Description: NPR’s “Weekend Edition” host Scott Simon and Vice President for Programming Jay Kernis discuss NPR’s rapid rise in audience and funding—even as the audience for major commercial broadcast networks continues to erode. Both Mr. Simon, a Peabody Award winning correspondent, and Mr. Kernis, a University of Maryland alumnus, have long been proponents of NPR's mission.
Speaker(s):
Lee Thornton, Ph.D., professor, University of Maryland
Jay Kernis, senior vice president, Programming, NPR
Scott Simon, NPR's "Weekend Edition" host
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