Coverage of Rick Perry and Brazil raise the question: Is no news better than news told badly?
Tag: National Public Radio
Posted inArts & Culture
How Emily Graslie went from YouTube science star to full-time at the Field Museum
A 20-year-old aspiring artist visited a zoological museum. Four years later, Emily Graslie is working at the Field Museum.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
A unionized WBEZ begins to take shape
Chicago Public Media hopes to protect its spirit and reach a consensus without splitting into factions.
Posted inArts & Culture
StoryCorps puts Chicago behind the microphone
The national recording project StoryCorps turns its mike on Chicago.
Posted inBlogs
School reform by the numbers
There is more to school reform than churning test scores
Posted inBlogs
On David Sedaris, John McIlwraith, and NPR monologues
Make us laugh, and don’t try anything funny: David Sedaris, John McIlwraith, and NPR monologues
Posted inBlogs
At a Time of Crisis, Torey Malatia Reports to His Audience
Torey Malatia, general manager of WBEZ, writes his station’s membership about the threat to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Posted inBlogs
Almost Guilt-Free Fur
Environmental groups promote the use of nutria fur to help ease wetlands destruction.
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Paul Salopek wins a Polk Award
Paul Salopek of the Chicago Tribune wins a Polk Award for his coverage of an anti-terrorist Pentagon operation in the Horn of Africa.
Posted inBlogs
NPR gets ripped by NEA
A new NEA report excoriates NPR for ditching music. Is there a lesson for WBEZ here?
Posted inNews & Politics
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?
Before fame called, Ira Glass began a program for the old WBEZ show The Wild Room on this belligerent note: “I do not like the Chicago Tribune, the big daily newspaper where I live. They have a few good reporters, but overall it is a gutless, lifeless newspaper. They handle the serious news usually with […]
Posted inNews & Politics
How Do I Hate NPR? Let Me Count the Ways
Every few years I make an anthropological visit to my sister’s home out west. My sister—her name is withheld to protect the guilty—is a lifelong bureaucrat who’s never worked for anyone who had to show a profit, and she is deeply suspicious of the whole concept. She’ll drive miles across the city to poke through […]