NPR Pathfinder - Frequently Mentioned Texts

Daniel Schorr,
Senior NPR News Analyst

[Frequently Mentioned Texts]

Collins, Mary. National Public Radio : the cast of characters. Washington, D.C.: Seven Locks Press, 1993. Davis Folio [HE8697.95.U6 C64 1993]

Through abundant black and white photos alongside the text, this book details the struggle from NPR's beginnings in 1971 through 1993, including anecdotes of life behind the scenes.

Looker, Thomas. The Sound and the Story: NPR and the Art of Radio. Boston , MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. Davis [HE8697.95.U6 L66 1995]

The Sound the Story details the dedication and hard work that have gone into producing programs such as Morning Edition and All Things Considered on a shoestring budget. This book discusses the debate at NPR over whether the station should exist primarily as a news source or should produce programming that is unavailable on TV or in newspapers.

McCort, Tom. Conflicting Communication Interests in America. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1999. Davis [HE8697.95.U6 M363 1999]

This book discusses the development of NPR; funding issues, programming sources, audience, and commercial vs. noncommercial radio systems in the context of what the author proposes is a crisis in public broadcasting.