Nieman Journalism Lab: NPR’s Infinite Player: It’s like a public radio station that only plays the kinds of pieces you like, forever
Thursday, 17 November 2011, 10:54
“This week, NPR unveiled Infinite Player, a web app that mimics the simplicity of radio, but with a personalized twist. Press play to hear the latest NPR newscast, followed by a never-ending playlist of random feature stories. It doesn’t stop till yo…
Inside NPR.org Blog: The Making of the NPR News iPhone App
Saturday, 22 August 2009, 09:27
"For this app to succeed, however, it couldn't just be a radio-like experience. We needed to create a place for active listening as well…"
Media Guardian: Interview with Claire Enders: ‘I’m not an advocate, I’m a sceptic’
Monday, 10 August 2009, 21:06
"[Claire Enders'] company predicts that half the country's 1,300 local newspapers will close between now and 2013, destroying 20,000 media jobs. There will be "a decline of original content across the board that will have enormous consequences for democracy … Like fax machines and CD players, local newspapers and commercial radio are victims of change. These are long-term economic cycles."
Fast Company: Will NPR Save the News?
Sunday, 22 March 2009, 22:57
"The most successful hybrid of old and new media comes from the last place you'd expect. How NPR's digital smarts, nonprofit structure, and good old-fashioned shoe leather just might save the news. "
Jeni Barnett: MMR and Me (updated)
Saturday, 7 February 2009, 11:25
Jeni Barnett's defense of the MMR programme that is the focus of a legal dispute between LBC and Dr Ben Goldacre. To her credit, she allows those who disagree with her to comment.
Update 9/2: It seems my pleasant surprise at Barnett’s willingness to engage with her critics was premature. As Holford Watch points out, out the critical comments have now been removed from her site.
Barnett also added second, more snarky post condemning Ben Goldacre as a “Bad Scientist”. The (quite reasonable) comments on that post have also been removed.
If you publish non-fiction in any public medium — be it a blog or something with a considerably larger audience like a radio programme — you must expect people to question the factual veracity of your reporting and the logical consistency of your analysis. If this happens, you should be willing to take it on the chin, defend your position, or even honourably withdraw claims that don’t stand up to the critique.
This is the standard that scientists hold themselves to, and it would be nice if those with the power to disseminate ideas to mass audiences would hold themselves to the same standard.
Broadcast: NME Radio kicks off multiplatform push
Wednesday, 3 September 2008, 07:57
"NME Radio will host and record the Jack Daniels Birthday Sessions twice a week for the whole of September … The sessions will be recorded in the studios for NME radio and will be filmed in HD at the same time. The video will be uploaded on NME's online video player and may also be used to compile a series on NME TV later this year. Interviews around the performances will be posted online and profiled in NME magazine."
The Guardian: The Bauers – who are they?
Monday, 1 September 2008, 11:25
"Given the size of the company – in 2007 it was projected to turn over €1.79bn – it is surprising just how little leaks out of Bauer; publicly available information could fit on a side of A4."
Shane Richmond: BBC Radio: worse than I thought
Tuesday, 29 July 2008, 22:54
"[T]hanks to a new tool on the BBC website, I’m now able to see that they don’t actually play any of the music I listen to."
Shane Richmond: BBC Radio: worse than I thought
Tuesday, 29 July 2008, 22:54
"[T]hanks to a new tool on the BBC website, I’m now able to see that they don’t actually play any of the music I listen to."
Wednesday, 16 July 2008, 22:52
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"National Public Radio (NPR) has introduced an API that it says will allow developers to serve up mashups that include audio, images, and full text articles from the non-profit media organization’s archives that go as far back as 1995."
Saturday, 21 June 2008, 19:44
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"The BBC will propose sharing regional news resources, including non-exclusive footage, to help ITV with the costs of its regional bulletins, and it will tell commercial radio companies that it is willing to spend heavily to market digital radio."
Saturday, 21 June 2008, 19:42
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"Though the BBC’s World Service uses around 15 different technologies to reach its listeners, short-wave is still king: latest figures, published last week, show 105m of its 182m-strong global audience still listen that way."
Friday, 23 May 2008, 17:32
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"However, there’s aspects [of the Express & Echo's coverage] that are far from perfect. The bitty nature of the articles is quite frustrating. Also, every piece is finished with a plug for tomorrow’s echo, where the full story will appear."
Sunday, 3 February 2008, 10:59
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"A butcher has been driven radio ga ga after [the Performing Rights Society] told him he was flouting the law – by playing a battered transistor in his Rotherham shop."
