Uri Berliner’s Resignation Is the Latest Example of Dissent In Newsrooms

Newsrooms continue to be split by ideological differences among staffers. On Wednesday (April 17), NPR senior business editor Uri Berliner resigned from the organization following a critical essay he wrote in The Free Press earlier this month, claiming the publisher was too left-leaning and had lost its “viewpoint diversity.” Berliner made his resignation to NPR CEO Katherine Maher public by posting a screenshot of it on X. “I respect the integrity of my colleagues and wish for NPR to thrive and do important journalism,” Berliner wrote. “But I cannot work...