Kara Frame
Kara Frame is a video producer for NPR and pursues personal projects in her free time. She most often produces for NPR's explainer series, "Let's Talk: Big Stories, Told Simply." She's crafted stories about ; ; and . Frame enjoys a break from the news when filming the .
Frame's personal projects have focused primarily on veterans and PTSD. In 2016, her short documentary was awarded first place for long-form multimedia at the NPPA Northern Short Course.
Before starting at NPR in 2016, Frame received a B.A. in African-American Studies from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, and a M.A in New Media Photojournalism from the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at George Washington University in Washington, DC. When she's not working on videos, you can find her in her garden or hosting a dinner for friends.
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The blues singer plays a solo Tiny Desk home concert from a spare, dimly lit Austin office building.
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One of the better Christmas songs we heard this year.
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Listen to a highlight from Tierra Whack's very busy December.
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This is a song for those who have love to give, but lack a worthy recipient
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A bubbly song about a love triangle, "Switch Lanes" reminds you to let go of what is not meant for you.
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Since the 1990s, police and prosecutors have used lyrics to build criminal cases against rap artists. It's a practice that blurs the distinction between entertainment and criminal confession.
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Watch the drummer and activist perform three songs for our Tiny Desk quarantine series.
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From the good vibes of go-go band Rare Essence to the Afro-Cuban dance music of Cimafunk, this playlist of brass, funk and big bands will get you moving in no time.
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To mark five decades since his unit fought in the Battle of Ben Cui in Vietnam, NPR video producer Kara Frame's father got the guys together. It was more than a reunion; it was a way to heal. -
In 1968, Congress passed the Fair Housing Act, which made it illegal to discriminate in housing. Gene Demby of NPR's Code Switch explains why neighborhoods are still so segregated today.
