Where did NPR's burger money go?
WHERE DID NPR's MONEY GO?
[SOURCE: The Boston Globe, AUTHOR: Alex Beam]
[Commentary] Since the $225 million gift that NPR received in 2003 from Joan Kroc has public radio gotten any better? It certainly hasn't gotten any worse. NPR executive vice president Ken Stern says the Kroc money "allowed us to invest in what this country needs -- serious, in-depth reporting." Overall, NPR has added 85 new staffers and 10 new beats and has opened five new foreign bureaus at a time when almost all other media are shuttering them. Also, the gift has funded more investigative reporting, and brought people such as Robert Krulwich and Ted Koppel into the public radio fold. Two new shows have come on the air post-Kroc, "Day to Day" and "News & Notes."
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2006/09/20/where_did_np...
Where did NPR's burger money go?