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How NPR made its ‘Arrested Development’ graphic: ‘We like to build useful stuff’

Andrew Beaujon — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:13:35 +0000

Adam Cole is not an “Arrested Development” superfan: “I have friends who are much more into it than I am,” the NPR reporter said in a phone interview. But Cole took a scientist’s eye to the cult television series, which … Read more

NPR alters Gillibrand profile after outcry, though no explanation posted

André Natta — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:16:41 +0000

Rachel Larris of Name It Change It posted a story about changes made to a profile of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand that originally aired on May 16 during NPR’s Morning Edition.

The original story, among other things, referred to the New … Read more

Planet Money’s crowdfunded T-shirt project surpasses goal by more than $200,000

Andrew Beaujon — Mon, 06 May 2013 15:40:11 +0000

Kickstarter | Current.org | Baratunde Thurston

Donors to Planet Money’s crowdfunded project to report out the life of a T-shirt have contributed more than five times the amount of cash the program hoped to raise in a Kickstarter campaign. In … Read more

AP’s Twitter account hacked

Andrew Beaujon — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:43:21 +0000

Associated Press | The Wall Street Journal | Slate

Yet another news org gets hacked:

Two AP accounts quickly tweeted that the tweet was fake, and on its Facebook page, AP asked people to “not respond to news posted … Read more

NPR hacked by organization said to support Syrian president’s regime

Andrew Beaujon — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:39:48 +0000

NPR | The Atlantic | Mashable

Late Monday, messages from the “Syrian Electronic Army” began appearing on NPR sites, Mark Memmott reports.

The hackers, “an organization that’s said to support Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime,” Memmott writes, defaced headlines and … Read more

NPR explains potato chip technology with GIFs

Andrew Beaujon — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:42:30 +0000

Planet Money

From the truck to the line to the bag, Jess Jiang and Lam Thuy Vo use five animated GIFs to show how chip tech has advanced since the days of hand-packing.

: Mesmerizing GIF of bags by Lam Thuy

Neal Conan: Decision to end Talk of the Nation ‘was not mine’

Joshua Gillin — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:14:23 +0000

Neal Conan, the host of “Talk of the Nation,” didn’t use the “R word” when talking about the end of his 11-year stint on the call-in radio show.

“While I will definitely be changing my life after I leave … Read more

NPR’s Kinsey Wilson explains switch from ‘Talk of the Nation’ to ‘Here and Now’

Joshua Gillin — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:16:01 +0000

Kinsey Wilson, executive vice president and chief content officer for NPR, clarifies some of reasons why “Talk of the Nation” is headed off the air and is being replaced with lesser-known newsmagazine “Here & Now.”

He said in a phone … Read more

NPR to end ‘Talk of the Nation,’ keep ‘Science Friday’

Joshua Gillin — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:56:46 +0000

NPR | WBUR | The New York Times
“Talk of the Nation,” the Monday through Thursday afternoon staple of NPR hosted by veteran Neal Conan, will end its 21-year run this summer, the organization announced Friday morning.

NPR is … Read more

The latest on new HQs for NPR, Miami Herald and Washington Post

Jeff Sonderman — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:41:36 +0000

NPR officially moves into a new headquarters in Washington, D.C. today, five years after it bought the property and began planning for the move.

NPR had been based in a narrow triangular building in the Mt. Vernon Square neighborhood since … Read more