The cultural desk offers a report on faith-based initiatives. The science desk offers reports on a rescue mission to Antarctica, and the risks of unmanned space flight. The foreign desk offers pieces on Mexican guest workers, and a hunger strike in a Turkish prison. At the morning news meeting led by Managing Editor Barbara Rehm, editors and producers list the stories their staffs are working on, and which might be suitable for a 'lead,' the top story for either of ATC's two hours. Associate Editor Carol Klinger, who taps her storied Rolodex to book the right experts for each day's shows, prepares background information for an interview she arranged yesterday: The Wertheimer chat with a Japan expert.ĩ:30 a.m. Linda Wertheimer interviews a Japan expert she's in the studio, he's on the phone from Tokyo.Ĩ:35 a.m. Kelly meets with Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr, to discuss his afternoon commentary on Bush's first 100 days.Īssociate Editor Carol Klinger books experts for the day's show. (A broadcast that deviates from this schedule - when stations are notified they won't have their customary minutes - is called a 'format-breaker.' ATC will air one today: As part of NPR's Changing Face of America series, the show's entire second half hour will be devoted to a field report and a follow-up studio interview about women who've left welfare.)Ĩ:15 a.m. Leaving small blocks of time into which member stations can insert local news, the show is scheduled down to the last second into four segments per hour: 1A, B, C and D for the first hour 2A, B, C and D for the second. Today, Senior Editor Mary Louise Kelly is the first to arrive at the ATC 'horseshoe.' Her desk faces the giant whiteboard on which show segments are tracked. The day starts in ATC with nothing on the whiteboard where the show's story lineup is tracked.ħ:45 a.m. This afternoon, Siegel and Wertheimer will host so today, Adams will work with production assistant Matt Martinez on hours of tape they recorded during a recent reporting trip to Seattle.

On the days they're not on the show, the hosts travel, or work on future projects. The three ATC hosts - Adams, Wertheimer and Robert Siegel - take turns hosting the show, singly or in pairs. Linda Wertheimer starts her day at home with coffee, toast and research - reading the latest newspaper coverage on Japan's new prime minister, about whom she'll do an interview for this afternoon's broadcast.ħ:00 a.m. The show comes together at the ATC 'horseshoe,' a cluster of cubicles on the second floor of 635 Massachusetts Avenue N.W., in Washington, D.C.Ĭhoosing a day at random - Wednesday, April 25 - NPR's Patricia Edmonds and Jonathan Kern tracked the tasks involved in getting All Things Considered on the air.Ħ:00 a.m.

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