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Noah Adams on "All Things Considered": A Radio Journal

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I listen to National Public Radio primarily for the news programs. I've had this book for a while & finally read it. Noah Adams has been a co-host of their evening news program, All Things Considered (ATC), for many years. This book is a journal he wrote of a year of ATC, roughly June 1989 to June 1990. The book is more interesting for the insight it gives to how the program is put together rather than the actual stories themselves. You learn how reporters & anchors research and write the stories, & you find out what other people such as producers & engineers do. The reason I didn't give it more than 3 stars is that the book never really grabbed me. It is a good bedtime book in that it is broken up into individual days from one to a few pages, so you can read a little or a lot & then turn out the light & sack out.

As a broadcaster myself, I found Mr. Adam's book very interesting. It's a good insider's view of PBS.

Some folks on the far right should read this book, they might learn something.

Jeffrey McAndrew
author of "Our Brown-Eyed Boy"