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12/17/2024

The Tiny Desk Contest is coming back! Unsigned musicians: Enter the Contest by sending a video of you playing 1 original song (behind a desk) between Jan. 14 and Feb. 10. If you win, you’ll play your very own Tiny Desk concert. http://npr.org/tinydeskcontest

12/11/2024

Day 2 of Holiday Week was filled with cooking with SoundBites very own, Chef Janis!

Chef Janis taught NPR how to make a delicious holiday meal: lemon butter roasted chicken, Brussel sprout slaw & roasted potatoes.

Thanks for filling our bellies and making our mouths water 🤤

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12/09/2024

This weekend, hosted the Washington Association of Black Journalists Gala and our colleague, Cheryl W Thompson received the Legacy Award for her Investigative Reporting. NPR is in the house!!!

Congratulations, Cheryl and excellent job, Ayesha!

12/06/2024

We’re still charting!

Two NPR podcasts made it to Best Podcasts of 2024!
🃏Wild Card with
📻Embedded: Tested

And Embedded: Supermajority also placed for !

If you haven’t had a chance to listen to these podcasts, check them out today 🎧

Thank you & for the love 🫶🏽

Congrats !

12/04/2024

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We appreciate all 93,297 streams 💙🎧

We hope you enjoyed all 3,391 episodes 🤞🏽

12/03/2024

NPR employees shared how they spent the Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends this year. Check out the photo story here:

NPR Extra How NPR staff celebrated Thanksgiving December 3, 20241:13 PM ET Sommer Hill NPR employees shared how they spent the Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends this year. Kier Harrison, Career Development and Learning Specialist "Our beach tradition started when my sister and I were old....

12/03/2024

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12/02/2024

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11/26/2024

⚡ As the giving season kicks off, power independent journalism and the Network. How?

👉 1. Hit the Donate Button to keep essential news free and accessible for all.

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11/26/2024

NPR's Books We Love returns for its 12th year

NPR's annual, interactive reading guide – is back with over 350 new recommendations from 2024. Discover picks by NPR staffers, including Ari Shapiro, Nina Totenberg, Eric Deggans, Steve Inskeep, Linda Holmes, and trusted critics such as Fresh Air's Maureen Corrigan. Plus, explore nearly 4,000 books in our complete 12-year archive.

The 2024 edition of the guide offers over 350 new reading recommendations.

11/20/2024

We’re so excited that Up First is the #9 Top Show of the year on for 2024! Thanks to all of our fans for listening!

11/20/2024

NPR Music Reporter and Editor was honored at Ebony’s Power 100 Gala!

Congratulations Sidney!

11/15/2024

Sound Reporting, Second Edition, Coming in December

Audio journalism trainer Jerome Socolovsky is the author of the new edition of Sound Reporting, The NPR Guide to Audio Journalism and Production. We sat down with him for an interview detailing the behind the scenes process of writing and revising this book.

NPR Extra Sound Reporting, Second Edition, Coming in December November 15, 20243:46 PM ET By  Jerome Socolovsky Audio journalism trainer Jerome Socolovsky is the author of the new edition of Sound Reporting, The NPR Guide to Audio Journalism and Production. We sat down with him for an interview det...

11/06/2024

Live election coverage starts now! Tune in to your local public radio station or tell your smart speaker to play NPR 📻 You can also follow our live blog for updates here: https://www.npr.org/live-updates/trump-harris-2024-election-results

11/04/2024

It’s election week and NPR has you covered. Tune in to our live coverage all week.

Listen to on .

11/01/2024

Happy Native American Heritage Month!

Check out the stories, podcasts and more celebrating Indigenous communities on npr.org.

10/31/2024

Congratulations to the NPR Network for all of the Signal Awards!

The Signal Awards recognize “the most potent, meaningful and unprecedented audio projects being made today.”

A huge shout out to: A Sunday Story: Coal’s Deadly Dust, ’s Inheriting, ’s Peak Travel, ’s Landslide and & WRKF’s Road to Rickwood.

If you haven’t listened to the award winning series, listen today, wherever you find your podcast 📻🎧

10/25/2024

Did you miss the conversation with Michel Martin, Rachel Martin, Emily Kwong or Regina Barber at the Library of Congress National Book Festival? Don’t worry, we have you covered.

These conversations have been recorded and are releasing on npr.org!!! Run, don’t walk!

Tune in now to listen to the hosts and authors talk about their books!

📸: Shawn Miller/Library of Congress