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Emma Choi Navigated NPR Layoffs, and College

Emma Choi, NPR’s first Gen Z podcast host, went from being an intern to landing her own show in less than a year. Then she got laid off.

By Callie Holtermann

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Is Public Television the Israeli Government’s Next Target?

Kan, a multimedia network of news, prestige TV and niche language radio, is prepared to fight for its life.

By David Segal

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Alicia C. Shepard, Ombudsman Who Defended NPR in Torture Debate, Dies at 69

In one of many jobs she held in a diverse journalism career, she dealt with charges that the network was “serving as right-wing apologists for waterboarding.”

By Richard Sandomir

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Polito Vega, Salsa ‘King’ of New York Radio, Dies at 84

In a career that began in 1960, the Puerto Rico-born Mr. Vega became, one admirer said, “the architect of Hispanic radio at a global level.”

By Sam Roberts