I just think that somebody's truth is the truth. Family Status: Married with 4 Children (Jean Rausch Lansing) This is essentially the DEI work writ large, but also our culture of respect, safety, upward mobility, training and making NPR a world-class organization for which to work. Lansing's tenure at the agency has not been without controversy. 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. In an interview, Lansing said he wants to build on NPRs successes in broadcast news and entertainment to become even more dominant in podcasting and more prevalent in streaming. 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. 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. 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. Now with the magazine shows on weekdays were about 20% behind last year, which is a significant improvement over where we were about eight months ago. Leading the organization through it all is CEO John Lansing, a longtime media executive who has been on the job since October 2019. Scripps Company, where he managed the company's portfolio of ten broadcast television stations across the country. When you first got to NPR, what did you think? Prior to joining USAGM, he served for two years as the President and CEO of the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM), an organization that facilitates collaborative marketing initiatives for its members. 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. Current: Do you have any examples of how digital operations would be integrated into divisions throughout the organization? NPR Press Release. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images NPR's chief executive announced the. As I said, its hiring, its emphasis on diversity in leadership, diversity in sources, diversity in voices, diversity in the stories we tell, training around our organization. He made his mark in his current job with stirring defenses of journalism, free from government interference. Lansing: When I came in in 2019, my earliest observation was that our biggest issue was the lack of diversity in our audience, and I felt that we needed to double down our efforts in DEI throughout our organization in order to fulfill the promise to reflect the entire American public in terms of what America looks like. Current: What are some of the highlights of that strategic plan? Its a real business with real market dynamics.. 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. 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. And its something that I think will strengthen the ability for news programming, marketing and member services to be more responsive and to offer greater service to audiences in a more agile way. In what ways do you think NPR has forced you to grow, and in what areas are you growing that you weren't before NPR? Current: When was the climate survey conducted? So I think that it has caused me to be more tuned in to hearing and understanding our employees. John Lansing, a media executive with government broadcast and cable television experience, has been named by NPR's board to succeed its current chief, Jarl Mohn who announced the plan to step down after his 5-Year term ended. 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NPR has tapped longtime media executive John Lansing to become its next president and CEO. Mike Morgan/Mike Morgan What we now call the North Star of our strategic plan is our DEI efforts as it filters through everything that we do with all of our work. But it was not from a standing start. 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. All of that is to say that coming out of the reckoning of Memorial Day 2020 was for us and for me, in particular, a call to action internally at NPR to hear and reckon with our own issues internally. Listeners consider public radio an enriching and enlightening companion; they trust NPR as a daily source of unbiased independent news, and inspiring insights on life and the arts. "Your mobility becomes extremely important to be involved and connected to audiences that are mobile and that tend to be, frankly, younger and, as we think of it at USAGM, future leaders, who can influence the rise of free and open societies.". 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. That's the way I think about leadership here. "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. Lansing: About 11 months ago, in February, a pilot group of 15 stations got together and put together an 18-month plan to begin the process. Lansing blamed a slowdown in advertising dollars. So I would tell my younger self to be confident, calm down, it's all gonna work out. I will say in the last three or four weeks weve seen a little bit of an uptick in a positive way on corporate sponsorship. He has previously announced he would be staying on as president emeritus to help the network raise major gifts, and along with his wife, Pamela Mohn, he personally committed $10 million to the network. So at the end of the day, its a commitment, but this also has to be accountability. But we made a firm commitment, as you know, to freeze station dues and fees. Government support for the public radio system isn't in any immediate jeopardy. Our newsletters bring you a closer look at the stories that affect you and the music that inspires you. And weve seen that really help them grow. A member of the Republican Party, Gibbs was a software engineer and missionary before entering politics. It puts a filter on that helps us explain even unpopular decisions, how they link to our mission. 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National Public Radio will reduce its workforce by 10 percent as it grapples with what CEO John Lansing says is a "sharp . I hear that all the time. I had been gone for the better part of a year or so. But second, we're mission-driven, and I think everybody in the organization lives and breathes that mission. But we felt like it was an important investment to make in our member stations to support them during the pandemic. And now in our budgeting were shifting some revenue for Michael to use that to promote and support our podcasts as they compete, as you note, with other large commercial businesses. The ratings for our weekend magazine shows are actually slightly greater than they were a year ago pre-pandemic, so thats a bright spot. Essentially, the success of the company falls in your hands. You hear me say fairly often it's not a thing that's going to end; it's really a new way of operating with an awareness of this weakness that we need to address and build upon and ensure that it lives on and continues to improve. Live from New York and London, analyzing the major market moving stories across the day in Europe, hear from the biggest newsmakers and showcase the unrivaled expertise of Bloomberg News. "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. That's something that perceptive journalists should be able to pick up pretty quickly. This documentary-style series follows investigative journalists as they uncover the truth. Their editorial independence is enshrined in federal law, though it sometimes came under attack. 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. That survey happened in the fall of 2020. Prior to that, Lansing was VP and GM of Scripps ABC affiliates. Mr. Lansing will start in October, replacing Jarl Mohn, who has run NPR since 2014. NPR joins a number of top media companies, including The Washington Post as well as CNN, that have been slashing their workforces amid economic woes and financial uncertainty. NPR Start Date: Mid October, 2020 How do you think that the North Star, the strategic initiative, is going? The ratings have tanked because all they talk about is race. Disclosure: This story was reported by NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik under guidance from NPR chief business editor Pallavi Gogoi. It began to improve a little bit as we moved into August and September, as corporate sponsorships began to recover a little bit. The network has won acclaim for its coverage of wars and disasters, yet suffered its own crisis and tragedy in 2016 when its David Gilkey and Zabihullah Tamanna were killed while on assignment in southern Afghanistan. Hes credited with restoring morale, in part by naming a noted journalist as head of the Voice of America: Amanda Bennett is a former top news executive at the Philadelphia Inquirer, who previously held senior newsroom jobs at Bloomberg News and The Wall Street Journal. Just be tuned into our folks. Well, what we're doing right now, I think communication. I'm just passionate about how good leadership can lead to good outcomes, and that led me here. He defined NPRs mission as serving the public with information and an excellence and quality about it that makes it must see on a variety of platforms.. You go to college and all the sudden you're like 'wait a minute, I've got to do something when this is over.' Pack then took a number of actions that raised fears about the independence of the agency, which includes Voice of America. I think you have to be willing to take hard questions. 2016 John Lansing leading a moderated a discussion with the members of the International Media Coordinating Council (ICC) about a unified strategy for the future. The work of those pillars will be done through the lens of improving our efforts on DEI. NPR If you had to create a podcast, what would it be about? But now were seeing authoritarian regimes expanding around the globe, with media repression in places like Turkey and Venezuela, Cambodia and Vietnam.. Let's say, I was walking out of high school into college, I had no idea what I was going to do. The agency has an annual budget of $808 million. Well, I'm fortunate that we have a terrific executive committee and leadership team, so we all share the daily ins and outs of managing a big organization. And its tied to the same variables you would know yourselves, which is, how fast can the vaccines be deployed? The Lookout is a free, daily email newsletter with news and happenings from all over Colorado. 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. That with a combination of expense cuts, including our employees and our management all taking voluntary pay cuts and benefit cuts, helped close that deficit gap. No. When that happened, it energized us to really double down on understanding where our weak spots were, what we needed to work on. I have read and agree to the terms & conditions, Senior Vice President for Television in the broadcasting division of the E.W. And the fourth one is to diversify and grow our revenue models so that were not overly reliant on one or two revenue streams to help strengthen our future financials. You'll find out about what they do and what. A graduate of Bellarmine University, he was named to the Bellarmine University Gallery of Distinguished Graduates in 2010. 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.. I got this part time job at a TV station to make a little money while I was going to college. For the year that ended last September, NPR reported $241 million in expenses. So its a constant commitment to communication, to training, to accountability. (Podcast). You can't escape that. 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. I established DEI as our top priority on Jan. 5 of 2020. Lansing, who is 62, is. 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. At the U.S. Agency for Global Media, Lansing championed a free press even as leaders of many nations move against it. All of those underlying effects generally lead to whatever effects were going to have in corporate sponsorship. NPR is funded by the CPB/PBS which are funded in part by the U.S. government. He served for four years as the SVP, Television for the E.W. From 2015 to 2019, Lansing served as the CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), the independent federal agency whose programming reaches an average weekly audience of 345 million people in 62 languages. He will now lead the nations top audio producer and broadcaster. Sept. 6, 2019. And so that was the way I looked at the future for me. Being a changemaker is awesome, but can have its own challenges as you're just trying to improve your career. You have stated that DEI is your top priority at NPR. "During this period when rigorous, fact-based and context-rich . At Colorado Public Radio, I think there was a $300,000 donation that came out of that. Bellarmine alumnus and former trustee John Lansing, a veteran cable television and government broadcast executive, is the new CEO of NPR. "The combination of his health issues plus the situation with Mike Oreskes did derail his plans.". That said, Mohn set higher annual expectations for the network in fund-raising and agreed to be co-chairman of its 50th anniversary capital campaign. NPR's chief news executive, Nancy Barnes, said Friday she would be leaving the network, prompted by NPR CEO John Lansing's decision to create a new executive role above her. We established management commitments to the women of color so that we address specifically their concerns. Current. Today, we feature John Lansing, CEO of NPR. The roots of the VOA involved providing truthful reports to people under Nazi and Axis power rule during World War Two. 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. I thought, wow. Yet Mr. Mohns tenure was also marked by a sexual harassment scandal involving a senior news executive whom he had hired and a labor clash with hundreds of union workers. Podtrac, which measures the audiences of podcast publishers, has consistently placed NPR at the top of its monthly rankings. 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. He took over a troubled organization beset by infighting and bureaucratic inefficiency. NPR has also been the nation's leading producer of podcasts since Podtrac started measuring audiences. 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. 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 was responsible for strategic and operational oversight and P&L of the $2.5 billion division of Scripps Networks Interactive, including the company's portfolio of six cable networks Food Network, HGTV, Travel Channel, DIY, Cooking Channel and Great American Country and the $100 million Scripps Networks Digital division. Scripps Company, Held senior management positions at Scripps-owned affiliates, including WEWS TV in Cleveland, Ohio and WXYZ TV in Detroit, Michigan, Early in his career Award-winning Photojournalist and Field Producer, Assignment Manager, Managing Editor, and News Director at several television stations. 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. Mohn fired head of news Michael Oreskes on Halloween 2017. First of all, as a white man, my first reaction is that it's important for white people in general to understand the inherent biases that we have, even when we think we don't, unconsciously. He is credited with restoring morale, in part by naming a noted journalist as head of the Voice of America: Amanda Bennett is a former top news executive at the Philadelphia Inquirer who previously held senior newsroom jobs at Bloomberg News and The Wall Street Journal. Every time I hear it, I think that's a success by itself because we all have that as our guiding light. It has become enshrined in our three-year strategic plan as the centerpiece of all of our work. He soon made DEI the top priority at NPR. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Lansing: We arent in a position to answer that until we know for sure when the pandemic is going to subside. A number of executives will report directly to Lansing, including Nancy Barnes, senior vice president for news and editorial director, who joined NPR last November and oversees the network's newsroom. I want to hear the ideas that are bubbling underneath right now and what people are excited about what theyre looking forward to developing, Lansing said Thursday. First, we're a nonprofit. Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnlansing. So if you have leaders talking about DEI as a priority, well, then, show me. 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,. Current: NPR and a group of stations started a pilot project around collaborative fundraising in 2019. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Current is an editorially independent, nonprofit service of the American University School of Communication. And some stations who had a schedule to go down actually were allowed to go down. 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. 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. hide caption. A number of executives will report directly to Lansing, including Nancy Barnes, senior vice president for news and editorial director, who joined NPR last November and oversees the networks newsroom. Vegas PBS General Manager, Tom Axtell, announces his retirement. 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. How has that effort been progressing? Courtesy of Allison Shelley for NPR. Because when you're all at work, you're all at work, and you go home to your individual situations. For two years, he served as the president and CEO of a cable trade group called the Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing. NPR, the public radio and podcasting giant, has a new leader after years of growth and internal turmoil. That was revised as a result. "We managed to get through that year, tough as it was, and to end the year break even," Mr. Lansing said. 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