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Tag: NPR

Do parents pick favorites?

Posted on February 24, 2015

NPR’s Morning Edition had a great segment on family relationships and what happens when kids perceive their parents have a favorite. Alex Jensen, a psychologist with Brigham Young University found that the…

Kalamazoo Promise and Pensacola Promise

Posted on April 16, 2014

In 2008, I interviewed on my radio show, “IN Your Head,” leaders from Kalamazoo, Michigan about an economic development initiative that provided all its high school graduates with college scholarships. That initiative,…

Drug lords control Mexican media

Posted on August 2, 2010

The Washington Post writes about the near blackout of any coverage of the drug war along the Mexico-U.S. border. Two weeks ago, Mexican soldiers clashed in Nuevo Laredo with drug cartel gangsters…

Meek: “Leadership isn’t being in Pensacola to see the first drop of oil.”

Posted on June 4, 2010

I spoke yesterday with Congressman Kendrick Meek, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate. Meek was in New York City and had just finished an interview on MSNBC, where he talked about the BP…

Containment box 200 ft. above leak

Posted on May 8, 2010

According to NPR, the containment structure was most recently reported as just 200 feet above the leak. Reuters reports the 98-ton structure is suspended just over the leak while crews using remotely…

BP’s $25 Million Insult

Posted on May 5, 2010

Yesterday’s Beast article moved from #5 to #2 – competing with Times Square bomber story. You are helping to keep the nation’s attention on the Pensacola area. The Beast’s editors and the…

What took DOJ so long to investigate ECSO

Posted on January 29, 2009

Why did it take six years for the Department of Justice to investigate the first complaint against the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office and three years to investigate the second? National Public Radio…

NPR wants younger listeners

Posted on March 26, 2007

Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam reports: Like newspapers and television news, public radio has a graying audience. “We have learned in focus groups with younger listeners that they are interested in many…

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