Ryan departs CNN for NPR
NPR has tapped Erika Ryan as a producer for its popular afternoon news show “All Things Considered.” She begins in June. Most recently, Ryan produced “The Newscast with Wolf Blitzer” at CNN+. She also worked as an associate producer and producer for digital video programming at CNN. She formerly reported on the Columbia, S.C. arts […]
WNYC taps NPR’s Young in newly created role of senior VP, WNYC Studios
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. […]
NY Times adds three producers to ‘The Daily’
The following excerpt was sent out by The New York Times senior editor for audio Anita Badejo and Lisa Chow, editor of “The Daily” : Carlos Prieto joins as a producer. Carlos began his career in audio at a radio news station in Washington, D.C. He then joined POLITICO as the launching producer of a […]
NPR hires Healy as producer for Here & Now
Gabrielle Healy, digital news editor at the New Hampshire Public Radio has left for a post as producer on Here & Now, NPR’s midday news magazine. Previously, she has worked as a digital producer and then as a digital editor at WAMU-FM 88.5, an American University owned public/news talk station in Washington, D.C. In addition, […]
Lohmeyer joins Grid as senior editor
Grid has hired Suzette McLoone Lohmeyer as senior editor for its daily news cycle. She joins from NPR, where she was a newsletter editor/writer, working on NPR’s coronavirus newsletter, The New Normal and NPR’s health and wellbeing newsletter, Shots. Lohmeyer has covered tech news for GCN and FCW magazines and worked freelance for Axios. She […]
NPR promotes Seipel, Shivaram to Washington desk
NPR has tapped Arnie Seipel as deputy Washington editor, a role he has been serving in an acting capacity for the past few months, and Deepa Shivaram as Washington desk reporter. In his new role, Seipel will mostly step away from daily editing and take on a planning role. He will also be working closely […]
NPR hires Lopez to cover voting issues and voters
Ashley Lopez will be joining NPR to report on voting issues and voters. She begins next month. Currently, Lopez is a senior reporter covering politics and health care for KUT, Austin’s NPR member station. She was also part of NPR’s Political Reporting Partnership in 2016. Before that, she was a political reporter at Louisville Public […]
Ludden to cover economic inequality for NPR
Jennifer Ludden, the energy and environment editor at NPR, is shifting beats and will now cover economic inequality. Ludden has been editing energy and environment stories that track the shift to clean energy, state and federal policy moves, and how people and communities are coping with the mounting impacts of climate change. Previously, Ludden was an NPR […]
Whelan hired to be managing editor of WSJ podcast
Catherine Whelan is joining “The Journal,” a podcast by Gimlet and The Wall Street Journal. She comes from NPR, where she produced and edited for Morning Edition. Before that, she has worked at Public Radio International in Boston. She was also a production assistant at Boston Public Radio and an associate producer at WGBH, the […]
Wise to cover race and identity for NPR
Alana Wise, politics reporter at NPR, is moving to the National desk to cover the race and identity beat. Prior to joining NPR, she has worked as a political correspondent and then as an airlines correspondent at Reuters. She was also an intern at the Dow Jones News Fund and DC/NBC 4 Washington, D.C. Wise […]
