January 5th, 2016
onaissues
Public radio is in danger. And no, the biggest threat is not that Republicans in Congress will cut its funding. (Although that could happen too.)
The biggest threat to NPR — and the 900+ member stations that are the life-blood of the public radio system — is that this big beautiful crazy system may not get its act together to make the jump into the digital age. I want to help.
People, and not just millennials, are changing how we listen. We are all listening to stories differently than we once did.

Why I Left NPR — Medium

Stephen Henn writes on Medium about why he left NPR. 

Want to learn how radio producers are updating the way they tell stories to better respond to new listening habits? Check out the notes from Mike Fourcher’s session at ONA15, Radio Reimagined: Distributing Audio In the Digital Age.

(Source: medium.com)

5 notes·
news journalism tech podcasts public media public radio NPR ONA15
  1. jocicausa reblogged this from onaissues
  2. onaissues posted this
Loading tweets...

@ONA

There are any number of pressing media issues in the digital age -- we're sure you can come up with a handful without breaking a sweat. ONA Issues is your platform to define them, share them, explore them and get a better fix on how they impact the work you do. Here we'll look to you for your perspectives and conversations and help jump-start discussions by posting insightful reporting, commentary and analysis from anywhere and everywhere. We're here to listen and learn. Join us.

Networks