NPR wins Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award for "The War in Gaza" coverage
January 23, 2025; Washington, D.C. — NPR has won a 2025 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award for its coverage of the war in Gaza. The prestigious duPont-Columbia Award honors outstanding public service in ...
Trump's inauguration falls on MLK Day. That overlap is pretty rare
Trump is only the third president to be sworn in on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Due to the particulars of the calendar and ...
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All Songs Considered
January 17, 2025 • NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes aboard Kara Manning of New York City public radio station WFUV to discuss the best new albums hitting streaming services on Friday ...
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Harrison: Radio Is Not Just About Sound Anymore
Appoint someone with clear responsibility and KPIs for station metadata,” says Laurence Harrison, chief partnerships officer ...
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'All the hydrants up here are dead.' Radio traffic recounts LA firefighters losing water
NPR transcribed 2,000 hours of radio communications from the LA fires ... transcribed and analyzed more than 2,000 hours of ...
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'The hydrants up here are dead.' Radio traffic shows how LA firefighters lost water
NPR transcribed more than 2,000 hours of radio communications from the LA fires. The analysis shows hydrants going dry and first responders fighting fires despite scarce resources.
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'The hydrants up here are dead.' Radio traffic shows how LA firefighters lost water
NPR's investigations team transcribed and analyzed more than 2,000 hours of communications from 13 audio feeds streaming LA city ... But the radio communications that coordinated helicopter ...
Review: Why the Current still matters in its 20th year — even if radio doesn’t
It was a dark time when FM radio wallowed in narrow, whitewashed, corporate-mandated playlists. Pop music stations rotated the same dozen force-fed hits and nothing but. Country music outlets played ...
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TED Radio Hour
TED Radio Hour Exploring the biggest questions of our time with the help of the world's greatest thinkers. Host Manoush Zomorodi inspires us to learn more about the world, our communities, and ...
From Trump's second term to wildfires in LA, check out these podcasts
We are three weeks into 2025, it's time for some fresh podcasts. The NPR One team has podcast recommendations from across ...
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This shark pup was born in a habitat without any males. How did that happen?
Kevin Feldheim, the Pritzker Lab Manager at Chicago's Field Museum, told NPR by email that both explanations are possible, and genetic testing is needed to determine what actually happened.
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NPR Music's Tiny Desk Contest Is Live!
January 14, Washington, D.C. — The Tiny Desk Contest, NPR Music's annual showcase for undiscovered musicians, is back for its 11th year and accepting entries. Artists can submit their Tiny Desk ...