Editing Day to Day (section)

==Background==
''Day to Day'' began as a co-production with the then-[[Microsoft]]-owned ''Slate'' that was "targeted for midday broadcast" and designed to "showcase newsworthy topics with a smart, savvy and spontaneous approach" with a "diverse family of contributors from both NPR News and Slate"; it was the "first program collaboration NPR has initiated with a commercial media outlet in its 33-year history."<ref name="nprannounce">{{cite web| url=https://www.npr.org/about/press/030512.prslate.html| title=NPR and Slate Magazine to Produce Weekday Radio Program Day to Day Premieres in July 2003| publisher=National Public Radio| access-date =2008-12-11| date=12 May 2003}}</ref> The partnership was criticized in the ''Online Journalism Review'' for "possible conflicts on Microsoft coverage (or lack thereof)" and the "cross-media advertisements and underwriting" plans.<ref>[http://www.ojr.org/ojr/glaser/1054676989.php Slate, NPR Partnership Could Be More Big Media Than Public Radio], a June 3, 2003 article by Mark Glaser from ''Online Journalism Review''</ref>

''Day to Day'' debuted on public radio stations in July 2003.<ref name="nprannounce"/> and was the first NPR newsmagazine produced at NPR West studios in [[Culver City, California]], near Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.npr.org/about/press/021016.nprwest.html | title=NPR Establishes Major Production Center in California NPR West Opens November 2, Expanding Network's Presence and Reach | publisher=National Public Radio | date=16 October 2002 | access-date=2007-09-17}}</ref>