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If it wasn’t Walter Cronkite, it was David Brinkley: for a couple of decades, Americans tended to share news sources. The mainstream media, derided today…
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In light of the ongoing Covid-19 Pandemic, the Ashland Independent Film Festival, scheduled for April 16-20, will not be taking place as planned. For more…
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You really can’t watch Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 tour de force, without cringing. The film begins with an ominous zwit zwit of…
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When listeners meet me for the first time, they usually say “it’s nice to put a face to the voice.” I could practically say the same thing of them; when…
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It was a sunny October afternoon when I arrived for my appointment with Bill Rauch. I was early and, as I waited, I saw Bill walk from the Admin building…
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When Jean Houston attended her 60th college reunion, she says her classmates didn’t recognize her. “You must be Jean Houston’s granddaughter,” one crowed.…
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In early December, NPR chief executive Jarl Mohn announced that he would be stepping down as head of the network this coming June. In the years before…
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When I was in high school, we “kidnapped” the Spanish teacher’s favorite stool and sent him ransom notes stipulating terms for its safe return. This was…
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A Contemporary HeritageFrom Peter Britt, who grew grapes in Jacksonville in 1855 to the establishment of the Rogue Valley Vintners in 2018, Southern…
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Over the course of the last year, there has been a conversation taking shape among NPR and member stations to define the “culture of journalism” that…
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The last few months have seen enormous changes for all of us at JPR. Moving into a new broadcast facility after 48+ years in a basement has been more than…
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Forged deep in a crucible of earth and brought toward the surface in a river of magma, diamonds are the hardest known naturally occurring substance. Their…
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For reporters in southern Oregon and northern California, late summer to early fall has traditionally been “fire season.” In the newsroom, nobody gets to…
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As I write, the 2018 OSF season is drawing to its close, and a sad close at that. The heavy financial losses resulting from smoke-affected performances…