May. 04 2009

NPRbackstory: Finding value in news archives through automation

It was from an automated Twitter account called NPRbackstory, a project by a man named Keith Hopper. Keith is a project manager at Public Interactive, a division of NPR, and NPRbackstory is an intriguing experiment in getting value out of one of the most overlooked assets any established news organization has: its archives.

i’ll write about this more, in-depth, on OTD this week. however, in the meantime (via andy), it’s significant enough to mention today. seems like NPR read matt’s post on news & context.

Oct. 10 2008

NPR: Planet Money

from the guys who brought you those TAL episodes everyone is freaking out about.  also, equally important, laura conaway (BPP alumnus) is an editor.

lets hope they don’t can this one too.

Jul. 13 2008

NPR: NYT: NPR Is Canceling The 'BPP'

very unfortunate.  the host chair was never really settled since an early exit by one of the original co-hosts but this was still a solid, relevant journalistic outpost.