Posted on 06/19/2013 8:51:09 AM PDT by RightGeek
NPR recently moved from Chinatown into its new 400,000 square-foot home on North Capitol, and they’re excited about it. Eager to show off the new facility, the organization offered a tour to members of the media Tuesday morning, starting with breakfast from their in-house chefs, along with some talking points from CEO Gary Knell, who outlined some impressive features of the space.
The goal in the new building was to have plenty of open space to promote collaboration, something that was difficult in the smaller, closed-office building NPR used to operate out of. The newsroom is a good example of this. Spreading 100,000 square feet over two floors, the entire room is open, with the second floor operating more like a balcony around the lower level.
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— The almost 800-person staff is extremely diverse, and they all are really glad the be in the new building.
The tour continued through the wellness center, which is capable of simple medical procedures, the fitness center, which is staffed by a trainer, and the cafe, which utilizes the same catering company as Google.
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i wonder if the nsa is spyign on them?
[[Clearly they aren’t afraid of being defunded anytime soon.]]
They have 3 1/2 ore years to party before them oney runs out- Hopefulyl the tea party will push the gop nominee to promise to defund thsoe crooks-
[[I’ll lay odds that somewhere in the wellness center is a massage table,]]
Probably an escort serrvie and videographer too
We’re paying for this jelly donut. THEY eat it! Ready?
Back to work .....
i hear the rent is dirt cheap in detroit, or the bronx even- with all kinds of abandoned buildings there- seems tey coudl have saved a ton of money by beign fiscally sound, but rather they don’t give a crap about wastign donator’s money-
Sadly though, many of the donators won’t learn abotu their collosal waste of their donations
There are three things I listen to on my 2.5 hour round trip commute every day: NPR, Michael Medved and the bible on mp3. I used to agree with two of them but now only one. NPR is good for comic relief and Medved is too, when he has some whackjob liberal on. I do agree with him on Flight 800 though, and it seems we are close to being vindicated.
I thought they were laying people off!
The peons collaborate in a large room but Queen Stamberg has her own office.
I listen to it pretty much daily. They ALL sound like peons to me, though some try to sound “important”.
I have not donated since 1979, when I was young and ignorant.
How many of them belong to a Tea Party organization or donate to conservative causes?
How many of them donate to liberal causes or belong to a Socialist organization?
Yeah, they’re diverse. There’s white liberals, black liberals, Asian liberals, Hispanic liberals, male liberals, female liberals, straight liberals, queer liberals...
hehehe....
NPR = Narcolepsy Producing Radio
Only in skin color, not in thought.
any long hair leaping noam chomskys?
p.s. excellent reply!
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