NPR TO REDEFINE "NEWS & NOTES" AS MULTIMEDIA PROGRAM
Farai Chideya Named Host, Nicole Childers Named Executive Producer;
New Elements to Bring Online Experience into the Radio Broadcast
Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, CA; September 12, 2006 - NPR is initiating a series of changes to the daily news and information program News & Notes aimed at incorporating the online experience into the radio show, adding audience participation in shaping the program and creating a community uniting the radio listeners and Internet users.
As part of these plans, News & Notes host/correspondent Farai Chideya has been named host, replacing Ed Gordon. Chideya is a well-known broadcast and digital media journalist, longtime public radio show host and founder of http://www.popandpolitics.com/ an online journal for young Americans which attracts more than 50,000 visitors monthly.
Additionally, Nicole Childers has been named Executive Producer of the program. Childers joined News & Notes in July 2005 as Senior Supervising Producer and, most recently, has served as Acting Executive Producer. The Emmy-winning journalist came to NPR from ABC News, where she had been a producer.
The new elements of News & Notes will reflect the mounting importance of the Internet in how the public seeks news and information, Chideya's proven experience in unifying traditional and new media and NPR's current efforts to extend its presence in digital platforms. The show will feature significant contributions from its online community to identify issues of interest, spot trends, share discoveries, participate in shaping the program and join in News & Notes' dialogue with newsmakers. The show's existing roster of respected experts will contribute regular segments on a wide range of issues relevant to the African American audience. The audience will also be invited to post personal essays on the www.NPR.org website, with some essayists featured on the broadcast.
Farai Chideya Named Host, Nicole Childers Named Executive Producer;
New Elements to Bring Online Experience into the Radio Broadcast
Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, CA; September 12, 2006 - NPR is initiating a series of changes to the daily news and information program News & Notes aimed at incorporating the online experience into the radio show, adding audience participation in shaping the program and creating a community uniting the radio listeners and Internet users.
As part of these plans, News & Notes host/correspondent Farai Chideya has been named host, replacing Ed Gordon. Chideya is a well-known broadcast and digital media journalist, longtime public radio show host and founder of http://www.popandpolitics.com/ an online journal for young Americans which attracts more than 50,000 visitors monthly.
Additionally, Nicole Childers has been named Executive Producer of the program. Childers joined News & Notes in July 2005 as Senior Supervising Producer and, most recently, has served as Acting Executive Producer. The Emmy-winning journalist came to NPR from ABC News, where she had been a producer.
The new elements of News & Notes will reflect the mounting importance of the Internet in how the public seeks news and information, Chideya's proven experience in unifying traditional and new media and NPR's current efforts to extend its presence in digital platforms. The show will feature significant contributions from its online community to identify issues of interest, spot trends, share discoveries, participate in shaping the program and join in News & Notes' dialogue with newsmakers. The show's existing roster of respected experts will contribute regular segments on a wide range of issues relevant to the African American audience. The audience will also be invited to post personal essays on the www.NPR.org website, with some essayists featured on the broadcast.
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Chideya has worked in print, television online and radio. Before joining News & Notes in February 2005, she was host of Your Call, a daily news and cultural call-in show on NPR Member station KALW in San Francisco. She has also been a correspondent for ABC News; commentator for CNN, Fox, MSNBC and BET, and anchor of the Oxygen cable network primetime program Pure Oxygen. Chideya began her career as a reporter for Newsweek and, in 1997, was chosen one of the magazine's "100 People to Watch." She is the author of three books and has written for such publications as the New York Times, Vibe, O and Essence. For her extensive involvement in digital media, she was named one of Alternet's "New Media Heroes" and PoliticsOnline.com's worldwide "25 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics," and is recipient of a MOBE IT Innovator Award. Other honors include a North Star News Prize from the North Star Fund, recognizing journalists of color who have made significant contributions to the field; a "Young Lion" from the Black Entertainment & Telecommunications Association (BETA), a GLAAD Award and a National Education Reporting Award. Chideya graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a B.A. in English.
Before joining News & Notes and NPR in July 2005, Childers spent six years in broadcast and digital journalism at ABC News. There, she worked with Diane Sawyer on the newsmagazine Primetime Live, and then was named Associate Producer for World News Tonight with Peter Jennings. She covered such major stories as 9/11, the Iraq war and the death of Pope John Paul II. She was also producer for the launch of ABC News' digital channel, ABC News Now. Childers has been honored with two Emmys as well as Peabody, DuPont-Columbia and Edward R. Murrow Awards. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in Afro-American Studies.
News & Notes made its premiere in January 2005 and is produced at NPR West studios in Los Angeles. It currently airs on 86 stations and has an audience of 875,000 weekly listeners.
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Before joining News & Notes and NPR in July 2005, Childers spent six years in broadcast and digital journalism at ABC News. There, she worked with Diane Sawyer on the newsmagazine Primetime Live, and then was named Associate Producer for World News Tonight with Peter Jennings. She covered such major stories as 9/11, the Iraq war and the death of Pope John Paul II. She was also producer for the launch of ABC News' digital channel, ABC News Now. Childers has been honored with two Emmys as well as Peabody, DuPont-Columbia and Edward R. Murrow Awards. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in Afro-American Studies.
News & Notes made its premiere in January 2005 and is produced at NPR West studios in Los Angeles. It currently airs on 86 stations and has an audience of 875,000 weekly listeners.
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See my profile of Farai Chideya from 2004: Critical Noir: The Hip-Hop Generation's Voice of Hope
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