Bilingual radio stations have long been a place of community for the Latino diaspora in the United States. Now, it’s the forefront of Utah’s newest public radio experiment. The first Spanish-language radio waves in the United States were broadcast in … Read more
It’s a familiar statistic: Approximately 2,500 local news outlets in the United States have closed in the past 20 years — a trend that has continued throughout the pandemic. But, in some of these “news deserts,” the places where papers have … Read more
KPCC In Person is the events and engagement team for KPCC, Southern California Public Radio. Unlike many media organizations, our live events team is embedded in our newsroom. Through our work, we meet fascinating people who … Read more
Spending hours sitting alone at a drawing table, cartoonist Jessica Abel often listens to public radio, a habit that turned her into a devotee. Abel calls radio “the most fertile ground for narrative nonfiction in English-language media.” … Read more
When “Tell Me More,” NPR’s talk show about diversity, was canceled in 2014, NPR’s then-ombudsman Edward Schumacher-Matos observed that Latinos (16 percent of the U.S. population) hold only 5 percent of newsroom jobs at NPR … Read more
Growing up Asian and Latina in a town that was nearly 90 percent white, it was only natural that I’d develop an appreciation for diversity. I didn’t see me anywhere, and it was my longing for stories that reflected … Read more
When I hear the “All Things Considered” theme, I hear vegetables sizzling in a pan. I think about being 6 years old and playing with toys at the kitchen table while my mom cooked dinner and caught up with … Read more
