Editing All Things Considered (section)

==Background==
''ATC'' programming combines news, analysis, commentary, interviews, and special features broadcast live daily from 4:00&nbsp;p.m. to 6:00&nbsp;p.m. Eastern Time (3 to 5 p.m. Central Time) (20:00 to 22:00 UTC), and is re-fed with updates until 10 p.m. ET (9 p.m. CT) or 7 p.m. PT (02:00 UTC). Broadcasts run about 105 minutes with local content interspersed in between to complete two hours. In 2005, ''ATC'' aired on over 560 radio stations and reached an audience of approximately 12 million listeners each weekday, making it the third most listened to radio program in the United States after ''[[The Rush Limbaugh Show]]'' and ''[[Morning Edition]]''.<ref name="nytimes.com"/> In September 2010, ''All Things Considered'' had an [[AQH share|average quarter-hour audience]] of 1.8 million.<ref name=shepard>{{cite web |first=Alicia C. |last=Shepard |date=17 September 2010 |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2010/09/15/129883401/harry-shearer-post |title=Harry Shearer and NPR: The Big Uneasy |department=NPR Ombudsman |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref> ''ATC'' is co-hosted by rotating cast of regular anchors; current hosts include [[Ari Shapiro]], [[Ailsa Chang]], [[Mary Louise Kelly]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Petski |first1=Denise |last2=Pedersen |first2=Erik |title='All Things Considered': NPR Taps Mary Louise Kelly as Co-Host; Kelly McEvers Stepping Down |url=https://deadline.com/2017/12/all-things-considered-npr-mary-louise-kelly-co-host-kelly-mcevers-robert-siegel-1202229086/ |access-date=8 January 2018 |work=Deadline |date=18 December 2017}}</ref> and [[Juana Summers]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=GaNun |first=Jacqueline |date=2022-06-08 |title=NPR names Juana Summers co-host of 'All Things Considered' |language=en |publisher=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/06/08/1103554795/npr-names-juana-summers-co-host-of-all-things-considered |access-date=2022-06-27}}</ref>

The first broadcast of ''ATC'' was fed to about 90 [[radio station]]s on May 3, 1971, with host [[Robert Conley (reporter)|Robert Conley]]. During the first week, these stations were not allowed to broadcast the feed "live" but could record it for later broadcast. The first story was about the march on [[Washington, D.C.]], and the growing anti–[[Vietnam War protests]] taking place there.<ref>{{cite web |title=30th Anniversary Celebration of All Things Considered |url=https://www.npr.org/programs/atc/atc30/timeline/1971.html |publisher=[[National Public Radio]] |date=2001}}</ref> NPR chose to place its inaugural daily newscast at the afternoon commute timeslot instead of the morning because many of its affiliates at that time did not sign on for the day until mid-morning or afterward.<ref>{{cite book |title=Conflicting Communication Interests in America: the case of National Public Radio |first=Tom |last=McCourt |location=Westport, Connecticut |publisher=Praeger |date=1999 |page=45 }}</ref> It was not until 1979, by which time most affiliates had expanded their broadcast days to begin at 6 a.m. or earlier, that NPR premiered ''Morning Edition''.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}

'''''Weekend All Things Considered''''' (''WATC'') is a one-hour version of the show that premiered in 1974<ref name="npr.org">{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/about-npr/192827079/overview-and-history|title=History|website=NPR.org|date=20 June 2013}}</ref> and is broadcast on Saturdays and Sundays at 5 p.m. ET, currently hosted by [[Scott Detrow]].

''ATC'' was excluded from the NPR deal with [[Sirius Satellite Radio]] so as not to compete with local stations airing the show.<ref>{{cite news |first=Lynette |last=Clemetson |title=All Things Considered, NPR's Growing Clout Alarms Member Stations |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/30/arts/all-things-considered-npr-s-growing-clout-alarms-member-stations.html |quote=NPR has a contract to program two Sirius channels, NPR Talk and NPR Now. But Mr. Klose said there were no plans to add the top-rated news programs to its satellite lineup against station wishes. 'We will respond to the will of the system,' he said. |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=30 August 2004}}</ref>

To coordinate the choice of interview partners in cultural coverage between ''ATC'' and other NPR shows (as of 2010: ''Morning Edition'', the weekend editions, ''[[Talk of the Nation]]'', and ''[[Tell Me More]]''), NPR set up a "[[wikt:dibs|dibs]] list" system around 2005, whereby the first show to declare interest in a particular guest can "reserve" that person.<ref name=shepard/>

On March 23, 2020, ''ATC'' launched '''''The National Conversation''''', a live [[call-in show]] addressing listener questions about the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States]]. The program aired from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET on weeknights from the end of March through May 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=Introducing 'The National Conversation with All Things Considered' |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/03/20/819186570/introducing-the-national-conversation-with-all-things-considered |publisher=NPR.org|date=March 20, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

Similar to ''Up First'', the podcast complement to the network's ''Morning Edition'' and ''Weekend Edition'', NPR launched ''[[Consider This (podcast)|Consider This]]'' as a podcast companion to ''ATC'' on June 29, 2020,<ref>{{Cite news|last=|last2=|last3=|date=2020-06-29|title='Consider This,' A PM News Podcast With Kelly McEvers & 'All Things Considered' Hosts|language=en|work=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/about-npr/883858250/consider-this-a-pm-news-podcast-with-kelly-mcevers-all-things-considered-hosts|access-date=2021-10-02}}</ref> with ''ATC'' hosts providing in-depth analysis of a single story each weekday afternoon. National podcast episodes are supplemented in select areas by additional local reporting and analysis from journalists at various NPR member stations, such as Dallas-based [[KERA (FM)|KERA]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Podcast: Consider This|url=https://www.keranews.org/podcast-consider-this|access-date=2021-10-02|website=KERA News|language=en}}</ref> ''Consider This'' is also the successor to NPR's weekday afternoon ''Coronavirus Daily'' podcast,<ref>{{Cite news|last=|last2=|last3=|date=2020-03-18|title=NPR's 'Coronavirus Daily' Podcast Follows How The Pandemic Affects Our Daily Lives|language=en|work=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/about-npr/817187224/nprs-coronavirus-daily-podcast-follows-how-the-pandemic-affects-our-daily-lives|access-date=2022-02-01}}</ref> which had published throughout the spring of 2020. It expanded to weekends on January 8, 2022, with episodes hosted by then-''WATC'' host Michel Martin on Saturdays.<ref>{{Cite news|last=|last2=|last3=|date=2022-01-04|title=Starting this week get 'Consider This' on Saturdays and 'Up First' on Sundays|language=en|work=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/about-npr/1070049498/starting-this-week-get-consider-this-on-saturdays-and-up-first-on-sundays|access-date=2022-02-01}}</ref> The podcast's weekend episode moved to Sundays in May 2023, and as of June 2023 is hosted by ''WATC'' host Scott Detrow.<ref name="scott-detrow">{{Cite web |date=May 31, 2023 |title=Scott Detrow named weekend host of 'All Things Considered' and 'Consider This' |url=https://www.npr.org/about-npr/1178877911/scott-detrow-named-weekend-host-of-all-things-considered-and-consider-this|access-date=May 31, 2023 |website=NPR.org}}</ref>