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The article recounts how the author, received an unexpected email from her former high school dean after years, reflecting on her troubled past, expulsion, and transformation with the support of college admissions officer who believed in her potential, shaping her journey from hardship to success.

The article discusses the rising popularity of podcasters as new heroes on TV shows, filling roles once dominated by journalists. Topics discussed include the liberating effect of podcasting as not all podcasters as journalists which means they do not feel bound to journalistic ethics, concerns over podcasting including the abuse of freedom and the devaluation of the reputation of fact-finders, and the works of some podcasters including Gilbert Power, Jez Scharf and Rebecca Jarvis.

A personal narrative is presented which explores author's experiences and emotions related to becoming a parent, including feelings of regret and the complex reality of balancing personal aspirations with fatherhood.

The article discusses the expansion of underground cellphone service in the New York City subway system, with mixed reactions from riders regarding the increased connectivity.

The article focuses on Mike Judge and Zach Woods teaming up for the new workplace satire "In the Know," a stop-motion animated series on Peacock that satirizes National Public Radio (NPR), with a shift in scale from their previous collaboration, "Silicon Valley."

The article focuses on NPR's announcement of Katherine Maher as its new Chief executive officer (CEO), a leader with a background in the nonprofit sector, specifically as the former chief executive of the Wikimedia Foundation and the current chief executive of Web Summit, to address challenges in reaching audiences and adapting to changes in media consumption.

The article focuses on Mother Jones and the Center for Investigative Reporting merging to form a single nonprofit news outlet, combining forces to strengthen investigative reporting, particularly at the local level, and creating a counterweight against the erosion of investigative journalism.

The article focuses on New York Public Radio's plan to reduce its workforce by approximately 12 percent due to a sharp decline in the advertising market, affecting about 340 full-time and part-time employees. It mentions the organization's president, LaFontaine Oliver, expressed the challenges posed by macroeconomic factors and emphasized the preservation of journalism and music efforts amid the job cuts.

The article focuses on the Israeli military's withdrawal from the West Bank city of Jenin after a large-scale incursion that resulted in casualties and displacement. Topics include the damages caused by the operation, the response from Palestinian cities, and the escalating tensions in the region due to the right-wing Israeli government and the weakening control of the Palestinian Authority.

The article focuses on Terence Samuel being appointed as the next editor in chief of U.S. Today, filling the position left vacant by Nicole Carroll; other topics include Mr. Samuel's background and experience, his plans to lead U.S. Today into a digital future, and the challenges faced by Gannett.

Reports on newsworthy events scheduled in the week starting December 13, 2004. U.S. Federal Reserve Board meeting to consider short-term interest rates; Tavis Smiley's final broadcast of his National Public Radio program; "The Great Chicago Fire Sale" auction on eBay.

The article reports on the criticism by the Public Radio Program Directors Association in January 2021 against "The New York Times" for its claim that the 2018 podcast "Caliphate" about the terrorist group Islamic State did not meet journalistic standards.

The article reports on the impact of MeToo movement on the bond between public radio and their listeners whom they also depend for financial contributions. Among the popular public broadcasting figures who were affected by the movement were Garrison Keillor, Leonard Lopate, Jonathan Schwartz, and John Hockenberry. WNYC, a non-profit, noncommercial, public radio station, lost 577 members due to news about Lopate and Schwartz.

The article informs that Goli Sheikholeslami has been appointed as chief executive officer of WNYC.

The article discusses the New York state public radio station WNYC's development of the division known as WNYC Studios, with a particular focus on the role that the popularity of podcasts played in the Studios' development. An overview of the WNYC Studios' efforts to finance its radio programs is provided.

The article discusses the popularity of "Serial," a weekly podcast that examines a 1999 case in which teenager Adnan Syed was convicted of the murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee. Topics addressed include podcast creator Sarah Koenig's response to the program's popularity, as well as the implications in terms of possible increased popularity of podcasts and declining interest in public radio broadcasting.

The article discusses the resignation of Gary E. Knell as chief executive officer (C.E.O.) of public radio organization NPR (National Public Radio) on August 19, 2013 in order to run the U.S. National Geographic Society. Topics addressed include instability within the management of NPR, NPR's finances, and Knell's achievements during his tenure as C.E.O.

The author offers opinions on the public television network PBS. The audience for PBS has declined steadily with the growth of cable television, even as the audience for National Public Radio (NPR) has expanded. The author states that while public radio offers broadcasting which is not duplicated by commercial radio, PBS increasingly resembles commercial television.

The article reports that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and U.S. public television and radio stations are preparing to fight proposed deep cuts in government funding in the 2009 budget submitted by President George W. Bush. The budget calls for a 50 percent cut. All seven previous budgets submitted by Bush have called for cuts in public broadcast funding, and all have been restored by Congress.

The article reports on the archives of WNYC, the first public radio station in New York City. Archivist Andy Lanset is organizing every sound recording in the archive as the station moves locations. The sound files include audio of the atomic bomb test in at Bikini Atoll, Harry Houdini's brother talking about the escape artist at a seance and radio essays from author Kurt Vonnegut.

This article discusses WNYC, the largest public radio station in the United States. WNYC will move its offices from the Municipal Building in Manhattan to new offices on Varick Street, a move that will cost the station $45 million. WNYC had occupied the Municipal Building since 1924, and wanted to assert a new identity through a new office space.

The article focuses on Joan B. Kroc, widow of MacDonald's founder Ray A. Kroc, who gave $230 million gift to National Public Radio (NPR) in 2001. The station has never aired traditional advertising, but relied on personal and corporate donations. Though employees such as senior vice president Jay Kernis and "Morning Edition" radio show host Renée Montagne enjoyed the small scale that NPR operated at before the money came, all agree that it has helped NPR be a more effective source of news and media.

The article focuses on Howard Dully, whose experience undergoing a lobotomy at age 12 is depicted in "My Lobotomy," a radio documentary broadcast on the National Public Radio program "All Things Considered." Dr. Walter J. Freeman, one of the first Americans to perform a transorbital lobotomy, devised the prefrontal, or so-called ice pick, lobotomy. Because the procedures was used indiscriminately, Freeman frequently had poor and even tragic results. Dully was lobotomized because he did not get along with his stepmother.

Comments on media coverage of Hurricane Katrina. Praise for CNN cable news operation and National Public Radio which broadcast during the posthurricane chaos; The views of Aaron Brown concerning an interview with reporter Jeanne Meserve who suggested posthurricane conditions would worsen; Evaluation of the MSNBC coverage of looting in New Orleans; View that reporters for Fox News broke the news that New Orleans was collapsing.

Looks at the fine line being walked by public broadcasters as they mobilize to combat threats to their government funding. Delicate task faced by news organization's charged with providing news coverage that involves themselves; Ruling of House subcommittee that approved a measure that would cut funding for public broadcasting by about one hundred million dollars; Review of how government funds the Corporation for Public Broadcasting which is responsible for public television and radio.

Reports that the New Israel Fund, an international foundation based in Washington, D.C. that raises money to support religious tolerance and civil liberties in Israel, has been rejected as a program underwriter by public radio stations in New York City and San Francisco, California. How an e-mail message from a senior advertising executive at KQED said that the rejection came in response to listener complaints about National Public Radio's news coverage of the Middle East; Comments of KQED officials, who disputed the e-mail message; Observation that the decision to reject the underwriting credit comes as the stations and NPR face increasing pressure about their coverage of the Middle East; Issue of coverage not being balanced; Views of Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Reports that an association of news ombudsmen has rejected an attempt by two ombudsmen from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to join their organization as full-fledged members, questioning the independence of the CPB individuals. Review of how a vote at the annual conference of the Organization of News Ombudsman changed the group's by-laws to allow full membership only to those who work for news organizations; Comments regarding the decision from Jeffery A. Dvorkin, ombudsmen for national public radio and former president of the ombudsmen's organization; Discussion of the practical implications of the vote.

Reports that executives at National Public Radio Inc. (NPR) are increasingly at odds with the appointees of U.S. President George W. Bush, who lead the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Review of controversial proposals by Corporation for Public Broadcasting chairman Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, who is considering a plan to monitor NPR news coverage of the Middle East for evidence of bias and his appointment of two ombudsmen who will judge the balance of program content; Reaction of NPR and its member stations to a proposed plan to appoint ombudsmen to just program content; Discussion of Tomlinson's belief that NPR leans toward the left of the political spectrum.

The article provides information about public media company Public Radio Exchange's (PRX) podcast network Radiotopia, a kickstarter campaign which offers backers the opportunity to participate in remaking public radio through podcasts.

The article reviews the radio program "This American Life" hosted by Ira Glass.

The article announces that public radio stations operator New York Public Radio has received $10 million grant from Jerome L. Greene Foundation.

The article reports on the plan of radio host Michele Norris to return to the public radio network in February 2013 after her 15-month leave of absence because of her husband's involvement in the re-election campaign of U.S. President Barack Obama.

Honolulu TOP musicians travel all the time. Aficionados often wish they could do the same, but not Gene Schiller. To Mr. Schiller, the music director of Hawaii Public Radio, the feeling of wanderlust is unknown. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During Memorial Day weekend, I was listening to public radio en route to my daily swim when I heard ''A Child's Reliquary,'' a piano trio written by Richard Danielpour in memory of the 18-month-old son of the conductor Carl St. Clair. The child drowned in a pool in 1999 when his mother, who was in the pool with him, suffered a diabetic seizure. A day later I learned that a 17-year-old boy had drowned after being caught in a riptide off the coast of New Jersey. Soon after, I heard of yet another drowning off the Jersey Shore, this time a man in his 20s. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

After several days at the center of a storm of controversy and often heated debate about the boundaries between journalism and theater, the performer Mike Daisey has offered an apology for the exaggerations and falsehoods in his show ''The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,''writing on his blog that he had ''failed to honor the contract I'd established with my audiences over many years and many shows.'' A version of that monologue by Mr. Daisey, in which he chronicles his travels to the Foxconn factory in China where Apple products are manufactured, was retracted by the public radio show ''This American Life'' earlier this month. Journalists at that radio program said they were unable to confirm details from Mr. Daisey's monologue, and a translator who had traveled with him disputed key elements of his narrative, including supposed encounters with young teenage workers outside the plant and a meeting with a man who had been injured at the factory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Swedish defense research and technology agency has secretly been helping Saudi Arabia build a weapons factory that would produce antitank missiles, Swedish public radio reported Tuesday. In response, Gustav Fridolin, spokesman for the Green Party, called for a parliamentary inquiry and said, ''Sweden must not ruin its good reputation by supporting the military might of a dictatorship.'' The government would not comment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

NPR's ''Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!'' is heard weekends on public radio stations across the country. (npr.org/waitwait) 1. Despite initial denials from the Defense Department, Iran seems to have captured: [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

On election night a couple of weeks ago, former Mayor Willie L. Brown Jr. of San Francisco celebrated Mayor Edwin M. Lee's victory in style at the downtown Palace Hotel, toasting friends as he twirled through the room. The next morning, Mr. Brown went on public radio and lashed out at one of Mr. Lee's unsuccessful challengers, Dennis Herrera, the city attorney. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

NPR's ''Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!'' is heard weekends on public radio stations across the country. (npr.org/waitwait) 1. The reality TV star Kim Kardashian, by some calculations, was paid more than $2,000 an hour for doing what? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BEETHOVEN is a giant of classical music. For an offbeat effort on behalf of a classical music station, he is becoming an Obey Giant. The campaign, now under way, is for WQXR, 105.9 FM, one of three stations operated by New York Public Radio, along with WNYC AM and FM. The campaign promotes November as ''Beethoven Awareness Month'' and urges everyone to ''Obey Thoven.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

NPR's ''Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!'' is heard weekends on public radio stations across the country. 1. Before the president's big speech on the unemployment crisis, delivered to a joint session of Congress, the vice president and House Speaker John A. Boehner were overheard discussing what? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

NPR's ''Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!'' is heard weekends on public radio stations across the country. (npr.org/waitwait) 1.The McDonald's Corporation announced a major change to its menu to make it healthier and better for children. What? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

NPR's ''Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!'' is heard weekends on public radio stations across the country. (npr.org/programs/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/) 1. During the televised Parliamentary testimony of Rupert Murdoch, his wife, Wendi Deng Murdoch, became an international sensation when she did what? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

NPR's ''Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!'' is heard weekends on public radio stations across the country. (npr.org/programs/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/) 1. During a press briefing Monday to discuss the debt ceiling negotiations, President Obama said it was time for Washington to: [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]