NPR's 2024 reporting priorities
At the start of each new year, we contact journalists at NPR to ask about their reporting priorities.
Why? Because journalists everywhere face the perpetual challenge of dividing their time between responding to the news of the day and reporting out new and important stories that no one else is telling. It's hard to overstate how difficult this balancing act is for both individual journalists and for newsroom leaders who must guide entire teams of reporters.
Many journalists and news organizations are competent at covering breaking news and daily developments. Less common are the newsrooms that dig deep into a topic or reach for groundbreaking reporting. That's because it takes more journalistic skill and stronger leadership to do those deeper stories.
Embedded in the promise of public media is to go beyond the obvious stories of the day and give people a fresher and wider look at the world. Journalists and newsrooms that don't have a plan to get
