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Alex Chadwick Leaves D2D Anchor Desk
In his 31 years with NPR News, Alex Chadwick has worn many hats –
host, reporter, producer, writer and correspondent. After five years shepherding Day to Day, Alex is taking off his 'host' hat, and donning one as NPR's newest Senior Correspondent on the national desk.
 Alex leaves D2D in great shape – more than 2 million listeners on 180 stations across the country. But, as he said in announcing the change, he's looking forward to working outside the studio: "I’m going to miss the many valued colleagues here, especially my co-host, Madeleine
Brand. And of course I’ll miss the daily contact with listeners. But I’ll be able
to write more carefully, to observe a little more thoroughly, to think a little
longer before I speak. . . these are the great blessings of working as a reporter for
NPR, and I’m grateful to the company for returning me to that role."
A permanent replacement has not yet been named. Day to Day airs at noon weekdays on KGOU. NPR Names New CEO
The Board of Directors of National Public Radio has chosen Vivian Schiller as President and CEO. Schiller will officially begin work January 5, 2009, joining the public radio network from The New York Times Company, where she is Senior Vice President and General Manager of NYTimes.com.
Board Chairman Howard Stevenson said, "Vivian is a talented and proven leader with superb skills and roots in the news business. Her inclusive management style and operational expertise have garnered superior results at every step of her career." In her 20 years in media, Schiller has also worked at CNN and the Discovery Times Channel. For more details, you can read the entire press release. Sunday Special ~ The Nina Simone Story
 KGOU will broadcast an hour-long special, The Nina Simone Story, Sunday, November 16 at 11 a.m. The program chronicles Simone's music and life through her colleagues and friends, including Odetta, Camille Yarbrough, Patti Labelle, Guitarist Al Schackman and Patti Smith, plus Simone's previously unreleased tracks included on a new release To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story.
More on this and other special programs here.New Public Radio Contest to Reward Radio Innovators
Last year, the Public Radio Exchange held its Talent Quest to identify new public radio talent. For 2008 there's a new contest, this time from the Association of Independents in Radio (AIR), who've announced their  Public Radio Makers Quest 2.0 (MQ2 for short).Funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, MQ2 is designed to identify and aid radio producers, reporters, or sound artists who have the potential to stretch public radio beyond current broadcast boundaries by harnessing emerging digital tools and distribution channels. More than 300 submissions have been received; they'll be judged for originality, diversity, and collaboration, and MQ2 will award up to 15 of the nominees with $20,000-$40,000 each to experiment further.
Saturday Evening Post Interviews Diane Rehm
How has her radio show changed in the last 30 years? How does she stay well informed? And who has been toughest to interview? The answers to those questions are in the current issue (November/December) of the Saturday Evening Post includes an interview with Diane Rehm, host of NPR's and WAMU's The Diane Rehm Show. Read it at SaturdayEveningPost.com
Publicize Holiday Events with KGOU Community Calendar
 As the year falls into the hectic holiday season, KGOU can help you check off one more item from your to-do list: Publicize your organization's holiday events. Just submit your special holiday activity to our online community calendar, and we'll take it from there. Events are listed on KGOU's Community pages, and might also be mentioned on the air, as time permits.
Highlights from the Networks:
 New NPR Series: Memo to the PresidentNPR's Book Tour: 'Ghost Train' Retraces Theroux's Past Journeys
More than 30 years after documenting a trip through Europe, the Middle East and Asia in The Great Railway Bazaar, Paul Theroux re-creates the voyage in Ghost Train to the Eastern Star. Hear Theroux read passages, or read an excerpt for yourself, at NPR.org.
Thanksgiving How-To
 Are you cooking for Thanksgiving this year? It doesn't have to be stressful. Chris Kimball, founder of Cooks' Illustrated magazine, has answers to your questions and tips for marvelous meals from America's Test Kitchen. Listeners' recipes, and even advice on how to handle disasters from those who have lived to tell the tale, all at NPR.org.
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