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Turning to a Mediator to Break Up in Tight Times
From: NPR Economic Training Project
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Even the business of love is being hit by the recession. Or, actually, the business of... the break-up. As fights over finances, layoffs and fore...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 21, 2009
  • Length: 04:07
  • Purchases: 2
Festival Economy
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Uptown Butte, MT, Credit: Emilie Ritter
National Folk Festival brings millions to Montana

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Aug 20, 2009
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 1
Pine Beetle Epidemic
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Dead Pine Beetles, Credit: Emilie Ritter
Pine Bark Beetles are turning green trees red

  • Added: Aug 20, 2009
  • Length: 05:02
Montana Timber Economy
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Sun Mountain Lumber, Credit: Emilie Ritter
Many timber operations are fighting to stay in business.

Bought by Topics Education


  • Added: Aug 20, 2009
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1
Ex-convicts struggle to enter bleak job market
From: Patrick De Oliveira
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The economic crisis has made it difficult for everyone to find employment, but ex-convicts have been hit harder than the rest.

  • Added: Aug 11, 2009
  • Length: 05:48
"Facing the Mortgage Crisis" in Colorado
From: Grace Hood
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Denver's Rocky Mountain PBS is one of 32 PBS stations across the United States trying to reach out to troubled homeowners facing foreclosure. Calle...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 04:19
Stingray for dinner
From: Alex Halperin
Caption: A cownose ray at L.D. Amory & Co., Credit: Alex Halperin
The cownose ray is a nuisance fish. Could it become the next great bar snack?

Bought by WILL and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 20, 2009
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 2
Contractors of Color
From: George Mesthos
Series: Memories of WBRU
Caption: Elevator interview with John Kerry., Credit: Ryan Muller, 2007
This investigation epitomized my summer as News Director (2007). A tiny aspect of a Providence Journal story turned into an interview which turned ...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Jun 09, 2009
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 1
Between Civil War and Civil Rights - 5: White Protestant Nation (1915-25)
From: Alan Lipke
Series: Between Civil War and Civil Rights
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An exploration of American racism as cultural and commercial mass-phenomenon, covering the "reincarnation" of the Klan as a fraternal movement whic...

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 57:56
  • Purchases: 1
Insurance Scams in Massachusetts
From: Karen Brown
Caption: Gary Cloutier, small business owner, uninsured, Credit: Karen Brown
An unfortunate byproduct of the health insurance mandate in Massachusetts -- the marketing of health plans that don't add up.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2
The Zell Effect
From: Patrick Burke
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The LA Times is shrinking and reporters are suing.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 04:09
Geekhouse Bicycles: Federal Loan Gets Business Rolling
From: Cathy Corman
Caption: Marty Walsh hangs his sign at Geekhouse Bicycles., Credit: Jonathan Simmons
Marty Walsh of Boston's Geekhouse Bicycles received $70,000 in state-monitored federal money in November. Geekhouse is thriving, giving listeners ...

Bought by The Neighborhood


  • Added: Mar 04, 2009
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 1
Autos Katrina
From: Ruxandra Guidi
Caption: "Autos Katrina" are taken into Bolivia from Chile, Credit: Ruxandra guidi
Over the last 6 months, cars damaged by Hurricane Katrina and discarded by the U.S., have been ending up in Bolivia.

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Jan 13, 2009
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 1
The Central Oregon Housing Bubble
From: KLCC
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This story explores some of the positives of falling home prices in the Central Oregon city of Bend.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2009
  • Length: 06:55
Migrants in Central Oregon
From: KLCC
Caption: Gloria Sauceda and her husband Armando own Gloria's Espresso in Madras. They have noticed a drop in income as the economy has slowed down.
This story explores the changing migrant population in Central Oregon.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2009
  • Length: 06:48
The Emerging Green Economy
From: KLCC
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The story explores emerging "green" businesses in Oregon.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 05, 2009
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 1
Oregon Coastal Economics
From: Andrew Bartholomew
Caption: Bob Kemp's new crabbing boat the My Lee. The crabbing season began in December.
The story explores emerging developments off the Oregon Coast and how commercial fishermen are responding.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2009
  • Length: 06:12
Follow the Money
From: Liz Jones
Series: A Village Away from Home
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A look at the economic forces that push the Purepecha from home and pull them toward Seattle.

  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 09:02
Rural Issues: Rural Entrepreneurship
From: WILL
Series:
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How small-town entrepreneurs are trying to establish themselves, and what presidential campaigns want to do to help them

Bought by KOSU, KRZA, KBIA, NPR Station Showcase with PRX, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2008
  • Length: 44:09
  • Purchases: 5
"Prison Town, USA"
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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In our special collaboration with public televison?s P.O.V., Directors Katie Galloway and Po Kutchins take us to ?Prison Town, USA? and explore how...

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Jul 17, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
End of Life Health Care Costs
From: KUOW
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The cancer drug Avastin can extend life, but only for a few months, at best. The drug can cost 100 thousand dollars a year. Is it worth it? Krak

  • Added: Jul 09, 2008
  • Length: 12:30
Reinventing Community Part 5
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
Series: Reinventing Community
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From Superfund to "Superfun:" A mining valley regains its former luster

  • Added: Mar 10, 2008
  • Length: 03:37
Reventing Community Part 2
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
Series: Reinventing Community
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Coos Bay: Little City, Big Port

  • Added: Mar 10, 2008
  • Length: 03:31
Reventing Community Part 3
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
Series: Reinventing Community
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Grays Anatomy: On the Washington Coast, a Timber County Embraces Green

  • Added: Mar 10, 2008
  • Length: 03:35
Can Germany Escape the Aftermath of a U.S. Recession?
From: Alex Bakst
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With the U.S. economy in crisis, German investors wonder how a recession would affect their markets.

  • Added: Jan 27, 2008
  • Length: 03:08