Under former CEO John Lansing, NPR made increasing diversity, both of its staff and its audience, its “North Star” mission. Senior Editor Uri Berliner says in the essay that NPR failed to consider broader diversity of viewpoint, noting, “In D.C., where NPR is headquartered and many of us live, I found 87 registered Democrats working in editorial positions and zero Republicans.”
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.