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In April 2013, NPR moved from its home of 19 years (635 [[Massachusetts Avenue (Washington, D.C.)|Massachusetts Avenue]] NW) to new offices and production facilities at 1111 North Capitol Street NE in a building adapted from the former [[Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse and Repair Facility|C&P Telephone Warehouse and Repair Facility]].<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.npr.org/about/press/2013/020113.NewNPRHeadquarters.html |title=New NPR Headquarters Nears Completion |publisher=NPR |date=February 1, 2013 |access-date=April 9, 2013 |archive-date=April 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427112807/http://www.npr.org/about/press/2013/020113.NewNPRHeadquarters.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The new headquarters—at the corner of North Capitol Street NE and L Street NW—is in the burgeoning [[NoMa]] neighborhood of Washington.<ref>{{cite news |first=Clinton |last=Yates |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/local/wp/2013/06/05/npr-moves-to-noma-d-c-s-simcity-of-gentrification/ |title=NPR Moves to NoMa, D.C.'s SimCity of Gentrification |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019105447/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/local/wp/2013/06/05/npr-moves-to-noma-d-c-s-simcity-of-gentrification/ |archive-date=October 19, 2017 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=June 5, 2013}}</ref> The first show scheduled to be broadcast from the new studios was ''[[Weekend Edition|Weekend Edition Saturday]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/04/06/176419123/saying-goodbye-to-the-old-npr-headquarters |title=Saying Goodbye to the Old NPR Headquarters |last1=Simon |first1=Scott |date=April 6, 2013 |website=[[Weekend Edition]] |publisher=NPR |access-date=May 13, 2015 |archive-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026132754/https://www.npr.org/2013/04/06/176419123/saying-goodbye-to-the-old-npr-headquarters |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Morning Edition]]'' was the last show to move to the new location.<ref>{{cite press release | url = https://www.npr.org/about/press/2013/042213.NPRMovesHQ.html | title = NPR Moves to New Headquarters – Morning Edition Airs First Broadcast from New Building Today | publisher = NPR | date = April 22, 2013 | access-date = May 14, 2013 | archive-date = May 13, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130513142708/http://www.npr.org/about/press/2013/042213.NPRMovesHQ.html | url-status = live }}</ref> In June 2013 NPR canceled the weekday call-in show ''[[Talk of the Nation]]''.<ref>{{cite episode |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=196242323 |title=A Fond Farewell to Talk of the Nation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024163136/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=196242323 |archive-date=October 24, 2017 |series=Tell Me More |publisher=NPR |date=June 27, 2013 |access-date=July 13, 2013}}</ref> | In April 2013, NPR moved from its home of 19 years (635 [[Massachusetts Avenue (Washington, D.C.)|Massachusetts Avenue]] NW) to new offices and production facilities at 1111 North Capitol Street NE in a building adapted from the former [[Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse and Repair Facility|C&P Telephone Warehouse and Repair Facility]].<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.npr.org/about/press/2013/020113.NewNPRHeadquarters.html |title=New NPR Headquarters Nears Completion |publisher=NPR |date=February 1, 2013 |access-date=April 9, 2013 |archive-date=April 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427112807/http://www.npr.org/about/press/2013/020113.NewNPRHeadquarters.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The new headquarters—at the corner of North Capitol Street NE and L Street NW—is in the burgeoning [[NoMa]] neighborhood of Washington.<ref>{{cite news |first=Clinton |last=Yates |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/local/wp/2013/06/05/npr-moves-to-noma-d-c-s-simcity-of-gentrification/ |title=NPR Moves to NoMa, D.C.'s SimCity of Gentrification |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019105447/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/local/wp/2013/06/05/npr-moves-to-noma-d-c-s-simcity-of-gentrification/ |archive-date=October 19, 2017 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=June 5, 2013}}</ref> The first show scheduled to be broadcast from the new studios was ''[[Weekend Edition|Weekend Edition Saturday]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/04/06/176419123/saying-goodbye-to-the-old-npr-headquarters |title=Saying Goodbye to the Old NPR Headquarters |last1=Simon |first1=Scott |date=April 6, 2013 |website=[[Weekend Edition]] |publisher=NPR |access-date=May 13, 2015 |archive-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026132754/https://www.npr.org/2013/04/06/176419123/saying-goodbye-to-the-old-npr-headquarters |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Morning Edition]]'' was the last show to move to the new location.<ref>{{cite press release | url = https://www.npr.org/about/press/2013/042213.NPRMovesHQ.html | title = NPR Moves to New Headquarters – Morning Edition Airs First Broadcast from New Building Today | publisher = NPR | date = April 22, 2013 | access-date = May 14, 2013 | archive-date = May 13, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130513142708/http://www.npr.org/about/press/2013/042213.NPRMovesHQ.html | url-status = live }}</ref> In June 2013 NPR canceled the weekday call-in show ''[[Talk of the Nation]]''.<ref>{{cite episode |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=196242323 |title=A Fond Farewell to Talk of the Nation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024163136/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=196242323 |archive-date=October 24, 2017 |series=Tell Me More |publisher=NPR |date=June 27, 2013 |access-date=July 13, 2013}}</ref> | ||
In September 2013, certain of NPR's 840 full- and part-time employees were offered a [[voluntary redundancy|voluntary buyout]] plan to reduce staff by 10 percent and return NPR to a balanced budget by the 2015 | In September 2013, certain of NPR's 840 full- and part-time employees were offered a [[voluntary redundancy|voluntary buyout]] plan to reduce staff by 10 percent and return NPR to a balanced budget by the 2015 fiscal year.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://observer.com/2013/09/npr-offers-buyouts-to-reduce-employee-count-by-10-percent/|title= NPR to Offer Voluntary Buyouts in Bid to Balance Budget|date= September 13, 2013|work= The Observer|access-date= September 15, 2013|archive-date= October 26, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221026082238/https://observer.com/2013/09/npr-offers-buyouts-to-reduce-employee-count-by-10-percent/|url-status= live}}</ref> | ||
In December 2018, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported that between 20 and 22 percent of NPR staff was classified as [[Temporary work|temps]], while this compares to about five percent of a typical for-profit television station. Some of the temporary staff members told the newspaper the systems were "exploitative", but NPR's president of operations said the current system was in place because the station is a "media company that strives to be innovative and nimble."<ref>{{cite news |last=Farhi |first=Paul |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/at-npr-an-army-of-temps-resents-a-workplace-full-of-anxiety-and-insecurity/2018/12/07/32e49632-f35b-11e8-80d0-f7e1948d55f4_story.html |title=At NPR, an army of temps faces a workplace of anxiety and insecurity |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=December 9, 2018 |access-date=December 11, 2018 |archive-date=February 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218031738/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/at-npr-an-army-of-temps-resents-a-workplace-full-of-anxiety-and-insecurity/2018/12/07/32e49632-f35b-11e8-80d0-f7e1948d55f4_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | In December 2018, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported that between 20 and 22 percent of NPR staff was classified as [[Temporary work|temps]], while this compares to about five percent of a typical for-profit television station. Some of the temporary staff members told the newspaper the systems were "exploitative", but NPR's president of operations said the current system was in place because the station is a "media company that strives to be innovative and nimble."<ref>{{cite news |last=Farhi |first=Paul |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/at-npr-an-army-of-temps-resents-a-workplace-full-of-anxiety-and-insecurity/2018/12/07/32e49632-f35b-11e8-80d0-f7e1948d55f4_story.html |title=At NPR, an army of temps faces a workplace of anxiety and insecurity |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=December 9, 2018 |access-date=December 11, 2018 |archive-date=February 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218031738/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/at-npr-an-army-of-temps-resents-a-workplace-full-of-anxiety-and-insecurity/2018/12/07/32e49632-f35b-11e8-80d0-f7e1948d55f4_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||