New York Public Radio has appointed Kenya Young as senior vice president, WNYC Studios. In her new role, Young will oversee a portfolio, including The New Yorker Public Hour and more. She will also set the strategic direction for WNYC Studios’ portfolio of podcasts.
Young will also lead and support teams developing and producing shows. In addition, she will also build out WNYC Studios’ new Documentary Unit which will focus on producing long-form nonfiction audio works.
She begins on June 13.
Young will join from NPR, where she has worked since 2007, first as an intern in the California bureau. Recently, she served as managing editor for collaborative journalism and was previously executive producer of NPR’s Morning Edition and Up First.
Under her helm, Up First ranked as one of NPR’s top podcasts. Apart from this, she also helped run daily news operations.
Young has a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame.
Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch.com and Investor's…
The Wall Street Journal is seeking a White House reporter in Washington, DC, to break…
Ben Pershing, the politics editor of The Wall Street Journal, is leaving the news organization.…
New York Times executive editor Joe Kahn sent out the following on Friday: A January 2010 front…
Brent Jones, the senior vice president of training, culture and community at Dow Jones, is…
The Wall Street Journal is looking for an editor to lead its coverage of logistics…