There are over 1000 NPR Member Station signals broadcasting across the United States But were going to continue to follow up on that going into this year. 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. Last fall, when announcing the earlier cuts, Lansing said the network would have to make tough choices - and to "do less with less." NPR faces financial pressures from two fronts. NPR Press Release. Chief Executive Officer and Director of the, Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing, Florangela Davila to Become KNKX News Director, NPR Hires Noelle LaCharite As VP Digital Technology. 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. The ratings have tanked because all they talk about is race. Its something that we certainly support. And how's that being measured and accounted for? I would enjoy being on a podcast talking about politics. I think you have to be willing to take hard questions. 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. Our goal of developing our audience as a younger and more diverse audience requires that we invest in marketing, we invest in content, and we partner with platforms where those audiences can be found rather than expecting younger and more diverse audiences to come to our platforms, necessarily. Doing that just requires that were putting more emphasis on the diversity of our decision makers, our leadership, our story selection, our source selection. Current: You came to NPR after serving as CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media. 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. It goes on to say that Mr. Lansing, 62, is currently the chief executive of the government agency, The U.S. Agency for Global Media, that oversees Voice of America, Radio and Television Marti, and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, among others. When asked about his priorities, Lansing invoked what he has called the network's "North Star'' since his arrival in the fall of 2019: a push to ensure the network has a bigger and broader audience base, rooted in younger and more diverse listeners, readers and consumers. I'm kind of a politics junkie. New podcasts Up First, Consider This and State of Ukraine sit on both sides. In a private meeting on Thursday President Biden informed Senate Democrats that he will not use his veto power to block a GOP-led effort to repeal D.C.'s new crime law. 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. 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. Lansing, who is . Mr. Lansing will start in October, replacing Jarl Mohn, who has run NPR since 2014. There were three of them, each for $1 million. Current: Why are NPR and its partners looking to sell the Pocket Casts podcast app? But we felt like it was an important investment to make in our member stations to support them during the pandemic. 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. He began his career in media at age 17 when he was hired as a studio technician and cameraman for WPSD TV in Kentucky. I was very pleased to see Code Switch named as Apples top podcast of the year. Lansing blamed a slowdown in advertising dollars. Lansing: I guess my head turns first to the journalism of our member stations. Mr. Mohn was pressed about his leadership in a tense NPR interview and later apologized to employees for not taking action sooner. Lansing: Thats a great question. . The second pillar is to transform our workplace culture. I think that's where we all wind up. Harvard Kennedy School. On an annual budget of roughly $300 million, Lansing says, revenues are likely to fall short by close to $30 million, although that gap could reach $32 million. Essentially, the success of the company falls in your hands. 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. Did you know that one day you would become a CEO? "I want to hear the ideas that are bubbling underneath right now and what people are excited about, what they're looking forward to developing," Lansing said Thursday. Talk about a force of nature. This time, Lansing says he is not confident the money will return anytime soon, so the network and its board have to plan more strategically. 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? 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. And were happy to see SAG-AFTRA agree with us and to join up. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Public Media Now was created to be a centralized source of information and resources to help professional within Public Media be more successful. Current: You recently made some changes to NPRs digital strategy by moving to integrate digital operations into divisions throughout the organization.This also includes eliminating the role of chief digital officer held by Thomas Hjelm at the end of February. In an interview on Friday, Mr. Lansing, 62, praised NPR as a home of high-quality journalism and audio production, and said that in addition to supporting traditional radio broadcasting he wanted to help NPR further its expansion into areas like podcasts, where the radio network has already been a leader. 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. 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. Current: Is there a timeline for that process? Bellarmine alumnus and former trustee John Lansing, a veteran cable television and government broadcast executive, is the new CEO of NPR. I'm just passionate about how good leadership can lead to good outcomes, and that led me here. 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Leading the organization through it all is CEO John Lansing, a longtime media executive who has been on the job since October 2019. He defined NPR's mission as "serving the public with information and an excellence and quality about it that makes it 'must see' on a variety of platforms.". ", "I am thrilled to work with NPR's exceptional management team, staff and journalists," said Lansing. NPR CEO Jarl Mohn To Step Down After 5-Year Term Ends In June, Tensions Build In NPR Newsroom Over Handling Of Sexual Harassment Allegations, NPR Announces Newsroom Job Cuts Amid Restructuring. hide caption. Required fields are marked *. That was due largely to reductions in corporate sponsorship and also additional expenses we were incurring in supporting our employees with paid time off, as we adjusted to the new working arrangements and the stresses that we were all under and also the additional expense of cleaning the headquarters multiple times a day on certain occasions. Everybody at NPR knows exactly what you mean when you say, 'What's our North Star?' 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. CEO John Lansing cited the erosion of advertising dollars, particularly for NPR podcasts, and the tough financial outlook for the media industry more generally. Its an inclusive process. 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 . John Lansing is taking over for outgoing CEO Jarl Mohn, who has led the organization for . Its not a sidebar. 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 . The ratings for our weekend magazine shows are actually slightly greater than they were a year ago pre-pandemic, so thats a bright spot. 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. This is just dishonest, especially since NPR became what amounted to a voice of the opposition in its coverage of this dysfunctional federal agency. Every time I hear it, I think that's a success by itself because we all have that as our guiding light. Let's say, I was walking out of high school into college, I had no idea what I was going to do. 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. Lansing, who is 62, is currently the chief executive of the government agency that oversees Voice of America, Radio and Television Mart and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, among others. Under NPR's protocol for reporting on itself, no corporate official or news executive reviewed this story before it was posted publicly. NPR was seen to align itself with federal workers at VOA who essentially conducted an internal uprising on government time, while NPR made quite clear in its coverage where it stood. We can share resources and story ideas, and we can help organize and support those efforts. John Lansing testifying before a House Appropriations subcommittee in July. And I was very proud of the progress we were making. But mostly its targeted at marketing investments on social media platforms that are specifically reaching out to younger and more diverse audiences to see if we can drive sampling. And were pleased to work with them. I established DEI as our top priority on Jan. 5 of 2020. It's not an extracurricular activity; it's fundamental to our business. And as the year unfolded, we began to develop our three-year strategic plan. Its not something weve baked and were just going to hand it down. 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. Lansing blamed a slowdown in advertising dollars. Scripps Networks We saw a lot of companies react to the [murder of] George Floyd and we did too. The other is the fight for donors. He held off a push by House Republicans to spin off Voice of America into a nongovernmental broadcaster. 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. The union represents 570 people at NPR. 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. There was one the year before I was here, then this was the follow-up. And as a CEO, and also as a white man, I want to know, how did you handle it when all eyes were on you? 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. And our number one goal is to improve our audience diversity. hide caption. Applicants to this years fellowship see its cancellation as a setback for journalists of color who want to work in public radio. I thought, wow. You have stated that DEI is your top priority at NPR. "We're not seeing signs of a recovery in the advertising market," Lansing says in an interview. Or 'How are we doing on the North Star?' So were now into the new fiscal year. He was promoted to news photographer after two years, then moved on to managing editor, news director, and leadership of commercial television affiliates around the country. 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. Board Memberships & Affiliations. No. At a young age, my biggest goal at the time was to someday be a news director for a local TV station. For several years, it eliminated salary increases and suspended retirement contributions. Current: NPRs budget also took a hit because of the pandemic. They lost their objectivity and are now just pushing leftist ideology. (Former long time member). And weve seen that really help them grow. During the Donald Trump administration, he held roles in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and was acting Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Community Planning and Development. A review by the House Foreign Affairs Committee faulted the agency for insufficient oversight but noted that an internal task force was already having an impact. In an interview, Mr. Lansing called the ads a rogue incident and said it had been corrected. I think there's an awareness, like in the way you asked the question about 'our North Star.' This is simply disingenuous. The streaming platform Spotify paid nearly a quarter-billion dollars to buy the podcast producer Gimlet, founded by former staffers of NPR and other public radio outlets. 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. How do you think that the North Star, the strategic initiative, is going? Lansing: I guess I would comment just as a citizen watching from outside. That was revised as a result. Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world. Fearing a tepid economy, Lansing and his corporate team projected that revenue would stay flat for the fiscal year that began October 1. I joined in October of '19. National Public Radio (NPR) CEO John Lansing announced in a Wednesday memo that the network will lay off 10 percent of its staff and freeze vacant positions. And its where our focus needs to be right now. 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. Way back when, I was a news cameraman. The staffing cut, which will cost at least 100 people their jobs, comes in response to the "erosion" of advertising revenue, particularly for the network's podcasts, NPR reported. We had begun a lot of work under [Chief Diversity Officer] Keith Woods' leadership to really move us forward. That's the way I think about leadership here. ", Lansing, formerly a top television executive for the E.W. 5 takeaways from the massive layoffs hitting Big Tech right now, the network announced $20 million in cuts, NPR to impose near-freeze on hiring but avoids layoffs as budget cuts loom, NPR chief news executive Nancy Barnes to depart as network reshapes top ranks, January is often a big month for layoffs. Mr. Lansings colleagues attribute the growth to his embrace of digital formats and the understanding of audiences that he gleaned from the private sector. But we made a firm commitment, as you know, to freeze station dues and fees. I think the work Keith has been doing long before I got here on diversity in tracking sources and the storytelling that we're doing around the company has really been effective in the area of DEI on radio, podcasting, and digital. 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. When you first got to NPR, what did you think? "We were doing everything we could against the tide and couldn't keep clipping our costs as the revenue kept slipping," Lansing says. 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 . 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. I think we're moving forward. For July, NPRs 60 active shows among them Planet Money, Fresh Air and Wait Wait Dont Tell Me! were downloaded 141 million times and had nearly 21 million listeners in the United States, according to Podtrac. 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. Lansing: Back in May and June, it was an alarming decline in radio ratings. 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. 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. Current: What challenges have you faced in implementing your DEI plans? 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. 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. What is the outlook for the rest of the fiscal year? Follow Bloomberg reporters as they uncover some of the biggest financial crimes of the modern era. 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. She really has helped us, and she's brought discipline to a process that in the past might have been people talking past each other a little bit and waiting for things to blow over. "And I want to look for areas that I can provide leadership to bring resources together as needed strategically to find the right priorities that make the most sense for growing NPR this year and then into the future.". Its pretty clear to me that the ratings decline in radio is driven by commuting patterns. Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft have announced more than 50,000 job cuts combined in just the past few months. "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.". hide caption. Lansing will begin his term at NPR in October and will succeed Jarl Mohn, who has been Chief Executive Officer and President since 2014. Its a real business with real market dynamics.. ", He continued: "Citizens in countries from Russia to China, from Iran to North Korea, have been victimized for decades. It all goes back to our mission: serving the American public, recognizing the American public is a diverse mosaic that makes America great and strong, and making sure that we're building systems and content that resonates with all Americans. 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. Mr. Lansing rejected that accusation, saying that the agency was independent by law. So I wouldn't create a politics podcast because there are too many, and we have the best one of many already. Scripps Company, where he managed the company's portfolio of ten broadcast television stations across the country. Current. That's a big thing too: having a common understanding of what management's committed to, what the Board supports, the work that's in front of us to live up to it, and ultimately diversifying our audience which leads to the business purpose. He will now lead the nation's top audio producer and broadcaster. 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. 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. Last summer, we definitely had a racial reckoning. I have read and agree to the terms & conditions, Senior Vice President for Television in the broadcasting division of the E.W. 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. What makes you so open and vocal about the need for diversity? According to Nielsen data supplied by NPR, its programs and newscasts had an overall audience of 27.4 million in spring 2019. 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. Lansing 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. CEO John Lansing says ad revenue for podcasting shriveled even as general economy seems on mend. For two years, he served as the president and CEO of a cable trade group called the Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing. Current: Did anything else stand out to you in that survey that you believe needed attention and needs attention? Mohn will continue on as President Emeritus & Co-Chair of the 50th Anniversary Campaign. In Mr. Mohns first full year on the job, NPR operated in the black after having run a deficit for five of the six preceding years. 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. The agency has an annual budget of $808 million. Lansing also elevated to chief strategy officer a former U.S. State Department staffer who recently pleaded guilty to having defrauded the U.S. Agency for Global Media out of more than $40,000 in government money in 2018, according to federal prosecutors. Current: What are some of the highlights of that strategic plan? The network had run deficits in six of the seven previous years; under Mohn, it has achieved a slight surplus for each year during his tenure, even as the annual budget grew by more than 40%. 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. How has that effort been progressing? National Public Radio will reduce its workforce by 10 percent as it grapples with what CEO John Lansing says is a "sharp . John Lansing, the chief executive officer and director of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, will become NPR's CEO in mid-October. 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. Our third pillar is to optimize content and meet audiences where they are. 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. 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. September 5, 2019; Washington, D.C. The NPR Board of Directors announced today that it selected John Lansing to become its next President and Chief Executive Officer. The varied broadcasters also offered jazz and other music to appeal to people under communist regimes using a soft form of diplomacy. NPR will cut 10% of its workforce, CEO John Lansing said Wednesday. John Lansing, CEO, photographed for NPR, 22 January 2020, in Washington DC. Lansing served for ten years as a visiting faculty member at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. I just started in May. He is a member of the Quinnipiac University School of Communications Advisory Board and the National Board of Advisors of George Washington University's School of Media & Public Affairs. The newsroom currently stands at just shy of 490 people, while programming has shot up to 230. 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. "I have been an avid fan of NPR for many years. Lansing: We hope to have that completed within about eight to 10 weeks. Copyright 2023. Family Status: Married with 4 Children (Jean Rausch Lansing) Last year, however, the U.S. Agency for Global Media came under fire when it emerged that it had bought Facebook ads targeting American citizens, in violation of laws meant to protect Americans from domestic propaganda. And weve seen some significant success with that. Lansing was most recently the CEO of USAGM, a $800 million dollar independent federal agency that operates on multiple platforms reaching an average weekly audience of 345 million in 61 languages. Being a changemaker is awesome, but can have its own challenges as you're just trying to improve your career. My top goal is to support the women of color at NPR so that they feel like they have more upward mobility.. You'll find out about what they do and what they're inspired by on the daily. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month.
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