Up on Recent Events

October 28, 2010 • Many have offered their perspectives on our recent decision regarding Juan Williams and the way we handled it. Thanks for coming to our blog to hear from us directly.

Thursday October 21, 2010

NPR Extra

NPR Statement On The Termination Of Juan Williams' Contract

October 21, 2010 • NPR statement of the termination of Juan Williams' contract.

Monday October 18, 2010

NPR Extra

Making Coverage Of Local Government Compelling

October 18, 2010 • NPR's latest local-national journalism initiative, Impact of Government, is the biggest, broadest one yet. A $1.8 million grant from the Open Society Foundations helps gets it off the ground.

Wednesday October 13, 2010

NPR Extra

Why Can't NPR Staff Go To 'Rally To Restore Sanity' Or 'March To Keep Fear Alive'?

October 13, 2010 • News staff and others covered by NPR's ethics policy aren't permitted to attend upcoming rallies in D.C. organized by Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. We explain why.

Friday September 3, 2010

Rendering of KEXP at Seattle Center/KEXP

NPR Extra

KEXP Makes a Major Play

September 3, 2010 • Seattle's KEXP is making a bid to move its studios to the Seattle Center. Join NPR in supporting KEXP's vision.

Monday July 12, 2010

Inside NPR.org

NPR: What's In A Name?

July 12, 2010 • Our SVP for marketing discusses why NPR is encouraging stations and staff to refer to us as NPR rather than National public Radio.

Wednesday June 9, 2010

Inside NPR.org

NPR Communications All A-Twitter at @NPR

June 9, 2010 • NPR Communications joins the Twitterverse at @NPR.