NPR seeks a tech reporter
The tech industry shapes our personal lives, society and democracy in a multitude of ways. Many of these giant companies are at a turning point – from internal upheavals to changes in ownership to outside pressure from regulators, the media and a more wary public. NPR seeks a technology reporter/correspondent to dive into this fray, […]
Fernandes to join WBUR’s ‘Here & Now’ as co-host
The following excerpt was sent out: Award-winning journalist Deepa Fernandes is joining NPR and WBUR’s Here & Now, the live midday news program distributed nationwide, as the show’s third host. On Monday, October 10th she will make her debut alongside Robin Young and Scott Tong. She joins Here & Now from the San Francisco Chronicle where she was an immigration correspondent and senior newsroom advisor on Race and Equity. […]
Vanek Smith moves to NPR’s economics beat
In a note to newsroom staff, Pallavi Gogoi, chief business editor, made the following announcement: I’m thrilled to announce that Stacey Vanek Smith will be joining NPR’s Business Desk for a year as global economics correspondent to boost the network’s prize-winning coverage of the economy. If ever there was a time to add to the network’s coverage […]
Washington Post hires Dennis as audio producer for Post Reports
The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post’s director of audio Renita Jablonski, “Post Reports” senior producer Maggie Penman and supervising senior producer Reena Flores: We’re delighted to announce that Eliza Dennis is joining The Washington Post as an audio producer on the Post Reports team. Eliza is known as a steady hand […]
Valdivia swaps BuzzFeed for NPR
Pablo Valdivia has joined NPR as an engagement editor. Valdivia tweets, “I’ll be working across digital, radio, and podcast to elevate and tell Latino stories, as well as help call in the community across the network.” Recently, he was a senior Latin culture editor at BuzzFeed as well as a senior editor and manager, editor, […]
NPR taps Vincent as supervising producer
NPR has hired Cher Vincent as a supervising producer. Recently, Vincent was a senior producer at New York-based media production company Pushkin Industries. She was a senior editor at Vox and a senior producer at Slate Magazine. She was a producer at Gimlet Media. Be sure to congratulate Vincent on Twitter.
NPR hires S&P’s Copley as climate and corporations correspondent
National Public Radio deputy senior supervising editor Neela Banerjee and chief science editor Andrea Kissack share the following announcement: Hello, everyone, Andrea and I are delighted to announce that we have hired Michael Copley as the network’s first Climate and Corporations Correspondent. Of all the forces and actors responding to climate change, corporations seem to […]
Cheddar’s Pratz departs for NPR
National Public Radio has hired Megan Pratz from Cheddar to be its political editor. She will start Aug. 22. At Cheddar, she ran the Washington, D.C., bureau for the streaming news network. That position took her all over the country and the world covering the White House, Congress and the campaign trail. Prior to Cheddar, […]
NPR names Walsh congressional correspondent
NPR has tapped Deirdre Walsh as a congressional correspondent. Recently, Walsh held the post of Congress editor. Previously, Walsh was at CNN, where she was a producer/researcher for the network’s prime anchor Judy Woodruff. She also planned and produced “Inside Politics,” a live hour-long show, where she coordinated with correspondents from various beats. She then […]
NPR’s “Planet Money” names Guo and Fountain co-hosts
The following excerpt was sent out: Planet Money has named two new co-hosts: Jeff Guo, who was most recently NPR’s inaugural Ishiyama Transparency in Government Legal Fellow, and Nick Fountain, who started as a producer on Planet Money in 2015. Guo and Fountain join co-hosts Kenny Malone, Sarah Gonzalez, Mary Childs, Amanda Aronczyk, Erika Beras, and Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi […]
