--- description: The radio network, which has hundreds of member stations across the U.S., announced the cuts as part of a larger effort to cut costs by $7 million this year title: NPR to Cut 28 Jobs, Cancel Tell Me More image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a1c1635cda1e325/69869044cd68489021094be7/165178786.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Media](/tag/media/) ## Media Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # NPR Lays Off 28, Cancels _Tell Me More_ by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 20, 2014 8:44 PM CUT  UNITED STATES ? APRIL 1: National Public Radio's new headquarters at 1111 North Capitol Street, NE opened on March 25, 2013, in the NOMA district in Washington. (Photo by Bill Clark/Getty Images) UNITED STATES ? APRIL 1: National Public Radio's new headquarters at 1111 North Capitol Street, NE opened on March 25, 2013, in the NOMA district in Washington. (Photo by Bill Clark/Getty Images)Bill Clark—Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 20, 2014 8:44 PM CUT NPR [announced Tuesday](http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/05/20/314256024/npr-to-end-tell-me-more-lay-off-28-people "undefined") that come August 1, the public broadcaster will eliminate 28 jobs and end its weekday show _Tell Me More_ due to budget cuts. An [NPR spokesperson told Poynter](http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/252952/npr-cancels-tell-me-more-will-eliminate-28-positions/ "undefined") in an email that eight of the eliminated positions are not currently filled. _Tell Me More_ host Michel Martin and executive producer Carline Watson will stay at NPR to continue covering race, faith, gender and family. “These times require that we organize ourselves in different ways and that we’re smarter about how we address the different platforms that we reach our audiences on,” Kinsey Wilson, NPR’s Executive Vice President and Chief Content Officer, said in a statement. “We’re trying to make the most of the resources that we have and ensure that we keep radio healthy and try to develop audience in the digital arena.” The network hopes to reduce its costs by $7 million a year with the aid of these cuts and a [combination of buyouts.](http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/09/npr-names-new-chief-announces-buyouts-172593.html "undefined") Last March, [NPR canceled _Talk of the Nation_](http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/03/29/175677788/talkofthenation "undefined"), although executives said that it had nothing to do with the company’s deficit. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/106535/npr-layoffs-cancels-tell-me-more/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/106535/npr-layoffs-cancels-tell-me-more/"},"headline":"NPR Lays Off 28, Cancels Tell Me More","datePublished":"2014-05-20T20:44:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:57:06.108Z","description":"The radio network, which has hundreds of member stations across the U.S., announced the cuts as part of a larger effort to cut costs by $7 million this year","url":"https://time.com/106535/npr-layoffs-cancels-tell-me-more/","keywords":["Media","Business topic","News","radio","NPR"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a1c1635cda1e325/69869044cd68489021094be7/165178786.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a1c1635cda1e325/69869044cd68489021094be7/165178786.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"NPR New Headquarters","caption":"NPR New Headquarters","creditText":"Bill Clark—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/media/","name":"Media"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/106535/npr-layoffs-cancels-tell-me-more/","name":"NPR Lays Off 28, Cancels Tell Me More"}}]}] ```