Neda Ulaby reports on arts, entertainment, and cultural trends for NPR s Arts Desk.
Scouring the various and often overlapping worlds of art, music, television, film, new media and literature, Ulaby s radio and online stories reflect political and economic realities, cultural issues, obsessions and transitions, as well as artistic adventurousness and awesomeness.
Over the last few years, Ulaby has strengthened NPR s television coverage both in terms of programming and industry coverage and profiled breakout artists such as Ellen Page and Skylar Grey and behind-the-scenes tastemakers ranging from super producer Timbaland to James Schamus, CEO of Focus Features. Her stories have included a series on women record producers, an investigation into exhibitions of plastinated human bodies, and a look at the legacy of gay activist Harvey Milk. Her profiles have brought listeners into the worlds of such performers as Tyler Perry, Ryan Seacrest, Mark Ruffalo, and Courtney Love.
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Jason DeRose is the Western Bureau Chief for NPR News, based at NPR West in Culver City. He edits news coverage from Member station reporters and freelancers in California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Alaska and Hawaii. DeRose also edits coverage of religion and LGBTQ issues for the National Desk.
Prior to this position, DeRose was the supervising editor for NPR s Economic Training Project. He worked with local member station reporters as an editor, trainer and mentor to improve business and economic coverage throughout the public radio system. Earlier, he worked as an editor on NPR s mid-day news magazine
Katherine Ellis Audience Development & Communications Manager
Katherine is a University of Utah grad who studied journalism, marketing and public relations. Through the pursuit of her passion for writing she found herself working at USA TODAY NETWORK, NPR s Next Generation Radio and the American Press Institute, focusing primarily on diversity initiatives and marketing outreach. Following that, she moved to New York City to work for NewsWhip as a Content Strategist and explored ways publishers can use data to inform their storytelling. Now Katherine is the Audience Development and Communications Manager at NPR Utah, dreaming up new & interesting ways to engage audiences with public media.
Neda Ulaby reports on arts, entertainment, and cultural trends for NPR s Arts Desk.
Scouring the various and often overlapping worlds of art, music, television, film, new media and literature, Ulaby s radio and online stories reflect political and economic realities, cultural issues, obsessions and transitions, as well as artistic adventurousness and awesomeness.
Over the last few years, Ulaby has strengthened NPR s television coverage both in terms of programming and industry coverage and profiled breakout artists such as Ellen Page and Skylar Grey and behind-the-scenes tastemakers ranging from super producer Timbaland to James Schamus, CEO of Focus Features. Her stories have included a series on women record producers, an investigation into exhibitions of plastinated human bodies, and a look at the legacy of gay activist Harvey Milk. Her profiles have brought listeners into the worlds of such performers as Tyler Perry, Ryan Seacrest, Mark Ruffalo, and Courtney Love.
On May 3, 1971, KUT was among the first stations in the country to broadcast “All Things Considered,” a fledgling radio news program from an emergent journalism outfit called NPR. At its launch, the program was carried by about 88 member stations and heard by fewer than 2 million listeners nationwide.
“All Things Considered’s” lead story that day was a feature-length piece about 20,000 people who gathered in Washington, D.C. to protest the Vietnam War. It turned out to be one of the biggest antiwar protests in American history and NPR’s 24-minute sound portrait was eventually inducted into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress.