Listeners Like Who? : Exclusion and Resistance in the Public Radio Industry

Princeton University Press

Listeners Like Who?Exclusion and Resistance in the Public Radio Industry\nAuthor(s): Laura Garbes\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Princeton University Press, United States\nImprint: Princeton University Press\nISBN-13: 9780691257426, 978-0691257426\nSynopsis\nHow public radio has perpetuated racial inequality since its foundingand how journalists of color are challenging white dominance in the workplace and on the public airwaves\n\nNational Public Radio was established in 1970 with a mission to provide programming for all Americans, yet the gap between public radios pluralistic mandate and its failure to serve marginalized communities has plagued the industry from the start. Listeners Like Who? takes readers inside the public radio industry, revealing how the networks sound and listenership are reflections of its inherent whiteness, and describing the experiences of the nonwhite journalists who are fighting for change.\n\nDrawing on institutional archives, oral histories, and origina.