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NPR: As techy as they wanna be

It amazes me that when people think about public broadcasting, most don't think of leading edge technology and social media. Once you become a long time listener, you soon realize that perception couldn't be further from the truth.

As I remember it, PBS was one of the first national stations to move to an all digital broadcast and NPR seems to be a leader in some of the best mobile apps for the iPhone/iPad/Android based devices.

But above all else, you can tell there are plenty of people at NPR that have their finger on the pulse of the internet. I present to you:



Who knew these people had ever heard of Auto-tune the News or Chatroulette or unboxing videos?

Enjoy.    :-)

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