Steve Oney is a former Nieman Fellow and author of the book, And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank. He worked for many years as a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Magazine. He has also contributed articles to many publications including Esquire, Playboy, Los Angeles Magazine and The New York Times Magazine. At the Shorenstein Center, Oney wrote about Bill Siemering and his impact on American broadcasting as part of his book for Simon & Schuster about National Public Radio.
The Philosopher King and the Creation of NPR
August 13, 2014
A new paper by Steve Oney, author of And the Dead Shall Rise, tells the story of the creation of National Public Radio, and how its philosophy was shaped in its early days, with a unique focus on content quality over broadcasting techniques. The paper is an excerpt of a forthcoming book to be published by Simon & Schuster.
