Keith Woods Appointed NPR's Chief Diversity Officer

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https://news.****************/articles/n38169/Keith-Woods-Appointed-NPRs-Chief-Diversity-Officer

NPR appoints Keith Woods, currently VP/Newsroom Training and Diversity, to the newly-created post of Chief Diversity Officer. As a part of the executive leadership team, He'll will guide NPR's push to expand the diversity of its audience work across NPR. Woods will continue as head of the editorial training unit, as well as leading key diversity initiatives in the newsroom with Senior VP Nancy Barnes, advise and support Programming & Audience Development Senior VP Anya Grundmann in her diversity efforts, and build on the collaborative work he's done with Chief Human Resources Officer Carrie Storer.

"I want NPR to reflect diversity, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. As an organization we should be leaders in providing news and cultural programming that speaks to our richly diverse country and connects with an audience that looks and sounds like America - all while creating a welcoming and supportive workplace for all," said NPR CEO John Lansing. "To elevate and expand the role of diversity in our thinking and in our work, I am promoting Keith Woods to Chief Diversity Officer. Given his decade of service to NPR, working to strengthen our newsroom and the public radio system, he is ideally suited for this role."

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