Steve Inskeep
@NPRinskeep

Still on the air @NPR. Author of Differ We Must, a NY Times bestseller. penguinrandomhouse.com/books…

 Washington, DC
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Joined February 2010
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It’s commonplace to say Americans can’t build big public works anymore. But recently I saw two places that complicated the story. 1/2
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Here’s what worked for me inside two new public spaces in New York City and New Canaan, CT: 2/2 steveinskeep.substack.com/p/…
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One of my six rules for media survival: 1/2
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I gave the six rules in a speech series named in honor of a longtime President of CBS News. Read them here. 2/2 steveinskeep.substack.com/p/…
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Alexander Russo
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I feel like this kind of reporting approach (in-person, going about their business) would help education news coverage, too.
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Rather than a poll or even a focus group, I walk through neighborhoods at election time, knocking on doors and talking with people on the street. Whoever answers, that’s my story. You learn a lot when you find people where they live. 1/2
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Rather than a poll or even a focus group, I walk through neighborhoods at election time, knocking on doors and talking with people on the street. Whoever answers, that’s my story. You learn a lot when you find people where they live. 1/2
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Some of my findings are here: The determined v the disappointed: 2/2 steveinskeep.substack.com/p/…
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1/2 Here’s a revolutionary idea: In the age of the internet and AI, of manufactured reality, of screens upon screens where we all seem to be slipping toward the dream world of The Matrix, it’s helpful to meet human beings face to face. Young people aren’t dating as much; we spend so much time on our phones that it wrecks coherent thought; and many Americans seem to have stopped inviting people into their homes—but at election time, I have a habit of inviting myself to people’s homes. I walk through neighborhoods, knock on doors, catch people as they walk their dogs or clean their garages. I’ve done this for more than 20 years, drawing on the example of a journalist who did it for more than 40 years before that. None of it is scientific but it gives some ground truth. Polling offers a rough approximation of how people might vote, though never precisely enough to be sure if the election is close. Face to face conversation, in the neighborhoods where people live, gives you an idea of how people think. 1/2
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2/2 This month some colleagues and I spoke with 75 people—mostly found at random—in North Carolina and Georgia. Here is how we found the electorate: The determined v. the disappointed. steveinskeep.substack.com/p/…
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One way to think of voters this fall: the determined v. the disappointed. Based on voter interveiws on Georgia, here’s part of my exchange with Fredricka Whitfield of @CNN:
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Further Intel from random voters in GA: Can we read anything into the early voting? And which candidates have made a strong impression on voters?
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Years ago @BenSasse rode in my car across the Hill. I had no kids, car was medium-messy. I was embarassed. He reassured: I know you don't have kids if you say *this* is a messy car. I now have a 4 and a 2 yr old. Spent this AM on a Cheerios hunt in the backseat. Now I get it.
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It’s commonplace to say that America can’t build great public works anymore. And there’s much truth in that - in which generation will California finish its high speed rail? Meanwhile China spreads rail lines and vast airports across the country. But in some recent travel I came across two counter-examples that at least complicate the picture. 1/2
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Read about, and see, the two counter-examples here. 2/2 steveinskeep.substack.com/p/…
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Here are two more of six rules for news media survival, offered in a lecture series named for a legendary president of CBS News: 1/2
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Here’s a link to all six rules: 2/2 steveinskeep.substack.com/p/…
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Rahul Bali@rahulbali
Oct 24
NPR's Morning Edition in Georgia I got to do something very cool last weekend. I got to watch NPR's Steve Inskeep, Reena Advani and Milton Guevara talk to voters in Cobb County. #gapol Enjoy this segment with @NPRinskeep and folks in Cobb County. npr.org/2026/10/20/nx-s1-600…

Georgia voters weigh the war in Iran, rising costs and Trump's record ahead of midterms

From doorsteps to a used book sale, NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with voters in suburban Atlanta about why some of them want change now while others are willing to give Republicans more time.

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One of six rules for media survival that I offered in the Richard Salant lecture, named in honor of a legendary president of CBS News. 1/2
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