Up First

Up First is an American podcast produced by NPR, which is posted online every weekday morning at 6am EST . The show is a short review of important news items that will be relevant for the day. Hosts Rachel Martin, David Greene and Steve Inskeep discuss news items with experts.[1] Differing from some of their other popular news podcasts, NPR's Up First favors a brief overview of the daily news, rather than a deep exploration of all the stories' complexities.[2] The podcast was launched on April 5, 2017 in order to showcase the most prominent stories of the day in a digestible format.[3]

Format

When Up First launched, it was intended to be a spin off of the popular NPR show Morning Edition, a morning news show that runs for several hours each weekday on NPR. For many people, Morning Edition was inaccessible to due its length and/or the time in which it aired.[4] For this reason, Up First was introduced to cater to the "more than three-fourths of NPR podcast listeners [who] say they are “definitely” interested in short, daily audio news updates."[5] While Up First is often compared to The New York Times' daily news podcast The Daily, the two podcasts approach delivering the daily news in much different ways; The Daily, a 20 minute podcast favors more in depth looks at the days news. Meanwhile, NPR's Up First clocks in at around 10 minutes each day trying to make the days biggest news stories as accessible and digestible as possible. That being said, polls and critics have been shown the favor The Daily over Up First.[2][4][6]

Up First was NPR's solution to delivering the most broad overview of the show for the day, as many fans of Morning Edition didn't have the hours to dedicate to listening to the long show. After Morning Edition first goes live at 5 am EST, NPR takes its first 10 minutes or so with Rachel Martin, David Greene, and Steve Inskeep and edits that into the show that many know best as Up First. When the Morning Edition broadcast picks up again at 7 am EST, the first ten minutes of the broadcast are replaced with something new to keep the information fresh and not repetitive.[7][8]

Up First is available to listen to on the NPR website, NPR One, and anywhere else NPR podcasts are posted.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Up First". NPR. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  2. 1 2 "The New York Times' The Daily vs. NPR's Up First: Which morning news podcast is better at what?". Nieman Lab. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
  3. ↑ Steinberg, Brian (2017-04-03). "NPR Sets Launch of 'Up First' Morning Podcast". Variety. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
  4. 1 2 "Want quick, on-demand morning news? NPR presents podcast 'Up First'". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
  5. ↑ "Up First | National Public Media". National Public Media. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
  6. ↑ "Battle heats up for morning daily podcasts as NPR enters the fray". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  7. ↑ "With 'Up First,' NPR has created a bite-sized, podcast version of 'Morning Edition'". Poynter. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
  8. 1 2 "Up First: The Essential Morning News Podcast From NPR". NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
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