This is NPR Book

I love, love, love NPR! It's my primary news source and I have great respect for the staff and the excellent, fairly balanced work they do. This book told the fascinating history of NPR, which debuted in the early 1970s. I read this book on my Kindle and it most definitely was not meant to be read on a Kindle. The layout was awful, with headlines wrapping around to the next sentence and the next page (breaking words in half), using different unappealing typefaces in different sizes. The photos were so tiny, I would need a magnifying glass to see them. The book featured essays by NPR reporters but quite often, I wasn't sure who was reporting the story I was reading. They also included some people and didn't include others. For example, they included the story of Bob Edwards' sudden replacement, which angered many people, but then other than a brief mention of what happened, they don't go into detail about why Juan Williams was terminated. I know Diane Rehm's show isn't officially produced by NPR, although it's broadcast on NPR, but they mention other shows not produced by NPR, but are part of NPR's schedule, such as Car Talk or This American Life. How could they have left out Diane Rehm? Or Terry Gross? I'm sure they had their reasons, but they're such big names, they seemed like major omissions to me. But, the creation and history of NPR is fascinating. Many of the founders, or early reporters for NPR, are still there today! When NPR was started up, a conscious decision was made to include as many female as male reporters. That's still evident today. This book was somewhat of a disappointment to me, so I think I will try listening to some of the NPR audio books. That is, after all, their medium!