NPR (National Public Radio)
NPR is a nonprofit public media organisation producing journalism and storytelling across radio, podcasts and digital platforms, distributed through nearly 250 member stations nationwide.
NPR (National Public Radio) is a nonprofit public media organisation producing journalism and storytelling for an American audience. Its reporting reaches millions of people each day on the air, online and in person, and the organisation describes its purpose as helping to create a more informed public. Work is distributed through a network of nearly 250 independent member stations, which carry NPR programming alongside local reporting and together reach public radio stations serving 99% of the U.S. population.
The organisation employs thousands of journalists across the United States and in international bureaus. Its technical and editorial work spans audio and radio broadcasting, podcasting, digital media platforms, news reporting and content production. Alongside daily on-air programming, NPR produces podcasts and online products through which audiences consume its journalism on demand, and it continues to adapt its output as media consumption shifts from traditional radio to digital formats.
NPR is listener-supported rather than funded by corporate interests, and it states that independence and integrity are central to its work. Diversity, equity and inclusion are treated as essential values, and the organisation emphasises rigorous reporting, high standards of public service and storytelling, and a goal of enabling audiences to participate meaningfully in civic life. Employees work within the public media, news and journalism, radio broadcasting, podcasting and digital media, and civic life and public affairs sectors.