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Longtime NPR Producer Jim Lesher Dies At 46
Longtime NPR producer Jim Lesher died Wednesday. NPR's Audie Cornish and Melissa Block take a moment to remember the integral member of NPR and his many contributions.
CBS' Bob Schieffer Retires Sunday As Last Of The Old-School TV Anchors
Bob Schieffer, anchor of CBS' Face the Nation, retires Sunday after 46 years at the network. NPR TV Critic Eric Deggans says Schieffer is the last among a vanished breed of traditional news anchors.
A Manifesto On Diversity In Public Media
The host of the award-winning programs State of the Re:Union and Reveal shares his ideas about making public radio sound more like America.
Trickster Journalist Explains Why He Duped The Media On Chocolate Study
John Bohannon, the man behind a stunt that bamboozled many news organizations into publishing junk science on dieting, talks to NPR's Robert Siegel about why he carried out the scheme.
American Freelance Journalist Released By Rebels In Yemen
Casey Coombs was one of a number of Americans being held in Yemen, according to the U.S. State Department.
Racial Diversity Grows On Network Television, But Will Quality Lag Behind?
Network TV's fall schedule has a lot of new shows with non-white stars and casts. But NPR television critic Eric Deggans wonders if those series will explore race and culture as well as current shows.
Why A Journalist Scammed The Media Into Spreading Bad Chocolate Science
A lot of junk nutrition science gets reported in the media. It's a big problem. But did a science journalist's elaborate hoax to expose the crisis go too far?
An NPR Reporter Raced A Machine To Write A News Story. Who Won?
Machines are taking on jobs that once seemed robot-proof. But can a machine replace radio reporters? We pit a human against a machine to find out.
Letterman Leaves Late-Night TV With A Near-Perfect Final Show
Late Show host David Letterman said goodbye Wednesday night with his trademark self-deprecating sarcasm. He left as he had arrived: with a hilarious show made on his own terms.