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EPISODE · Jul 17, 2025 · 32 MIN

Former NPR editor Alisa Barba says public radio news has to change - NOW!

from Roman on the Radio · host Nick Roman

Former NPR editor Alisa Barba says public media can help save local news - but only if it starts listening to the people it wants to serve. That means changing the decades-old way local public radio covers news.  Alisa talks about convincing public radio newsrooms that change is good - and needs to happen fast.  

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Former NPR editor Alisa Barba says public radio news has to change - NOW!

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