NPR's Steve Inskeep tells The Washington Post Magazine about his experiences covering war. "I miss going to Fresh Fields and buying cat food," he confides.

WUNC-FM in Chapel Hill and a local group of critics recently met to discuss the station's news fare, which came under fire for being too Establishment and dependent on NPR. "Most of the crowd characterized the network as not merely stuck inside the box, but as being the box," writes The Independent Weekly.