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Layoffs hit 1,000 workers at Voice of America, other broadcasters
The job cuts are rooted in an Executive Order signed by President Trump on Friday that requires USAGM and other organizations ...
NPR faces a real threat in defunding fight that’s coming
Over its 55-year history, defunding scares have come like clockwork at National Public Radio, timed to GOP power. Will 2025 ...
Over 1,000 Journalists, Staffers At Voice Of America And U.S.-Funded Broadcasters Laid Off On ‘Bloody Saturday'
Over 1,000 journalists and staffers were laid off from U.S.-funded broadcast networks, including Voice Of America, as part of ...
NPR told gay host Ari Shapiro not to attend Pride event — then reversed decision after emails leaked
NPR urged its longtime host, Ari Shapiro, one of its most visible gay employees, not to attend a Pride event – and later reversed the decision after the email leaked to many newsroom staffers and ...
Why NPR Is “Vulnerable” in a New Trump Era
As Elon Musk calls for defunding NPR, ‘On Air’ author Steve Oney talks with VF about the public broadcaster’s evolution, ...
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NPR Walks Back Ban on Anchor’s Pride Appearance – After Mass Email Mishap
National Public Radio (NPR) abruptly reversed its decision to ban longtime anchor Ari Shapiro from attending a corporate ...
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NPR and PBS’s Impending Reckoning With DOGE
Public broadcasting’s lobbyists and their television and radio clients huddled in a Washington hotel this week to chart an ...
UF's WUFT-FM among those keeping an eye on Cammack-backed Defund NPR Act
U.S. Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Gainesville, and U.S. Sen. Jim Banks, R-Indiana, introduced the Defund NPR Act on Feb. 26, which ...
How NPR’s Newsroom Reinvented Itself on 9/11 in Real Time: “Get on the Air”
In an excerpt from his new book, ‘On Air,’ Steve Oney writes that the network was “paralyzed” when the tragedy struck. It ...
Remembering soul singer Jerry Butler, aka the 'Iceman'
Butler, who died Feb. 20, was born in rural Miss., and had his first hit in 1958, singing lead with The Impressions. He later moved to Chicago and entered local politics. Originally broadcast in 2000.
The Once and Future Debate Over Public Broadcasting
Liberals and conservatives have debated government support for public broadcasting since the 1967 Public Broadcasting Act was ...