Dear Colleagues,

Happy New Year! We hope you had a wonderful wrap-up to 2023 and enjoyed time with friends and family. As we’re settling into 2024, we wanted to give you a rundown of what we’ve been up to these past few months.

Covering The War in Gaza

After the Hamas attack on October 7th and the subsequent war that followed, “The Daily” has dedicated much of its coverage to not only the tragic events, but the voices behind the conflict. In an October episode titled ‘Voices from Gaza’, host Sabrina Tavernise speaks with Abdallah Hasaneen, a young man in southern Gaza, and Wafa Elsaka, a Palestinian-American who was visiting her mother-in-law in Gaza City during the start of the war. Both separately share their stories and describe the dark realities of daily life during a war.

In ‘Hamas Took Her Son’, Tavernise interviews Rachel Goldberg, a mother in Jerusalem, whose son was taken hostage by Hamas. Goldberg takes us through the events that transpired while her son was at the musical festival in the Negev desert and describes the horror and uncertainty she faces while waiting for his release.

Other noteworthy episodes centered around these stories include Golan’s Story, The Doctors of Gaza and A Reporter’s Journey Into Gaza.A Successful Year for “The Daily”

2023 was another year of growth for our program on public radio – with increased carriage on stations. The year saw steady growth, and we ended the year with 305 broadcast partners whom we look forward to serving and working with.

Covering the 2024 Election

With the presidential election already under way, so is our coverage. We’ve spent the last several months setting our feet to cover the dual storylines of the race: the campaign itself, and former President Trump in criminal court. We plan to bring our radio listeners the reporting and expertise of the veteran New York Times reporters, including Maggie Haberman, Mike Schmidt, Jonathan Swan, Reid Epstein, Jennifer Medina, Maya King, Shane Goldmacher, Nate Cohn, and many, many others.

In the coming months, we will mark the big news moments and tackle larger thematic stepback questions: how the electorate is changing, voters’ faith in our democracy, the threat of political violence, economic inequity, among others. In February and March, stations can expect us to feature the reporting of Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan and Charlie Savage, who have been reporting for months on what a second Trump Administration might look like.

Until next time,

-The Daily Team