NPR Economic Training Project
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia
- http://www.npr.org
The NPR Economic Training Project assists station-based public radio producers improve and refine their coverage of the economic and business issues.
Series
0 Pieces
As the national economy sputters, state and local governments have put the squeeze on spending. One of the first areas to feel budget cutbacks is parks and recreation.
- From: NPR Economic Training Project
- Updated: Oct 29, 2009
Pieces
Some Wisconsin lawmakers are hoping to pass legislation that would cap the interest rate so-called predatory lenders charge.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Sep 28, 2009
- Length: 04:21
- Purchases: 1
Kauai's economy, like the other neighbor islands, is less diversified than urban Oahu. And since no one's taking luxury vacations, times are tough.
- Added: Sep 24, 2009
- Length: 04:01
Kauai's tourism-based economy has been hit hard by the global downturn. And the growing number of unemployed are seeking out help for food.
- Added: Sep 24, 2009
- Length: 04:05
America's first open ocean fish farms started in Hawaii. But ten years on, a fringe Native Hawaiian group is protesting expansion plans.
- Added: Sep 24, 2009
- Length: 04:44
Facing drastic cuts, UH is talking retrenchment. Known as the "R" word in academic circles, it simply means laying off tenured professors.
- Added: Sep 24, 2009
- Length: 03:37
Hawaii is considering furloughs for state workers. But the contentious negotiations with public worker unions is already hurting the economy.
- Added: Sep 24, 2009
- Length: 03:32
At the UH professors contending with the highest home prices in the nation may benefit from a new mortgage assistance program.
- Added: Sep 24, 2009
- Length: 03:33
The tough economy is forcing Colleges and Universities in the Miami Valley to make some dramatic changes this academic year. Many have lost funding...
- Added: Sep 14, 2009
- Length: 03:30
Communities are coming together in Dayton to show there's still some life in economically depressed areas. For the past year, Dayton, Cleveland, Yo...
- Added: Sep 14, 2009
- Length: 03:15
Down economy is having a negative impact on summer travel across Wisconsin.
- Added: Sep 14, 2009
- Length: 04:06
People who work with NPR Economic Training Project
 |
Jenny Brundin
News Director |
 |
Tina Antolini
Reporter, Producer, Host |
|
Kirk Siegler
News Reporter |
|
Ki-Min Sung
writer/reporter/producer |
 |
Brian Watt
Reporter, KPCC |
 |
Ben Markus
Reporter |
 |
Charles Ray
South Dakota Public Radio Producer / Reporter |
 |
Curt Nickisch
Business and Technology Reporter |
 |
|
|
Julie Rose
WFAE News Reporter |
 |
|
 |
Jason DeRose (Admin)
NPR News Western Bureau Chief & Senior Editor |
 |
Emilie Ritter Saunders
News Reporter |
 |
Rachel Ward
Reporter and All Things Considered Host |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
Adriene Hill
Reporter |
 |
|
 |
Alexander Mayer
Economic Training Project Assistant, NPR |
|
