Media

Politics & Government

State Of The Union Is Not Expected To Generate Big TV Ratings

6:28am January 12, 2016

by Scott Horsley

President Obama hopes to use the speech to frame his last year in office and the 2016 campaign. The political spotlight, however, is increasingly shifting to the people running to replace him.

NPR's Weekend in Washington session at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 31, 2015.

Economy

Richard Thaler: Why Most Economists Might As Well Be Studying Unicorns

12:01am January 12, 2016

by NPR Staff

Shankar Vedantam talks to Richard Thaler — father of behavioral economics and author of Misbehaving -- about why we so often fail to act the way we should and how marshmallows can predict the future.

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Sean Penn Faces Backlash Over 'Rolling Stone' Story On 'El Chapo'

11:37pm January 11, 2016

by David Folkenflik

The actor Sean Penn is facing criticism over his interview with the drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman for Rolling Stone. But some of the criticism may be misdirected.

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'El Chapo' Talked With Sean Penn, In Clandestine Jungle Interview

10:29pm January 09, 2016

by Colin Dwyer

In a piece published Saturday night by Rolling Stone, the actor revealed he sat with Joaquin Guzmán for an interview in October, when the drug kingpin was still being hunted by Mexican authorities.

The armed individuals occupying part of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon include Ryan Bundy. On Thursday, he had a gun and a tape measure on his side. Bundy is the son of Cliven Bundy, whose 2014 armed standoff with the federal Bureau of Lan

Those Men In Oregon: Troublemakers, Terrorists Or Something Else?

4:02pm January 09, 2016

by Mark Memmott

Fans and foes want the news media to label the armed individuals who are occupying part of a national wildlife refuge. NPR is trying to describe, rather than characterize. Here's our thinking.

A memorial is seen on West Baltimore street at the site of the city's 300th homicide on Nov. 19, 2015.

A 'Heartbreaking' Story: How An Editor And A Crime Victim Crossed Paths

3:55pm January 08, 2016

When Adam Marton, an editor for The Baltimore Sun, was making an infographic of the city's 2015 homicides, he realized he knew one of the victims. He tells Renee Montagne about the connection.

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A memorial is seen on a West Baltimore street at the site of the city's 300th homicide on Nov. 19.

National

In A Sea Of Homicide Stats, A Familiar Name — And A Heartbreaking Story

12:30pm January 08, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Baltimore journalist Adam Marton was looking at homicide data when he saw the name of the man he says stole his car, and remembered the scene: a subwoofer, a baby seat, a pile of job applications.

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TV News Car Vandalized While City Touts Robbery Prevention

7:14am January 07, 2016

Officials in Washington, D.C., were talking about a new effort to prevent robberies. That's when, about 100 feet away, an ABC7 News car was broken into.

Arts

What Mattered In Media In 2015

3:07pm January 04, 2016

by Eric Deggans

NPR TV critic Eric Deggans looks at some of the moments, from Trump to Brian Williams, that made a difference in media in the past year.

'Boston Globe' Employees Help Deliver Papers

7:55am January 04, 2016

The paper switched delivery companies and subscribers started reporting missing papers. Before dawn on Sunday, dozens of reporters and editors fanned out and delivered the papers themselves.