For today, links to two remembrances from National Public Radio, to a report from the Associated Press, and to an editorial from Kyiv Post; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (MEDIA 10-10-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  WEST BANK, GAZA and UKRAINE entries for today are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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FROM OCT. 16  Remembering NPR ‘founding mother’ Susan Stamberg. Reported by David Folkenflik | NPR  Susan’s colleagues considered her a mentor, a founding mother, but always tough and always true to herself. She was hired by NPR before its start originally to cut tape, literal audio tape, with a single-sided razor blade. Click HERE to listen to and read whole segment, and HERE for report from AP.

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FROM OCT. 18  Susan Samberg gave NPR its voice, by Scott Simon | NPR  We are here — and I mean on the air with you today — because of Susan Stamberg. Others of course helped turn the idea of National Public Radio into a distinctive sound. But a little over 50 years ago, when Susan’s voice . . . Click HERE to listen to and read whole segment.

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FROM OCT. 18  Kyiv Post at 30: From local newspaper for expats to Ukraine’s global voice. An editorial from Kyiv Post.  When Kyiv Post was first published in 1995, Ukraine was just four years into independence. From that moment of transformation, Kyiv Post emerged as . . . READ MORE . . .

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