Kelly McBride appears in the following:
The audience has a lot to say about coverage of the Israel-Hamas war. We're listening
Thursday, November 02, 2023
'It's necessary to listen to the critics, even when they are spewing venom.'
How to interview vulnerable sources without exploiting them
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Public radio journalists share their advice for treating sources with care
Nina Totenberg is the exception, not the rule, and NPR leaders should say so
Wednesday, November 02, 2022
Managing conflicts of interest and competing loyalties
How NPR decided whose voices to include in stories on the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
The guidelines for whose voices get into NPR news reports
NPR reporting on Supreme Court mask controversy merits clarification
Thursday, January 20, 2022
An inaccurate verb choice made the reporting unclear
4 NPR hosts quit in the last year, 3 were women of color
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
A look at what's driving women of color to walk away from NPR's most prominent jobs and why it matters to listeners
New NPR Ethics Policy: It's OK For Journalists To Demonstrate (Sometimes)
Thursday, July 29, 2021
NPR opens the door for journalists to publicly advocate for fairness, justice and other human values.
NPR Standards Need More Clarity Around When To Name A Mass Shooter
Thursday, March 25, 2021
Not glorifying a shooter isn't enough to ensure good journalism
From 'Protest' To 'Riot' To 'Insurrection' — How NPR's Language Evolved
Thursday, January 14, 2021
The Capitol breach changed journalist vocabulary
NPR Had The Leaked Trump Tape, Too. Here's What The Newsroom Did With It
Thursday, January 07, 2021
A public radio initiative to bolster local reporting paid off in dividends
Code Switch Is An Overnight Sensation 7 Years In The Making
Thursday, December 10, 2020
How a startup show grows in a legacy organization
Can The NPR Approach To News Survive 2020?
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Listeners react when outrageous news lacks outrageous delivery.
NPR Should Have Revealed Totenberg-RBG Friendship Earlier
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Why is it OK for a senior correspondent to be close friends with a key source on her beat, but it's not OK for her colleague to march in a Black Lives Matter protest?
'Without evidence' Is A New Catchphrase At NPR
Thursday, September 03, 2020
'Without evidence' is a new catchphrase at NPR.
It prompts a deeper question about whose statements are fact-checked.
It prompts a deeper question about whose statements are fact-checked.
'Lassoing Facts': Coverage Of Beirut Explosion Reveals Strengths And Flaws
Thursday, August 13, 2020
A close look at a week of storytelling around the massive blast that destroyed Beirut tells us how NPR could improve.
How The Portland Protest Story Escalated And Why News Consumers Were Frustrated
Thursday, August 06, 2020
The conflict in Portland between federal agents and protesters escalated rapidly. As NPR responded, doing 40 stories over 15 days, some audience members saw bias.
NPR Let The US Attorney General Tell A Falsehood On The Air
Thursday, July 16, 2020
Host Steve Inskeep and his team missed several opportunities to hold a powerful official accountable for misleading the public. Instead, they helped him perpetuate a myth.
In Choosing The Wrong Photo, NPR Editors Paved The Way For Partisan Attack
Thursday, June 25, 2020
NPR selected an inaccurate photo for a story about attacks on protesters.
Should Images Of Protesters Be Blurred To Protect Them From Retribution?
Thursday, June 18, 2020
Will manipulating images make them less true?
Did George Floyd Die Or Was He Murdered? One Of Many Ethics Questions NPR Must Answer
Thursday, June 04, 2020
When the details of Floyd's death are rendered so opaque as to be meaningless, it incites anger and even rage in listeners and readers.