On Air - The Triumph and Tumult of NPR

An epic, dishy, character-driven history of NPR—its on-air stars, its biggest shows, its producers, and all the drama, intrigue, and power plays that happened behind the scenes—fourteen years in the making, from journalist Steve Oney.

About the author

Steve Oney is a longtime journalist who worked for many years as a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Magazine and Los Angeles magazine. He has also contributed articles to many national publications, including Esquire, The Wall Street Journal, New York magazine, GQ, and The New York Times Magazine. His history of the lynching of Leo Frank, And the Dead Shall Rise, won the American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Award and the National Jewish Book Award. Oney was educated at the University of Georgia and at Harvard, where he was a Nieman Fellow. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Madeline Stuart.

Product details

• Authors: Steve Oney
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.04.2025
• EAN: 9781451656091
• ISBN: 978-1-4516-5609-1
• No. of pages: 576
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 38 mm
• Weight: 733 g
• Illustrations: 16-pg b&w insert
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Press & journalism, Reportage & collected journalism, History of the Americas, Media studies: Journalism, Reportage, journalism or collected columns, General studies and General knowledge, General studies