Another in a series from NPR's Next Generation Radio, this piece perfectly captures the guilty pleasure that some young people take in listening to public radio. It was a bit bothersome for me that the piece equates NPR and All Things Considered with public radio and ignores the rest, but then I guess NPR is our biggest brand. Maybe it's just the public radio general manager in me coming out... Anyway, it's very well written, slickly produced and nicely narrated by producer Beth Novey. The sound bites from teenagers are priceless; I loved the line that listening to NPR is like drinking coffee - you don't like it when you're little either. This is an engaging piece that would fit well into a news magazine program like, say, All Things Considered.
Review of Captive Audience: NPR's Backseat Listeners
Phil Corriveau
Posted on August 20, 2006 at 12:56 PM
Another in a series from NPR's Next Generation Radio, this piece perfectly captures the guilty pleasure that some young people take in listening to public radio. It was a bit bothersome for me that the piece equates NPR and All Things Considered with public radio and ignores the rest, but then I guess NPR is our biggest brand. Maybe it's just the public radio general manager in me coming out... Anyway, it's very well written, slickly produced and nicely narrated by producer Beth Novey. The sound bites from teenagers are priceless; I loved the line that listening to NPR is like drinking coffee - you don't like it when you're little either. This is an engaging piece that would fit well into a news magazine program like, say, All Things Considered.