Kelly McBride

1 week ago | npr.org | Kelly McBride

Diverse viewpoints lead to a more complete picture Two themes dominated our inbox this past week. Audience members weighed in on whether NPR and the rest of public media in the U.S. should be defunded. Others were displeased that NPR chose to mark the 100th day of Donald Trump's presidency by interviewing both Steve Bannon and the head of the Heritage Foundation, suggesting that their appearances on NPR lends unwarranted credibility to their views.

2 weeks ago | npr.org | Kelly McBride

Describing excellent journalism is the first step to being a good journalist It is often a struggle to turn the vague notion of great journalism into a concrete list of attributes that elevate a story into something noteworthy. And yet, if young journalists can't identify what makes some news stories stand out, they'll have difficulty learning to create great journalism.

2 weeks ago | poynter.org | Kelly McBride

Government workers, teachers and green card holders across the country are asking editors to remove their names — and the record of their support for causes now targeted by the Trump administration — from old stories. Journalists from around the country routinely ask me for ethics help. In the last month, I’ve heard from the editor of a gay newspaper, several alternative publications, a newsroom that covers immigrant issues, student newspapers and several mainstream commercial newsrooms.

2 weeks ago | editorandpublisher.com | Kelly McBride

Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2025 10:57 am Government workers, teachers and green card holders across the country are asking editors to remove their names — and the record of their support for causes now targeted by the Trump administration — from old stories. Journalists from around the country routinely ask me for ethics help. In the last month, I’ve heard from the editor of a gay newspaper, several alternative publications, a newsroom that covers immigrant issues, student newspapers and...

3 weeks ago | nhpr.org | Kelly McBride

I got a lot of responses to my recent newsletter that argued that most protests don't make for compelling news stories. The NPR audience members who wrote in vociferously disagreed with me, in dozens and dozens of letters and social media comments. Some believed I was urging NPR to shirk its journalistic duties, possibly as a way of appeasing the president. Many thought that when I said the protests weren't compelling as a news story, I meant that the reasons behind the protests weren't newsworthy.