Put that pizza box in the trash. Its a real business with real market dynamics.. In terms of mission, understanding of media, the depth of experience, his strategic leadership, his commitment to people and culture, I would say those were really the key things that we were looking for, said Goli Sheikholeslami, vice chairwoman of the NPR board of directors and CEO of Chicago Public Media. Well, I like NPR Politics a lot. Faces Of NPR showcases the people behind NPR--from the voices you hear every day on the radio to the ones who work outside of the recording studio. Current: Companies like Spotify and Amazon have been pouring big money into podcasting. Current. I thought, wow. Mohn placed an emphasis on fostering a more collaborative dynamic with the public radio stations that NPR serves, and was given credit for making progress on that score. The only route to a successful engagement on this issue is to deal with it, to talk about it, and to take action. And it gives the lie to NPRs claim, through disclaimers, that it is simply reporting on its own the implication of the disclaimer being that there is no editorial control or direction from the CEO. This is an edited transcript of the conversation among Lansing, Current Reporter Tyler Falk and Digital Editor Mike Janssen. We have many miles to go. So I brought in Michael Smith as our new chief marketing officer almost a year ago. What you really want to do is be connected to people that are consuming content on something theyre holding in their hand, and arent necessarily tied to a TV set on a wall or a radio in a living room, Lansing said. The combination of his health issues plus the situation with Mike Oreskes did derail his plans.. "I have been an avid fan of NPR for many years. I, and the management team, all of us, we determined that was going to be a priority for the year 2021. John Lansing will begin his term as President and CEO of NPR in October, 2019. What would you go back and tell your younger self? I think as a white man, I know and have experienced that feeling of trepidation on discussions on issues of race, because there's an inherent fear that somebody is going to have a negative point of view about you. It's not just what happened this week on the Hill, although that's important. This is simply disingenuous. Jarl would be the first to say that it is the area where he feels that his work was not complete, Sheikholeslami said. Weve seen significant growth in Code Switch, in Louder Than a Riot, in Sam Sanders podcast [Its Been a Minute], in part because for the first time in a while, were really investing in marketing support for those podcasts. During 2021, we worked on that with Keith and with Diversity and Inclusion Manager Whitney Maddox. We did a climate survey of our employees, and we learned about a particular weak spot for us with women of color at NPR who didn't feel it was a place to grow their career, a place to be their whole selves, a place where they are seen and respected. Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnlansing. It didnt begin in the summer it accelerated in the summer. So it's kind of inseparable, that coming in as CEO of NPR, and then six months in having the coronavirus, followed by a major economic downturn in the country and for NPR, and then the reckoning that summer. Colorados largest compost processor will no longer accept packaging and paper products, Small liquor stores pivot to more food and delivery as Colorado grocers roll out wine sales, Peloton for horses: Colorado sisters launch equestrian coaching app, The Local 303: Colorado artists were featuring for March 2023. Lansing: Back in May and June, it was an alarming decline in radio ratings. "The result, I believe, is a war on truth. Doing that just requires that were putting more emphasis on the diversity of our decision makers, our leadership, our story selection, our source selection. Dear NPR President John Lansing, I want to express my heartfelt appreciation for the powerful letter you wrote to NPR staff and the public about the horrific extrajudicial killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. NPR Start Date: Mid October, 2020 Last year brought a host of challenges to NPR: a multimillion-dollar deficit, calls for changes in its workplace culture and a hit to broadcast listening. The challenges he will face at NPR are not dissimilar to challenges across the media landscape as a whole, said Sheikholeslami, who will soon take up the CEO job at New York Public Radio. When I think of NPR and I think of the member stations collectively, I think really of journalism as a public service, not tied to a profit motive, Lansing told NPR News. Fear drives their path. Follow Bloomberg reporters as they uncover some of the biggest financial crimes of the modern era. NPR's president of operations, Loren Mayor, was the leading internal candidate for the chief executive position. Scripps Company, where he managed the company's portfolio of ten broadcast television stations across the country. It really stretched me to understand that flexibility is a good thing. If you had to create a podcast, what would it be about? As President, he held strategic and operational oversight of Scripps Networks Digital division and Scripps Networks Interactive, which includes six cable networks: Food Network, HGTV, Travel Channel, DIY, Cooking Channel and Great American Country. So those are the four pillars that rotate around the centerpiece, we call it the North Star, of our commitment to DEI. What steps does NPR still need to take in this area? Courtesy of Allison Shelley for NPR. He will be the 11th permanent president or chief executive in the radio network's nearly 50-year history. Mr. Lansings colleagues attribute the growth to his embrace of digital formats and the understanding of audiences that he gleaned from the private sector. Lansing, 62, who is currently chief executive officer of the government agency that oversees Voice of America, Radio and Television Mart and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, among others . He served for four years as the SVP, Television for the E.W. Weve also seen very positive upticks in development. September 6, 2019. In a large part, the digital teams and the divisions will work together to reach a final model. NPR Names Veteran Media Executive John Lansing As Its New CEO, News That Matters, Delivered To Your Inbox. NPRs president of operations, Loren Mayor, was the leading internal candidate for the chief executive position. Disclosure: This story was reported by NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik under guidance from NPR chief business editor Pallavi Gogoi. John Lansing, a veteran government broadcast and cable television executive, has been selected by NPR's corporate board to succeed its current chief, Jarl Mohn. Because when you're all at work, you're all at work, and you go home to your individual situations. He took over a troubled organization beset by infighting and bureaucratic inefficiency. Were working with member stations on topic teams for, say, political reporting or criminal justice reporting across the system. But here, Lansing basically jumps over those disclaimers using the lame attribution of private citizen.. So I wouldn't create a politics podcast because there are too many, and we have the best one of many already. So I think that it has caused me to be more tuned in to hearing and understanding our employees. NPR Selects Voice of America Boss as Its New Leader, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/business/media/npr-john-lansing.html. The varied broadcasters also offered jazz and other music to appeal to people under Communist regimes using a soft form of diplomacy. Scripps Networks September 5, 2019; Washington, D.C. - The NPR Board of Directors announced today that it. The budget for the new fiscal year is set below last years actual based on our forecasts on continued downward pressure on corporate sponsorship. The message below was sent by NPR's President and CEO John Lansing to all staff: As a . I have a negative reaction to what is fundamentally unfair in life, whether it be pay equity, promotions and advancement, training and hiring, or making sure leadership represents people of color and our staff. Its my expectation that that will expand throughout the organization, so that everybody understands its everybodys job, and the accountability is going to be something that we measure and transparently report back out. Faces Of NPR showcases the people behind NPR--from the voices you hear every day on the radio to the ones who work outside of the recording studio. It shouldn't be on any journalists of color, or anybody of color, to have to go and 'solve this problem' in somebody's company. Podtrac, which measures the audiences of podcast publishers, has consistently placed NPR at the top of its monthly rankings. Mr. Lansing rejected that accusation, saying that the agency was independent by law. Selected by the NPR board of directors, Lansing will start in October, succeeding outgoing head Jarl Mohn, At the U.S. Agency for Global Media known until last year as the Broadcasting Board of Governors he presided over 53 percent growth in the weekly audience for the agencys networks over the last three years, to 345 million. In an interview, Lansing said he wants to build on NPR's successes in broadcast news and entertainment to become even more dominant in podcasting and more prevalent in streaming. Yet Lansing also takes over an institution riven by a scandal that hit its top reaches, with a chief news executive toppled over #MeToo complaints of inappropriate conduct toward female subordinates and colleagues. Lansing says the agency referred Haroon Ullahs expenditures to auditors and investigators after travel assistants flagged them; according to the Justice Department statement, Ullah admitted submitting fraudulent receipts for hotel room reimbursements and fake medical claims to get government payments of upgrades in airline seat assignments, among other offenses. So at the end of the day, its a commitment, but this also has to be accountability. And our number one goal is to improve our audience diversity. Current: NPRs budget also took a hit because of the pandemic. Coming into public media, which I love, I noticed something that would be unusual in commercial media, in that there really wasnt a great investment in marketing podcasting to outside audiences off of our platforms. NPR takes only a few million dollars a year from federal sources for its programs. Lansing is a media executive with a deep understanding of journalism, having spent two decades as an award-winning journalist, successful newsroom leader and major market local media executive before becoming a global chief executive officer. He will now lead the nation's top audio producer and broadcaster. Since then, sponsorship revenue has returned, Mr. Lansing said, and NPR was able to navigate the pandemic without cutting staff. Their editorial independence is enshrined in federal law, though it sometimes came under attack. The ratings for our weekend magazine shows are actually slightly greater than they were a year ago pre-pandemic, so thats a bright spot.. Leading the organization through it all is CEO John Lansing, a longtime media executive who has been on the job since October 2019. And how's that being measured and accounted for? I would enjoy being on a podcast talking about politics. I'm sure that's true even today. And were pleased to work with them. I am still morning the loss of an objective NPR. Mohn will continue on as President Emeritus & Co-Chair of the 50th Anniversary Campaign. This documentary-style series follows investigative journalists as they uncover the truth. So we were pleased to see SAG-AFTRA join our efforts. John Lansing, the chief executive officer and director of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, will become NPR's CEO in mid-October. We've made some good forward progress around hiring, with requiring that our hiring panels be diverse, requiring that our finalists have diverse representation at a minimum, but of course there's no maximum, in terms of a list of finalists. Lansing, who is 62, is. NPR draws more than 28 million listeners each week and 40 million unique monthly visitors to its website both represent a rise of several million over those five years. While serving as chief operating officer, she took on a greater role during two of Mohns medical leaves and in the aftermath of the sexual harassment scandal. Lansing: They were for general. CEO John Lansing cited the erosion. Certainly in the aftermath of the George Floyd murder on Memorial Day weekend, our efforts accelerated and we doubled down on communication, training and listening. Trump has notably praised authoritarian figures, including the leaders of North Korea, the Philippines, Russia and Turkey, and has waged his own fight against journalists. Today is a good day to remember the vital role public radio plays in providing the information we all need to fully exercise our rights in our democracy. Did you plan for this or did it kind of just happen? So Im pleased to see that that short era is over. Sept. 6, 2019. John Lansing will begin his term as President and CEO of NPR in October, 2019. So if you have leaders talking about DEI as a priority, well, then, show me. 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