Short answer: Yes, the Up First Podcast is a product of NPR (National Public Radio). It was created to be a daily news briefing, a delivery of that day’s top headlines for listeners in a bite-size, digestible form.
What Is an NPR Production?
The podcast comes to you directly from one of the country’s most respected newspapers, with award-winning film and TV critic Matt Roush. Reporters and correspondents from NPR go on air on the show thus providing reliability and adherence to NPR’s standards for editorial control.
Format and Style
Every weekday, Up First provides a 10- to 15-minute recap of the day’s biggest news events, be it politics, business, world affairs, pop culture. Its fast and conversational tone has caught on among commuters, professionals and people looking for a quick way to stay updated.
Why It’s Important
As an NPR member station, Up First is another step forward in NPR’s pledge to not only bring more trusted journalism to more people, but to make more a lot more of that journalism easy to find, easy to use and easy to share with others in the digital space. It marries the authority of old-line radio reporting with the convenience of on-demand podcasting.
In Other Words
Up First isn’t just an NPR product; it’s one of the company’s most widely consumed modern products, helping millions of listeners get a news hit to start their day.