PRNDG → The Public Radio News Directors Guide
Welcome to the Public Radio News Directors Guide, the first and only manual for public radio news managers in the United States. Your participation will help this online guide grow.
The PRNDG seeks to improve public service journalism by
- Defining the roles and responsibilities of News Directors
- Promoting “best practices” in local news
- Allowing users to share “recipes” for success
- Providing a “repository” for case studies, work samples, reusable templates, do-it-yourself instructions and links to other resources.
The guide is a joint project of NPR’s Local News Initiative and Public Radio News Directors, Inc. (PRNDI). more about the project →
How to Use the Guide
The PRNDG site is versatile. You can approach it three main ways:
Read Like a Book
If you’d like to read the guide from the beginning (or by chapter), simply click on the chapter heading on the main menu. Read the text in the main viewing window on the left side of the screen. After scrolling through the page, click the “next page” button (at the top and bottom of the page). In this way, you can proceed through the entire narrative portion of the guide. Start reading →
Browse as a Directory
If you have a general area of interest, use the menu system to isolate the section that would most likely cover your topic. The guide is organized in six chapters plus the “Field Kit.” The menu across the top is similar to the “Contents at a Glance” in the window to the right of the screen. You can click on either. The menus help locate content, offer instant shortcuts, or just remind you where you are in the overall site. Start browsing →
Search by Keyword
If you have a specific concern, type one or more keywords into the search box in the upper right window on the screen. Use quotation marks if you want to find an exact match. The search function begins while you are typing and will list results as clickable page titles. Start searching →
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