This is such a loss for NPR. Joe Shapiro was one of the first, if not the first journalists to report on the politics of disability, rather than disability as a tragedy that happens to some people. I would not be where I am today without him.
Sara Luterman
I’ve taken a buyout. Feel privileged to work at NPR (since 2001). Proud of my stories, their impact. Grateful for the best audience. Tomorrow, NPR will lay off colleagues. Talented journalists will lose jobs. But fewer laid off, we’re told, for each who takes buyout. 1/2
