That said, Mohn set higher annual expectations for the network in fundraising and agreed to be co-chairman of its 50th-anniversary capital campaign. Experts say the behavior could have constituted insider trading. Anyone can read what you share. In 2019, Joshua Johnson left 1A, a nationally syndicated public affairs show produced by WAMU in Washington, D.C., and distributed by NPR, for MSNBC. "What you really want to do is be connected to people that are consuming content on something they're holding in their hand, and aren't necessarily tied to a TV set on a wall or a radio in a living room," Lansing said. As we got to April of last spring, we saw a massive deficit develop for NPR on the order of about $25 million. And were pleased to work with them. Current: When was the climate survey conducted? Considering the demise of local newspapers around the country and the growth of our member stations newsrooms around the country, were really working hard to support their local journalism, because its so important to us. John F. Lansing (he/him) oversees one of the country's most iconic news organizations, whose rigorous reporting and unsurpassed storytelling connects with millions of Americans every day on the air, online, and in person. The work theyve done during the pandemic has been nothing short of miraculous in many cases, particularly given the summer of racial reckoning, the most unusual presidential election in memory and everything thats gone on since. NPR's chief executive announced the network would lay off roughly 10% of its current workforce - at least 100 people - and eliminate most vacant positions. There were about 20, 25 different meetings in the course of about 45 days. But thats our commitment. Lansing, who is . Its something that we certainly support. Again, I think it's about getting it intertwined into everything we do. Current: Why are NPR and its partners looking to sell the Pocket Casts podcast app? And The New York Times has won praise and new fans through its weekday podcast The Daily, with in-depth interviews of reporters and newsmakers. I got this part time job at a TV station to make a little money while I was going to college. So we took that very, very seriously. And my top goal is to support, in particular, the women of color at NPR so that they feel like they have more upward mobility. We still remain one of the top, if not the top, podcasters in America. Both Lansing and Sheikholeslami say he is adamant about pressing forward with reforms to the workplace culture at NPR that Mayor has already started to put in place. 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. NPR plans to lay off about 10% of its current staff due to the soft ad market and a drop in revenue from corporate sponsors, as well as uncertainties in the global economy overall. CEO John Lansing discusses NPRs diversity efforts, budget deficit and growing podcast competition. He joined NPR after serving as CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media. Did you know that one day you would become a CEO? Its new president and chief executive is John Lansing, a former cable executive who for the last five years has run the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the federally funded organization behind broadcasters like Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. John Lansing, CEO, photographed for NPR, 22 January 2020, in Washington DC. In an email to the staff on Friday, John Lansing, who joined the nonprofit as chief executive in September, projected that NPR would fall $12 million to $15 million short of the amount it had . And Im holding myself accountable with my board and Ive been and am holding my direct reports accountable to me. Lansing clearly had an ongoing interest in the USAGM story and the notion that that at some point along the line he did not provide his take, at minimum, to NPR reporting staff, on the story beggars belief. He will now lead the nation's top audio producer and broadcaster. While member stations on average receive about 10% of their funding from the federal government, fees from the stations make up a significant part of the NPR budget. You can't escape that. The ratings for our weekend magazine shows are actually slightly greater than they were a year ago pre-pandemic, so thats a bright spot.. Well, what we're doing right now, I think communication. I can't speak for other people, CEOs. NPRs search for a new CEO is finally over! And so I had a very visceral reaction to that happening in my hometown, and that it was so egregious the murder of an innocent person captured on video, on a phone. hide caption. The budget for the new fiscal year is set below last years actual based on our forecasts on continued downward pressure on corporate sponsorship. Courtesy of Allison Shelley for NPR. NPR is funded by the CPB/PBS which are funded in part by the U.S. government. Live from. Lansing started his news industry career at age 17 as a studio technician and cameraman at WPSD TV, Paducah, KY, where he was promoted to news photographer after two years. "We were doing everything we could against the tide and couldn't keep clipping our costs as the revenue kept slipping," Lansing says. 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. 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. During that financial crisis, NPR shut down shows and laid off scores of people. We couldnt be more proud of the quality and the depth of the journalism thats coming from the member stations, and it really has strengthened the entire system enormously. Learn more at npr.org/about or by following NPR Extra on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. I was very pleased to see Code Switch named as Apples top podcast of the year. I'm kind of a politics junkie. 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. NPR stands stronger than it did at the outset of Mohn's five-year term in 2014. But were going to continue to follow up on that going into this year. 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. I remember we had several all-staff discussions about a variety of issues that branched off of that, including the Code of Conduct, for example, as it relates to NPR employees at public demonstrations. Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnlansing. And I still think we have a long way to go. 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. NPR's John Lansing Discusses the Importance of Integrity in Journalism By Nicole Jones - October 30, 2020 0 463 NPR National President and CEO John Lansing joined the Belmont community for a conversation about integrity in journalism, highlighting its importance especially during an election year. Current: Can you be more specific about what that looks like in terms of how you reach people who may not already know about NPRs podcasts? Were consulting with digital media, were consulting with the division heads, and were doing it as an all-hands project so that we get it right. "This will be a major loss.". Mr. Lansing rejected that accusation, saying that the agency was independent by law. Lansing will start in his new position in mid-October. administration regarding the now former managers of his former place of employment (USAGM) but claims the mantle of private citizen to do so. NPR faces financial pressures from two fronts. I think you have to be transparent and be able to explain what you're doing, even if it's unpopular. Its not something weve baked and were just going to hand it down. Leading the organization through it all is CEO John Lansing, a longtime media executive who has been on the job since October 2019. Lansing's tenure at the agency has not been without controversy. "North Star"] for NPR on my arrival as supporting the diversity, equity, and inclusion of our staff so that we could become more relevant to our audiences and grow the diversity of our audiences. Podcasting in particular allows NPR to reach audiences that are not necessarily tied to a radio., Paul Haaga, the chairman of NPRs board, said in a statement that Mr. Lansing was a listener and a collaborative leader with a passion for our public service journalistic mission who will help us continue to expand the audience for our storytelling.. "We're not seeing signs of a recovery in the advertising market," Lansing says in an interview. Lansing: They were for general. The union represents 570 people at NPR. John Gibbs is an American far-right political commentator and politician. And were happy to see SAG-AFTRA agree with us and to join up. Copyright 2023. CEO John Lansing cited the erosion of advertising dollars, particularly for NPR podcasts, and the tough financial outlook for the media industry more generally. And so in late 2019 we began working on a set of priorities for the calendar year 2020 that included promoting Keith Woods to chief diversity officer; putting more energy behind our effort to have 100% sourcing and notating the diversity of our sources; and hiring, leadership, unconscious bias training, et cetera. In May 2020, four NPR female hosts of color Garcia-Navarro, King, All Things Considered host Ailsa Chang and Weekend All Things Considered host Michel Martin sent a letter to Lansing . Mayor is said to be staying on at the network as a top executive and deputy to Lansing, retaining the enhanced portfolio she took on after Mohn's health crises. NPR, the public radio and podcasting giant, has a new leader after years of growth and internal turmoil. It has become enshrined in our three-year strategic plan as the centerpiece of all of our work. And how's that being measured and accounted for? Lansing: Generally, the numbers that we would like to see in terms of the diversity of our audience were still lagging. During the pandemic, NPR sidestepped layoffs through temporary cuts to pay and retirement contributions, distributed with an eye to shielding less well-paid employees, so they were most sharply felt by the most highly compensated staffers and executives. NPR will cut 10% of its workforce, CEO John Lansing said Wednesday. Current: NPRs budget also took a hit because of the pandemic. "The combination of his health issues plus the situation with Mike Oreskes did derail his plans.". He was previously head of cable TV company Scripps Networks, where he sold $10 million in stock after the company became the target of an SEC probe that was not known to the public. "However, when you think how we look out longer term, right, not just for 20 years, but several years out, it's really about building a sustainable financial future for NPR.". And I would do a board-level review for the donor or donors as to where the business was, the value of the work we were doing, the things we were adding in terms of covering the pandemic. Lansing describes himself as a citizen watching from the outside A private citizen? 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. Its pretty clear to me that the ratings decline in radio is driven by commuting patterns. Were working with them to do joint investigative reporting. He promises NPR will build on its mission and values but adds, ""This will be a major loss." My story: npr.org NPR says it's cutting jobs by 10% as ad revenue drops Mr. Lansing will start in October, replacing Jarl Mohn, who has run NPR since 2014. Board Memberships & Affiliations. I am still morning the loss of an objective NPR. But also, what are the larger things that are happening? The varied broadcasters also offered jazz and other music to appeal to people under communist regimes using a soft form of diplomacy. So I wouldn't create a politics podcast because there are too many, and we have the best one of many already. John Lansing testifying before a House Appropriations subcommittee in July. He soon made DEI the top priority at NPR. ", "I am thrilled to work with NPR's exceptional management team, staff and journalists," said Lansing. Board Member. This documentary-style series follows investigative journalists as they uncover the truth. And the work goes on. Lansing: You have to imagine a picture, if you will. Bellarmine alumnus and former trustee John Lansing, a veteran cable television and government broadcast executive, is the new CEO of NPR. It began to improve a little bit as we moved into August and September, as corporate sponsorships began to recover a little bit. Theres no question about it. We need help now. So we began an intensive set of Zoom meetings that I attended, each one with a member station and a qualified potential donor. With a nationwide network of award-winning journalists and 17 international bureaus, NPR and its Member Stations are never far from where a story is unfolding. I'm just passionate about how good leadership can lead to good outcomes, and that led me here. Lansing, who is 62, is. NPR's president of operations, Loren Mayor, was the leading internal candidate for the chief executive position. Its an inclusive process. ", "It's always difficult in these situations, and I don't want to minimize the impact that it will have on our colleagues and in some cases, you know, our ability to do what we do," Lee says. "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. Scripps Company, where he managed the company's portfolio of ten broadcast television stations across the country. 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. Pack then took a number of actions that raised fears about the independence of the agency, which includes Voice of America. 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. Its new president and chief executive is John Lansing, a former cable executive who for the last five years has run the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the federally funded organization behind. The emphasis, he says, must be on drawing in "the future audience to make NPR sustainable for the next 50 years. Yet the tech and media industries' prospects stand at odds with a tight labor market and low unemployment more broadly. John Lansing will begin his term as President and CEO of NPR in October, 2019. We went from about 900 people a day at headquarters down to about 80 and were virtually broadcasting from peoples homes and offices, in terms of the hosts, almost exclusively beginning in April. So hes doubling down on lack of diversity, does that mean he wants his audience to reflect the other half of the country, the conservatives in flyover country? 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. First, we're a nonprofit. John Lansing, NPR's President and CEO, defended Kelly last weekend during an interview on NPR's All Things Considered program, saying that Kelley "is one of the most respected, truthful . Lansing: I dont know how long that may or may not take, but our emphasis right now is on our own internal digital strategy, digital production, digital storytelling. Lansing blamed a slowdown in advertising dollars. Lansing said in an interview with Current Thursday that one of his first observations upon joining NPR was that we needed to double down our efforts in diversity, equity and inclusion. 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. Under standard procedures for reporting on NPR matters, NPR's corporate and news executives were not allowed to review the report until it was posted. In recent remarks online, Johnson, who is Black, focused on a more competitive landscape for NPR journalists, including people of color. I just started in May. A later report commissioned by the NPR board found that questions had been raised about Oreskes' behavior even before his hiring and that concerns were raised throughout his tenure; the repeated and formal warnings by top executives (including Mohn) to Oreskes to stop the unwanted attention he paid to female colleagues proved ineffective. So I brought in Michael Smith as our new chief marketing officer almost a year ago. Let's say, I was walking out of high school into college, I had no idea what I was going to do. Follow Bloomberg reporters as they uncover some of the biggest financial crimes of the modern era. How cool is it to be at NPR? NPR Start Date: Mid October, 2020 He held off a push by House Republicans to spin off Voice of America into a nongovernmental broadcaster. Lansing: We arent in a position to answer that until we know for sure when the pandemic is going to subside. Every time I hear it, I think that's a success by itself because we all have that as our guiding light. Lansing: Were still working on it right now. We are different from other federal agencies, said Grant K. Turner, the agencys chief financial officer. In a memo to. Applicants to this years fellowship see its cancellation as a setback for journalists of color who want to work in public radio. So Im pleased to see that that short era is over. ", He continued: "Citizens in countries from Russia to China, from Iran to North Korea, have been victimized for decades. And so that was the way I looked at the future for me. Sometimes you have to hear other people's truth and accept it for what it is, not translate it into your truth, therefore it's no longer what it is. Now Lansing says he wants to draw on the intellectual and creative impulses of his new staffers as he leads a domestic journalistic powerhouse with an international reputation and reach. He is. Lansing is a veteran executive and journalist who has spent decades leading complex media companies in growing their relevance and reach, while strengthening their business operations. 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. They lost their objectivity and are now just pushing leftist ideology. In 2017, Michael Oreskes, NPRs senior vice president for news, left after two women accused him of unwanted physical advances in the 1990s, when he was the Washington bureau chief of The New York Times. Here's what to do in a worst case scenario. While serving as chief operating officer, she took on a greater role during two of Mohn's medical leaves and in the aftermath of the sexual harassment scandal. Then I moved on to manage TV stations and cable networks. NPR undertook a strategic reorganization last fall, reinstating the position of a chief content officer overseeing both the newsroom and the programming division. Today, those individual situations are happening in the background when everybody's working, whether it's kids that are school age, or kids that are toddlers, or elder care, or spouses working in the same room or in the same apartment. While they do not broadcast within the U.S., the Voice of America and the other media outfits Lansing has overseen typically adhere to traditional concepts of factual, nonideological journalism, with the frequent exception of Radio Mart historically an anti-Castro and anti-Cuban communist outlet. He guided the organization in becoming a leading developer of unique content across television, digital, mobile and radio platforms. He is passionate about NPR's public service mission and the role of a free and independent media in a strong democracy. NPR's programming division, which produces its industry-leading podcasts, has more than doubled since 2019. She also has led initiatives to reform hiring practices and to sweep far more temporary positions into permanent slots, often working closely with the network's chief unions to do so. "Jarl would be the first to say that it is the area where he feels that his work was not complete," Sheikholeslami said. We saw a lot of companies react to the [murder of] George Floyd and we did too. Being a changemaker is awesome, but can have its own challenges as you're just trying to improve your career. John Lansing is a former Obama appointee who was named president and CEO of NPR on Thursday. Lansing also spent almost 20 years working at Scripps, including eight years as President of Scripps Networks. Lansing says the agency referred Haroon Ullah's 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.
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