How NPR is Embracing Open Source and Open APIs

“Those member stations are really exactly that; they are members
of NPR. They essentially buy NPR programming. They’re distinct
organizations from us. NPR is a content producer and distributor.
They buy our programming and broadcast it out to the world. They
also have their own corresponding web teams that can take NPR
content and also produce their own content and create their own
websites. So in the Digital Media Team, we take a lot of pride and
effort in providing services that help those member stations better
serve their communities and their listeners and audiences, using
NPR content and using their own content. We work with them to try
and satisfy their missions. And to the extent that they need NPR
services or content, we work hard to try and provide those. The API
is one massive step, I think, in making it much easier for them to
do what they need to do without a whole lot of intervention from
us, where previously they would have to pull in content in much
more arduous ways. So the API, I think, is a step in the right
direction to make it more of a self-service model.”

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