Let's take a second to appreciate who makes WAMU: Audio engineers.
We have 4 full time engineers and 1 contractor who support hosts so you can listen to Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and 1A. They control the mics and the music plus keep track of the clock and programs.
"It's a record of what happen," says @kellymcb on @1a of a shuttered local news site like @DCist that is currently inaccessible to the public. "If the public cant access that record. It's lost to them. All those stories. The internet promised to equalize all of that."
Must-listen today on @1a: The slow death of local news coverage, something the D.C. region has absolutely experienced in recent months, with the Post trimming the Metro section and @wamu885 killing @dcist and laying off 15 people. https://t.co/4NHqNRoNbX
To say I am devastated doesn't even cut it.
Valuable colleagues who are talented journalists and just kind, empathetic people were laid off.
Critical local media @DCist was taken from us amid pivotal budget and election cycles.
My heart hurts. We are in a media crisis.
For fans and former employees you can access old versions of @DCist in the Wayback Machine. This work will not be erased, the Internet is forever. You don't play with digital native journos! https://t.co/ToorcRhwKn
This morning, @wamu885 management informed us they are laying off 15 vital people from our organization. These individuals are the lifeblood of our journalism. Our hearts are broken. We can’t believe we are losing our colleagues and friends.
For more on where AI is headed, tune into NPR’s @1A podcast all this week at 10 am ET for Know It All: 1A and WIRED’s Guide to AI.
Listen to today’s episode: https://t.co/wkpdqkWniR
It was great fun for me to talk with @nlyonne about her [wonderful] new @peacock show, "Poker Face." But also @rianjohnson, John Cassavetes, LIEUTENANT Columbo, and her newfound interest in surfing. 🤙 https://t.co/lYCDSKDjG3
When I found out about @june_leffler's idea to cover vacant homes for @1a, I realized I lived next to at least four on my block in Philly. I went around town to take more pictures of the city's vacant and abandoned properties.
Audio is now up! Our packed @1a conversation today with former Twitter employee @mingle74, Twitter investor @GerberKawasaki, The Verge's @alexeheath, and @losangelista of Word In Black. https://t.co/4MAjnkqqw2
I’ll be on NPR @1a in the 7am et hour to talk about this and all the other latest stuff with Twitter/Elon. A former Twitter employee will be joining us.
When the pres of #Ticketmaster was on @1a, he denied the company is a monopoly & summed things up as a comms/marketing failure: "The role that Ticketmaster has taken in the industry over many decades is it’s the one that gets blamed for a lot of things.”
https://t.co/kR6DeoVKC7
latest Sunday 'Best Of' - Jenn's conversation with @officialDannyT. @michelleharven produced it when Danny's memoir came out last summer https://t.co/Nqr9jJSOG5