NPR Hires Top News Executive: Daily News Roundup
October 17, 2018 | Read Time: 1 minute
Top News
Nancy Barnes Named NPRs Top News Executive (NPR)
Colleges Are Baffled by Bitcoin Donations (Bloomberg)
U. of Michigan Board Candidates Pledge Ethics Reform After Endowment Controversies (Detroit Free Press)
Big Data Determines Disaster Aid in Houston Hasn’t Gone to People Who Most Need It (Fast Company)
The Public Student-Loan Forgiveness Rescue Hasn’t Gone Well So Far (New York Times)
Ideas and Innovation
Analysis: How a Former Hedge-Fund Manager and Corporate Lawyer Treat Philanthropy Like a Wall Street Bet (Inside Sources)
A $30 Million Plan for a Youth Soccer Group May Help the Sport Become More
Available to Less Wealthy Kids (Fast Company)
Paul Allen’s Legacy
Paul Allen Shows It’s Hard to Give Away $10 Billion (Atlantic). See the Chronicle’s coverage of Paul Allen’s years of giving cited in the article.
Bill Gates Pens Letter on What He’ll Miss About Paul Allen (Atlantic)
Paul Allen Changed Brain Science Forever (NPR)
More News
Licorice Magnate Gives Top Donation, $17.3 Million, to Penn State Abington (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Portland Nonprofit Working with Young African-Americans Denies Claims of Sexual Harassment (Oregonian)
Minneapolis Program for Ex-Prisoners Faces Wary Neighbors (Star Tribune)
United Arab Emirates Hands Jacksonville $2.8 Million for Disaster Relief (Florida Times-Union)
