Blacks Last Hired, First Fired at NPR - Farewell to News & Notes (857 hits)

The announcement by National Public Radio that it plans to cut its only African-American themed show “New & Notes” in 2009 came both as a shock and a huge disappointment. Shock because on the eve of America swearing in its first ever Black president, you’d think that NPR would see the relevance in having a show like “News & Notes” on the air, especially given all of the outstanding coverage that they provided during the primary and general election. Disappointment, because the show’s cancellation is just another sign that it’s not safe out there for Black journalists…anywhere.

NPR had many choices on where to make cuts and instead of perhaps scaling “News & Notes” from five times a week back to three, they decided to cancel it all together. Read more....