Recently I listened to the Radio Diaries podcast called “The Man Who Put the ‘P’ in NPR” in which they interviewed Bill Siemering. Bill is credited with writing the original mission statement for NPR back in 1969. While this is no longer the official mission statement of the organization, I believe NPR still upholds many of the values laid out in the original manifesto. I decided rather than just share a link to the podcast or original text I would create a series of snippets of the mission statement.