[Theo]

“NPR Voice” seems to have been promoted 20 years ago, but NPR seems to be pushing just the opposite these days — the more non-standard your accent, the better. See, for example:

Ayesha Rascoe
Lakshmi Singh
Maria Hinojosa
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Aya Batrawy
Hadeel Al-Shalchi

... and so on. Diversity in accent appears to be heavily valued on NPR these days, the “midwest accent” being unvalued.

[cport]

Except when they want to make a clear statement, ie. “ NPR spokesperson Heather Walls”.

[KC_Conspirator]

Pattern recognition

[Rocco DiPippo]

“NPR Voice” seems to have been promoted 20 years ago, but NPR seems to be pushing just the opposite these days — the more non-standard your accent, the better. See, for example: Ayesha Rascoe Lakshmi Singh Maria Hinojosa Sergio Martínez-Beltrán Aya Batrawy Hadeel Al-Shalchi ... and so on. Diversity in accent appears to be heavily valued on NPR these days, the “midwest accent” being unvalued.

Does anyone know what happened to Kenisha Singh L'Dante Khodouray-Ali Mohammed Zynxunlxi Tedros Ooo-Ahh-Ahh-Ahh-Grunt! Grunt? I missed her great NPR commentaries on White Supremacist culture and the case for killing all White people, except maybe Johnny Winter, because Albinos are highly valued in Africa for their magical powers.

[Sirius Lee]

... and so on. Diversity in accent appears to be heavily valued on NPR these days, the “midwest accent” being unvalued.

Who's the black chick on NPR that sounds like a pickaninny when she's "axing" questions? She has the most annoying voice.