Grant Reeher speaks with Lakshmi Singh, the mid-day newsreader for National Public Radio.

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Published November 3, 2010 at 3:00 PM EDT

By Grant Davis Reeher

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wrvo/local-wrvo-932920.mp3

Oswego, NY – Lakshmi Singh is the mid-day newsreader for National Public Radio. In this face-to-face conversation, she reflects on the tensions regarding objectivity when it comes to delivering the news and selecting stories. She also discusses how the Internet has changed the way radio news works, and the peculiar nature of her own fame.

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