The power of local reporting
One of NPR's strengths is the broad network of member stations that are reporting stories from across the country. Local reporters know their communities and often tell stories with more nuance and accuracy than national reporters who phone or drop in from outside.
NPR makes a concerted effort to highlight stories from member stations on its website and social media channels, as a way of directing more people to local stations.
Today we respond to a letter that demonstrates why local reporting is beneficial to NPR's national audience, as well as to the journalistic values of context and accuracy. This is about a source from a member station's story that should have been shared with a national audience, but instead was overlooked and ultimately overshadowed by NPR's version of the story.
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