NPR senior investigations editor Glantz departs

Aaron Glantz, a senior investigations editor for NPR’s California Newsroom collaboration has left. His LinkedIn post reads, “Taking a break for the Summer. Stay tuned for what’s next! P.S. What’s literally next, is convening at USC Annenberg as executive residence for the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education‘s Maynard 200 Fellowship later this month.” Glantz is a […]

KCUR promotes Martin to culture editor

KCUR-FM 89.3, NPR station in Kansas City has promoted Luke X. Martin to culture editor, covering race, ethnicity, arts, culture and sports. His new role begins on July 1. Recently, he was a race and culture reporter and an associate producer. He also freelanced and served as a government and national security reporter at the […]

NPR taps Danielian as a producer for ‘Here & Now’

Thomas Danielian has joined NPR’s midday news magazine show “Here & Now” as an associate producer. Previously, he was a radio producer at Times Radio. He was a contributing writer at The Washington Monthly and has worked at Global. Danielian has a M.A. in political journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

NPR member station promotes McGlinchy to housing reporter

KUT-FM 90.5, NPR member station for central Texas has tapped Audrey McGlinchy as a housing reporter. Previously, she was the station’s general assignment reporter. She was also an intern at the station as well as The New York Times and Guernica, a magazine on art and ideas. McGlinchy has a B.A. from Wesleyan University and […]

1A promotes Williams to special projects editor

The 1A news show from WAMU-FM 88.5 and NPR has tapped Amanda Williams as special projects editor to lead the Remaking America project. She moves to that role from a producer post. She previously produced on-air broadcasts, field reports, and audience engagement events in collaboration with the six Across America partner stations, and digital-first reports […]

NPR taps Carrión as video producer

NPR has hired Keren Carrión as a short-form video producer on the visuals team. Recently, she spent two years as a photojournalist for NPR’s affiliate station in Dallas through Report for America. She was a video producer at CNN, where she previously interned. She was also a student video journalist at The New York Times. […]

Laidlaw appointed deputy national editor at NPR

NPR chief national editor, Vickie Walton-James and Ammad Omar, deputy national editor – West, sent out the following: Dear all, We’re thrilled to announce that Catherine Laidlaw will be joining the National Desk as our new Deputy National Editor for the East, after an exhaustive, nationwide search. Catherine joined NPR more than a decade ago, […]

Kim joins NPR as weekend reporter

NPR has tapped Juliana Kim as a reporter on the digital desk. Kim joins from NPR member station WPLN-FM 90.3 in Nashville, where she was an education reporter covering local and state K-12 school issues. Kim previously was reporting fellow at The New York Times. She has also reported for ProPublica and interned at The […]

NPR “Morning Edition” producer Keatley departs

Avery Keatley, a producer for NPR’s Morning Edition and Up First podcast has left. A part of her Tweet reads: “So, what’s next? The answer is a little complicated. My life centers around goals. I set daily, weekly, monthly, goals. And then there are the years-long goals — the dreams. During the pandemic, I felt […]

NPR promotes Summers to co-host of “All Things Considered”

Juana Summers, a political correspondent at NPR has been appointed co-host of its flagship afternoon news program “All Things Considered.” She steps into her new role June 27. Summers joined NPR in 2019 as a political reporter. Before that, she was a national political reporter at The Associated Press. She was a senior political writer […]