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.
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Despite the recession new businesses keep cropping up in the heart of Montana's capitol city.
- Added: May 06, 2010
- Length: 00:03:28
The agricultural area in Southern Miami-Dade County has been declared a federal disaster area following January's freeze: but from farmers to the g...
- Added: Feb 20, 2010
- Length: 00:03:10
With around 80,000 Haitians expected to apply for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) that will allow them to legally work and live in South Florida, ...
- Added: Jan 26, 2010
- Length: 00:03:30
More and more, Utah is winning the game of luring companies here. And encouraging companies already here to expand. Most are attracted to the state...
- Added: Jan 05, 2010
- Length: 00:07:04
Our small business series continues today at Cucina Deli. When sales dropped off sharply, owner Dean Peirose (Per-ROSE) had to cut costs. But he al...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jan 05, 2010
- Length: 00:03:59
- Purchases: 1
What does it take to hang onto a small business in this recession? For the owners of the children’s furniture store “That’s My Room” in Salt Lake C...
- Added: Jan 05, 2010
- Length: 00:06:03
It’s been a tough year in the aerospace industry. On Thursday, space and defense company ATK announced it will soon be laying off 800 more employ...
- Added: Jan 05, 2010
- Length: 00:06:28
Yesterday, a major force in Utah’s aerospace industry – ATK – announced they’ll be laying off 800 more workers in Utah early next year, as two gove...
- Added: Jan 05, 2010
- Length: 00:05:34
Charlotte officials are touting the region's potential as a green energy hub. But so are hundreds of other cities. Is there any substance to the ...
- Added: Dec 09, 2009
- Length: 00:04:03
A North Carolina businessman makes a living selling a pill that might save your life in a nuclear meltdown. In his line of work, fear is good for b...
Bought by EconomyBeat Podcast and KUOW
- Added: Nov 30, 2009
- Length: 00:03:23
- Purchases: 2
Thanksgiving weekend is usually a big one for tourist towns in the North Carolina mountains. But the rock slide that has shut down I-40 is hurting...
- Added: Nov 25, 2009
- Length: 00:01:55
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 00:05:13
- Purchases: 1
Charlotte-area small business Tyler 2 Construction is putting laid-off workers on "attached unemployment" and still paying their health insurance b...
Bought by Michigan Radio Economy Special and KUOW
- Added: Nov 23, 2009
- Length: 00:03:24
- Purchases: 2
The Tennessee Titans have fallen from having the NFL's best regular season record to one of the worst. The economic impact is already being felt in...
Bought by KRUA
- Added: Nov 10, 2009
- Length: 00:03:38
- Purchases: 1
The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe in South Dakota has bought a Wall Street firm that manages 1.4 billion dollars in assets.
- Added: Nov 10, 2009
- Length: 00:05:14
The small town of Howard, South Dakota stands to benefit from green energy bill being considered in congress. But not everyone in town is backing t...
- Added: Nov 10, 2009
- Length: 00:04:31
As downtown economies sag nationwide, investment in Salt Lake City’s central business district is expected to top $5 billion dollars by 2012. That...
- Added: Nov 09, 2009
- Length: 00:04:00
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 p...
- Added: Oct 29, 2009
- Length: 00:06:03
One law firm in Nashville is training its younger, less expensive attorneys to take on trial work as clients look for ways to cut costs.
- Added: Oct 27, 2009
- Length: 00:04:07
- Purchases: 2
Duke Energy is now renting business rooftops to set up a distributed solar network. The project has timely benefits for several North Carolina bus...
- Added: Oct 23, 2009
- Length: 00:02:35
People who work with NPR Economic Training Project
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Emilie Ritter Saunders
News Reporter |
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Tina Antolini
Reporter and Producer |
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Emily McCord
Producer/Reporter |
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Jason DeRose (Admin)
NPR News Western Bureau Chief |
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Ben Markus
Reporter |
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Charles Ray
South Dakota Public Radio Producer / Reporter |
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Rachel Ward
Reporter and All Things Considered Host |
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Julie Rose
WFAE News Reporter |
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Kirk Siegler
News Reporter |
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Ki-Min Sung
writer/reporter/producer |
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Brian Watt
Reporter, KPCC |
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Jenny Brundin
News Director |
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Curt Nickisch
Business and Technology Reporter |
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Niala Boodhoo
Changing Gears Chicago Reporter |
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Adriene Hill
Reporter |
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Alexander Mayer
Economic Training Project Assistant, NPR |
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