Vanity Fair
dishes on NPR's new head honcho, Gary Knell and his challenge to counteract years of "impotent, ineffectual, absentee, and alien management."
...in the balance hangs NPR’s future and perhaps even its soul—as either a
nonpartisan defender of in-depth journalism or a target of the partisan
sniping of the sound-bite era. David Margolick explores how NPR’s
management managed to squander the advantages of the national dole,
deep-pocketed donors, a roster of top-notch reporters, and the loyalty
of legions of devoted Click and Clack fans—and whether it can recover
from the annus horribilis of 2011.
