NavigationArts Selected to Redesign NPR's Intranet

MCLEAN, VIRGINIA, October 26, 2007 – NavigationArts today announced that they have been selected to redesign National Public Radio’s Intranet site to serve the needs of NPR employees in Washington, D.C., throughout the country, and around the world. NavigationArts will leverage their expertise in user-centered design and information architecture to make the NPR intranet more useful and usable.

NPR’s intranet is currently organized by department and division. An unintended consequence of the existing web structure is that a user must be familiar with the corporate structure to find the information they are searching for. Given the large number of reporters stationed away from NPR’s headquarters, and the stable of interns who continuously cycle through the organization, NPR has tapped NavigationArts to develop a new structure based on a user-centered model. NavigationArts will redesign the Intranet according to the user’s goals and tasks, making the site more searchable – and therefore a more valuable resource for employees.

“This new Intranet will be tailored to serve the needs of all of NPR’s employees, from reporters in Iraq to production staff at the headquarters in Washington, DC,” said Natalie Buda, Director of User Experience at NavigationArts. “We at NavigationArts greatly respect NPR’s mission, so we are particularly excited about this opportunity.”

About NPR

NPR (National Public Radio) is an internationally acclaimed producer and distributor of noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming. A privately supported, not-for-profit membership organization, NPR serves a growing audience of 26 million Americans each week in partnership with more than 860 independently operated, noncommercial public radio stations. Each NPR Member Station serves local listeners with a distinctive combination of national and local programming. With original online content and audio streaming, NPR.org offers hourly newscasts, special features and ten years of archived audio and information.

About NavigationArts

NavigationArts is a user experience consultancy that provides Internet strategy, usability, information architecture, interface design, and development services. The firm creates exceptional online user experiences that drive business value for communications and commerce.