Well, looks like my time with NPR is up. Gutted that @NPRinvisibilia the show I love & have given 7+ yrs of my life to has "stopped production". Gutted to not get to work with my brilliant teammates. Gutted that me & some 100 colleagues I admire have lost our jobs. This sucks.
NO ONE in podcasting was doing the kind of journalism that @LouderThanARiot mastered.
It is a singular show about music, culture, and justice. Their latest season - about misogynoir and marginalization in hip-hop - is already a triumph. Read about this team (@Sid_Madden's thread below) and respect their work by listening & supporting.
With all due respect, the second thing I want to say is that is that cancelling shows like @LouderThanARiot is the exact opposite of what @NPR needs to be doing if it wants to stay relevant. The show is one of several pointing the way forward about what journalism can be.
One of the worst things about these layoffs is seeing a familiar pattern of "wanting to speak to a younger, more diverse audience" while shifting resources away from work that does exactly that.
Hurting and heartbroken for the incredibly talented folks that NPR is letting go of this week. If any NPR folks want to talk freelance story editing or just the indie landscape in general please don't hesitate to reach out, I'd love to offer help and encouragement.
The last episode of Imperfect Paradise: The Lost Revolutionary is out. I am so proud of this show and the incredible team that put it together - @AGuzmanLopez, @natchudnovsky, @tabasfat, @francisco_apino and @audreyqq. There are so many strands beautifully woven together โจ
We @translashmedia will be making a bigger splash about this next week but I wanted to congratulate our entire team on receiving the Excellence in Podcast Award from @nlgja for Season 1 of the #AntiTransHateMachine: A Plot Against Equality. ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ https://t.co/ckFcPZRhnz