National Public Radio, already strong online with free downloads from many of its shows, is boosting its digital ambitions with Monday's introduction of social-networking features akin to Facebook.
Music fans unable to attend the Newport folk and jazz festivals will be able to listen to some concerts online.
Two National Public Radio correspondents in central China by chance for a week's worth of feature stories instead found themselves reporting gripping details of the earthquake that killed thousands on Monday.
National Public Radio's chief executive is stepping down, the network's board of directors announced Thursday.
The Arabs killed in the current fighting have been mostly fighters--despite Arab claims. The non-combatants killed have deliberately been used as human shields by their own "heroes."
Disclaimer: I have a personal relationship with this boy and can attest to both the authenticity of his story and the genuineness heartfelt nature of his compassion. Adult friends have described him as "humbling" and "the little buddha".
Eating fish is good for you -- unless the fish contains the heavy metal mercury. That's why government health groups have urged certain at-risk people, especially children and expectant mothers, to limit consumption of certain seafood.
Mr. Jihadi's version of Arab Jews and Jew Nazis is the now popular Gaza is the Warsaw Ghetto claim. For that desecration alone, if there is a Hell, he'll be there.
What started out as a discussion on SCHIP gives more insight into the bailout bill. Pelosi states "you will not be able to identify any projects in this economic recovery package. There will be no earmarks.."
A Christmas present from NPR: a new story by Gregory Maguire author of Wicked, a retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen classic "The Little Match Girl". Maguire reads the story for broadcast on Christmas.
In the end, it wasn't close. By an overwhelming margin, criticism by Cokie Roberts, NPR contributing senior news analyst and ABC political commentator, of then-Sen.
In the end, it wasn't close. By an overwhelming margin, criticism by Cokie Roberts, NPR contributing senior news analyst and ABC political commentator, of then-Sen.
Interesting perspective from David Frum - former speech writer for GW. He echoes a lot of my sentiments.
While Mitch McConnell and other Republicans have hinted that their opposition to investment in the Big Three is all about busting the unions, Jim DeMint refreshingly came out and admitted it yesterday on NPR.
NPR to Cut 64 Jobs and Two Shows Company-Wide Layoffs Seek To Close $23 Million Shortfall Faced with a sharp decline in revenue, National Public Radio said Wednesday it will pare back its programming and institute its first organization-wide layoffs in 25 years.
This is an interview of George & Laura Bush by Bush's sister Dorothy.
I guess Goodwin's "Infinite Mind" wasn't quite that infinite...
excerpt:"It's conventional chattering-class wisdom to say that Terry Gross of Fresh Air is a "great interviewer." In the early days I think that wisdom originated to some significant extent in male-listener fascination with the sound of her voice.
Here at NPR HQ, we decided to apply our vast editorial (and, um, creative) resources to the task, and have come up with a bonus 25 More Facts You Might Not Know About Barack Obama. - He can not only turn water into wine; he turns it into 1787 Chateau Lafite.
Listened to this National Public Radio piece today as part of Talk of the Nation. Discussion based on large volume of mail the NPR ombudsman office received that accused NPR of favoring Obama or McCain. Ombudsman Alicia Shepard answeres questions about bias in election coverage.
The New York Times' Vivian Schiller has jumped to National Public Radio as president and chief executive officer, effective Jan. 5, 2009. She succeeds Dennis Haarsager, who served as interim CEO since March.
National Public Radio has seen its share of shake-ups lately, including the departure of chief executive Ken Stern in March.
With 11 days to go until the presidential election, a new NPR poll of likely voters in battleground states finds that Democrat Barack Obama is pulling away from Republican John McCain.
Here's a quick overview of a wide variety of electoral maps: I purposely left out sources like 538, Fox News, NYT, MSNBC, etc. as I don't want any crying about apparent bias.
Day to Day, October 20, 2008 · Former Secretary of State Colin Powell's endorsement of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama was one of the top stories on Al-Jazeera on Monday morning — yet another sign of just how closely the Middle East is watching the U.S.
Wag the Dog Iranian style? News leaked this morning of US warplane intercepted and brought down in Iran. Could this be the October Surprise. Read on.
TEXT AND NPR AUDIO: Ex-CIA Operative discusses his book "The Devil We Know" about U.S.-Iran relations. Baer urges that we accept that Iran is both a greater danger than we think, and less of a threat than we make-out.
In an interview this morning with NPR, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said that he has often turned to Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) for foreign policy advice: