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This month is the 50th anniversary of National Public Radio (NPR). Knowing about my work back then with other advocates, to persuade Congress to pass legislation creating NPR and PBS, (which was opposed by most of the commercial radio/TV industry), a friend asked what I think of NPR now. A few observations, drawn from listening […]

The Globe and Mail Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer As public editor, I hear from thousands of readers each year. Most want to point out errors or omissions. They might say more coverage is needed on a subject, or they believe there is political bias; others helpfully point out a mistake of fact or grammar or just a typo. This year has been different in so many ways, including re...

In response to the increasing spread of misinformation regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, UC Berkeley hosted a virtual panel of experts who spoke about how misinformation impacts people’s responses to the pandemic, as well as potential ways to combat this misinformation. The event was held Dec. 8 and included various campus professors and a former campus research fellow. According to Deirdre Mulligan, a professor at the UC Berkeley School of Information, as the amount of information available about COVID-19 increases, there are bound to be inaccuracies that further polarize the United States....

NPR Originally published on December 11, 2020 1:10 pm NPR assembled a team of journalists in 2013 to plow new ground at the intersection of race and culture. In 2016, the Code Switch team launched a podcast. Last week, Apple named the show the podcast of 2020. Rightly so. Perhaps no other news team was better prepared to address all three of the year's biggest stories: the fourth year of President Donald Trump's term in office, a global pandemic that disproportionately kills people of color and the global response to George Floyd's tragic death on video under the knee of a policeman. W...