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 […]
NPR is creating a team to cover disinformation
In a Monday note to newsroom staff, vice president and executive editor Terence Samuel and senior vice president and editorial director Nancy Barnes announced the following members of a new team to cover disinformation: Shannon Bond needs little introduction. Shannon is currently a tech correspondent based in the Bay Area. That beat has already given […]
NPR announces two promotions
The following excerpt was sent out: Colleagues: As we continue to realign our newsroom and resources to better serve our audiences, we are pleased to announce that Vickie Walton-James will become Acting Managing Editor for News and Ammad Omar will become Chief National Editor. Vickie and Ammad will assume their new roles on July 25th. Vickie is one of […]
Williams appointed executive producer at NPR
NPR has tapped Veralyn Williams as executive producer. The award-winning journalist joins from LWC Studios, where she was senior editor. Williams worked as a producer, executive producer and senior producer at WNYC Radio and was a producer at Slate. She also served as an associate producer at New York Public Radio. Williams has a B.A. […]
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.
