Its something that we certainly support. Lansing also elevated to chief strategy officer a former U.S. State Department staffer who recently pleaded guilty to having defrauded the U.S. Agency for Global Media out of more than $40,000 in government money in 2018, according to federal prosecutors. John Lansing, a media executive with government broadcast and cable television experience, has been named by NPR's board to succeed its current chief, Jarl Mohn who announced the plan to step down after his 5-Year term ended. For July, NPRs 60 active shows among them Planet Money, Fresh Air and Wait Wait Dont Tell Me! were downloaded 141 million times and had nearly 21 million listeners in the United States, according to Podtrac. Family Status: Married with 4 Children (Jean Rausch Lansing) So Im pleased to see that that short era is over. Just be tuned into our folks. In 2017, Michael Oreskes, NPRs senior vice president for news, left after two women accused him of unwanted physical advances in the 1990s, when he was the Washington bureau chief of The New York Times. Oh wait. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Current is an editorially independent, nonprofit service of the American University School of Communication. Our third pillar is to optimize content and meet audiences where they are. Copyright 2023. John Lansing will begin his term as President and CEO of NPR in October, 2019. Bloomberg Markets live from New York, focused on bringing you the most important global business and breaking markets news and information as it happens. But mostly its targeted at marketing investments on social media platforms that are specifically reaching out to younger and more diverse audiences to see if we can drive sampling. Colorados largest compost processor will no longer accept packaging and paper products, Small liquor stores pivot to more food and delivery as Colorado grocers roll out wine sales, Peloton for horses: Colorado sisters launch equestrian coaching app, The Local 303: Colorado artists were featuring for March 2023. Current: Companies like Spotify and Amazon have been pouring big money into podcasting. Did you know that one day you would become a CEO? Scripps Company, Held senior management positions at Scripps-owned affiliates, including WEWS TV in Cleveland, Ohio and WXYZ TV in Detroit, Michigan, Early in his career Award-winning Photojournalist and Field Producer, Assignment Manager, Managing Editor, and News Director at several television stations. Weve had a couple of significant anonymous gifts that have helped shore up our forecast for the coming fiscal year. Or persons of color who are in our organization that are hearing [about] a lot of activity but arent experiencing what they believe they should be experiencing in terms of a workplace where they feel like they can grow and improve their work and improve their careers. Yet Lansing also takes over an institution riven by a scandal that hit its top reaches, with a chief news executive toppled over #MeToo complaints of inappropriate conduct toward female subordinates and colleagues. Government support for the public radio system isnt in any immediate jeopardy. NPR has also been the nations leading producer of podcasts, since Podtrac started measuring the audiences. Built with the Largo WordPress Theme from the Institute for Nonprofit News. And theyre all expected to articulate a DEI goal thats measurable, actionable, and that they can be held accountable for and will be. So that would be mine. Ever since I've started, I've noticed that you've been very vocal about the need for diversity. And be a good listener. We couldnt be more proud of the quality and the depth of the journalism thats coming from the member stations, and it really has strengthened the entire system enormously. While they do not broadcast within the U.S., the Voice of America and the other media outfits Lansing has overseen typically adhere to traditional concepts of factual, non-ideological journalism, with the frequent exception of Radio Marti historically an anti-Castro and anti-Cuban communist outlet. No. The ratings have tanked because all they talk about is race. Mohn had promised to attract major contributions to NPR before the end of his tenure; to date he has not landed the major eight- and nine-figure donations his stated aspirations suggested. And so I had a very visceral reaction to that happening in my hometown, and that it was so egregious the murder of an innocent person captured on video, on a phone. Current: NPR has helped stations during the pandemic by delaying planned changes to the dues they pay. In May 2020, four NPR female hosts of color Garcia-Navarro, King, All Things Considered host Ailsa Chang and Weekend All Things Considered host Michel Martin sent a letter to Lansing . She also has led initiatives to reform hiring practices and to sweep far more temporary positions into permanent slots, often working closely with the networks chief unions to do so. Listen now. Anyone can read what you share. Lansing says the agency referred Haroon Ullahs expenditures to auditors and investigators after travel assistants flagged them; according to the Justice Department statement, Ullah admitted submitting fraudulent receipts for hotel room reimbursements and fake medical claims to get government payments of upgrades in airline seat assignments, among other offenses. We're funded by your subscriptions, your donations, advertising, and a generous grant from the Wyncote Foundation. NPR will cut 10% of its workforce, CEO John Lansing said Wednesday. Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnlansing. Mr. Lansing rejected that accusation, saying that the agency was independent by law. Under his leadership NPR has been reaching new audiences as the country's top podcast publisher and through platforms like smart-speakers and connected cars. Lansing: They were for general. Lansing is a media executive with a deep understanding of journalism, having spent two decades as an award-winning journalist, successful newsroom leader and major market local media executive before becoming a global chief executive officer. When I think of NPR and I think of the member stations collectively, I think really of journalism as a public service, not tied to a profit motive, Lansing told NPR News. Were finishing up in the next two to three weeks the specific lists of actions and activities under these pillars. Our newsletters bring you a closer look at the stories that affect you and the music that inspires you. Its new president and chief executive is John Lansing, a former cable executive who for the last five years has run the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the federally funded organization behind broadcasters like Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Its not a sidebar. And our number one goal is to improve our audience diversity. Four years ago, Lansing was named by President Barack Obama to be the first chief executive of the broadcasting outfit that was renamed the U.S. Agency for Global Media. At the US Agency for Global Media, Lansing championed a free press even as leaders of many nations move against it. And weve seen that really help them grow. Current: Why are NPR and its partners looking to sell the Pocket Casts podcast app? It is our work our North Star and our work are the same thing. Fear drives their path. Because when you're all at work, you're all at work, and you go home to your individual situations. He held off a push by House Republicans to spin off Voice of America into a nongovernmental broadcaster. Then I moved on to manage TV stations and cable networks. What was it like for you to watch that happen? Were working with member stations on topic teams for, say, political reporting or criminal justice reporting across the system. When will that freeze be lifted? Its an inclusive process. NPR's chief executive announced the network would lay off roughly 10% of its current workforce - at least 100 people - and eliminate most vacant positions. It didnt begin in the summer it accelerated in the summer. 2023 Colorado Public Radio. That's something that perceptive journalists should be able to pick up pretty quickly. He served for four years as the SVP, Television for the E.W. NPR Start Date: Mid October, 2020 We need help now. So we began an intensive set of Zoom meetings that I attended, each one with a member station and a qualified potential donor. This is just dishonest, especially since NPR became what amounted to a voice of the opposition in its coverage of this dysfunctional federal agency. The work theyve done during the pandemic has been nothing short of miraculous in many cases, particularly given the summer of racial reckoning, the most unusual presidential election in memory and everything thats gone on since. And I would do a board-level review for the donor or donors as to where the business was, the value of the work we were doing, the things we were adding in terms of covering the pandemic. Current: Did anything else stand out to you in that survey that you believe needed attention and needs attention? The result, I believe, is a war on truth., He continued: Citizens in countries from Russia to China, from Iran to North Korea, have been victimized for decades. Podcasting in particular allows NPR to reach audiences that are not necessarily tied to a radio., Paul Haaga, the chairman of NPRs board, said in a statement that Mr. Lansing was a listener and a collaborative leader with a passion for our public service journalistic mission who will help us continue to expand the audience for our storytelling.. We had begun a lot of work under [Chief Diversity Officer] Keith Woods' leadership to really move us forward. John Lansing, a veteran government broadcast and cable television executive, has been selected by NPR's corporate board to succeed its current chief, Jarl Mohn. Others have waded into the podcast fray with a vengeance. Lansing, who is 62, is. Lansing says the agency referred Haroon Ullah's expenditures to auditors and investigators after travel assistants flagged them; according to the Justice Department statement, Ullah admitted submitting fraudulent receipts for hotel room reimbursements and fake medical claims to get government payments of upgrades in airline seat assignments, among other offenses. Lansing clearly had an ongoing interest in the USAGM story and the notion that that at some point along the line he did not provide his take, at minimum, to NPR reporting staff, on the story beggars belief. Its my expectation that that will expand throughout the organization, so that everybody understands its everybodys job, and the accountability is going to be something that we measure and transparently report back out. The second pillar is to transform our workplace culture. Under standard procedures for reporting on NPR matters, NPR's corporate and news executives were not allowed to review the report until it was posted. "Jarl would be the first to say that it is the area where he feels that his work was not complete," Sheikholeslami said. Lansing said he took pride in maintaining conventional broadcasts while appealing to new audiences, reaching about 25% more people each week. That was revised as a result. All of those underlying effects generally lead to whatever effects were going to have in corporate sponsorship. Being selective, having mentors both white and people of color mentors that you can have confidential conversations with and gain some thoughts to help you develop your strategy, standing up for yourself which essentially is what happened at NPR through the climate survey and holding leaders accountable for everything. In an email to the staff on Friday, John Lansing, who joined the nonprofit as chief executive in September, projected that NPR would fall $12 million to $15 million short of the amount it had . As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Required fields are marked *. All Rights Reserved. And I had a lot of interest in how my former team was being treated, but more importantly, just as an American citizen, how the work of USAGM through VOA [Voice of America] and RFE/RL [Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty] was threatening to undermine the interests of the United States government by politicizing journalism that was meant by law to be free of political interference. And what a breath of fresh air Whitney brings into the organization. NPR has a new CEO. He served on the Bellarmine University Board of Trustees from 2010-2016 and was vice-chair 2014-2016. It is our work. NPR's chief news executive, Nancy Barnes, said Friday she would be leaving the network, prompted by NPR CEO John Lansing's decision to create a new executive role above her. They lost their objectivity and are now just pushing leftist ideology. He took over a troubled organization beset by infighting and bureaucratic inefficiency. Lansing previously held positions overseeing the Scripps Co.'s local television stations and then its national cable channels, which include the Food Network and HGTV, among others. Its new president and chief executive is John Lansing, a former cable . Vegas PBS General Manager, Tom Axtell, announces his retirement. NPR was seen to align itself with federal workers at VOA who essentially conducted an internal uprising on government time, while NPR made quite clear in its coverage where it stood. You go to college and all the sudden you're like 'wait a minute, I've got to do something when this is over.' "We are delighted to welcome John, whose deep experience as a media industry executive and practicing journalist make him ideally suited to lead NPR into its next chapter," said Paul Haaga, Chair of the NPR board. Certainly in the aftermath of the George Floyd murder on Memorial Day weekend, our efforts accelerated and we doubled down on communication, training and listening. The network has won acclaim for its coverage of wars and disasters, yet suffered its own crisis and tragedy in 2016 when its David Gilkey and Zabihullah Tamanna were killed while on assignment in southern Afghanistan. Bellarmine alumnus and former trustee John Lansing, a veteran cable television and government broadcast executive, is the new CEO of NPR. If it's not being solved from the top down, it shouldn't be a burden for people just trying to build their career. There's always going to be things here and there that have to be worked out, because that's just the way a company is, but I've never been in a company before where it was so understood that we're here to serve the American people. In a large part, the digital teams and the divisions will work together to reach a final model. He is a member of the Quinnipiac University School of Communications Advisory Board and the National Board of Advisors of George Washington University's School of Media & Public Affairs. Government support for the public radio system isn't in any immediate jeopardy. Current: How much were those anonymous gifts? The network had run deficits in six of the seven previous years; under Mohn, it has achieved a slight surplus for each year during his tenure, even as the annual budget grew by more than 40%. Lansing: We hope to have that completed within about eight to 10 weeks. This is essentially the DEI work writ large, but also our culture of respect, safety, upward mobility, training and making NPR a world-class organization for which to work. Mr. Mohn led the push into podcasting and helped stabilize the organization after years of management turnover and budget deficits. The agency has an annual budget of $808 million. Podtrac, which measures the audiences of podcast publishers, has consistently placed NPR at the top of its monthly rankings. A later report commissioned by the NPR board found that questions had been raised about Oreskes behavior even before his hiring and that concerns were raised throughout his tenure; the repeated and formal warnings by top executives (including Mohn) to Oreskes to cut short the unwanted attention he paid to female colleagues proved ineffective. When you first got to NPR, what did you think? How do you think that the North Star, the strategic initiative, is going? Lansing Last year brought a host of challenges to NPR: a multimillion-dollar deficit, calls for changes in its workplace culture and a hit to broadcast listening. Lansing, who is 62, is. administration regarding the now former managers of his former place of employment (USAGM) but claims the mantle of private citizen to do so. So I would tell my younger self to be confident, calm down, it's all gonna work out. Courtesy of Allison Shelley for NPR. I'd say if there's anything that I focused on, and still am focused on during the pandemic, it is to make sure that whatever the situation is, we are supporting staff to do their best work, supporting them when they're having other challenges and making sure that we're attentive and tuned in to employees that need help, that need a break, that need to be heard, whatever that may be. Mohn placed an emphasis on fostering a more collaborative dynamic with the public radio stations that NPR serves and was given credit for making progress on that score. So sad to me. It all goes back to our mission: serving the American public, recognizing the American public is a diverse mosaic that makes America great and strong, and making sure that we're building systems and content that resonates with all Americans. John Lansing, a media executive with government broadcast and cable television experience, has been named by NPRs board to succeed its current chief, Jarl Mohn who announced the plan to step down after his 5-Year term ended. And the pandemic hit six months later in March of '20. He will now lead the nations top audio producer and broadcaster. So I wouldn't create a politics podcast because there are too many, and we have the best one of many already. But second, we're mission-driven, and I think everybody in the organization lives and breathes that mission. "I have been an avid fan of NPR for many years. Lansing: I guess my head turns first to the journalism of our member stations. Job cuts throughout. Let's say, I was walking out of high school into college, I had no idea what I was going to do. NPR maintains 17 national bureaus and 17 bureaus abroad. How are you working to shore up NPRs place in the podcasting landscape and compete with deep-pocketed tech companies? 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