NPR’s news chief announces unexpected departure after four years

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/09/23/barnes-npr-resignation/

Nancy Barnes is leaving NPR News due to management changes.

The top news executive at NPR announced Friday that she is leaving the organization, an unexpected departure that coincides with a shake-up in the nonprofit media giant’s management structure.
Nancy Barnes, who took over NPR’s newsroom in 2018 as senior vice president and editorial director of the broadcasting and digital news operation, said she will leave the organization later this fall. She did not announce new plans, but said in a note to staff on Friday that she will “pursue other journalistic endeavors.”


Her decision came hours after NPR’s chief executive, John Lansing, announced the creation of a new position that will oversee all of NPR’s programming — trademark news programs such as “All Things Considered” as well as podcasts and non-news programming such as “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me.” The new chief content officer position would have effectively created another tier of management over Barnes, who previously reported directly to Lansing.

 

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Pallavi Gogoi

Pallavi Gogoi assumes the title of Acting Managing Editor-Daily Report at NPR, effective Oct. 17. Before joining NPR as Chief Business Editor, Pallavi was a senior editor at CNN, and

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Pallavi Gogoi joins NPR as editor.

 

[Mikey Radio]

There seems to be a fair amount of moving and shaking at NPR and at least some of their stations in recent months. There were a number of departures from my NPR station, from management positions down to the local daily on-air "hosts". The station has a lot of new voices on it and their website, from the programming schedule to the "who's who" has been outdated for nearly a year.

 

[TheBigA]

There seems to be a fair amount of moving and shaking at NPR and at least some of their stations in recent months.

Non-commercial broadcasting doesn't pay very well, and its employees don't get to own their content. So I'm sure with the growth of digital media, a lot of people have been able to find greener pastures elsewhere. I've heard stories of people making millions uploading funny clever videos to YouTube or TikTok. That's more than they pay at NPR.