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New year, new stories

NPR journalists talk about their 2023 priorities
Source: Carlos Carmonamedina for NPR Public Editor

Happy New Year.

What separates signal from noise in journalism? Planning. When newsrooms identify their audience's needs and concerns, then find ways to deliver fresh narratives, they separate themselves from the packs of journalists who are all covering the same stories.

Early last year, we asked some of NPR's journalists to share their top reporting priorities for 2022 in our newsletter. We wanted to give the audience a look behind the scenes at the news planning process.

Neela Banerjee, supervising climate editor, told us one area of focus for 2022 would be covering the drought out West. NPR who were fighting over access to water and strategy amid the Colorado River drought.

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