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Leila Fadel to co-host NPR’s ‘Morning Edition’ and ‘Up First’
Fadel starts co-hosting duties in February and will be based in Washington, D.C.Comings and goings: LaFontaine E. Oliver reelected NPR board chair, WCTE names new station manager ...
Oliver, president of WYPR in Baltimore, was elected to a second term as chair of NPR’s board.Comings and goings: WETA hires CFO, Sandhya Dirks joins NPR …
Ruby Goyal Aggarwal will oversee financial operations for WETA and its subsidiary NewsHour Productions.Liwanag Ojala named chief transformation officer for APMG
Ojala is resigning from APM’s board of trustees to become chief transformation officer.Comings and goings: PBS board names new chair, NPR makes changes to longform audio team ...
Larry Irving was appointed board chair for PBS, succeeding Donald A. Baer.Ronnie Agnew named GM of WOSU Public Media
Agnew most recently worked as executive director for Mississippi Public Broadcasting.Fred Martino named WSIU executive director
Martino was previously director of content at KRWG Public Media.Yamiche Alcindor to leave ‘NewsHour’ for NBC News, will retain ‘Washington Week’ role
Alcindor has been a political contributor for NBC News and MSNBC since 2016.Comings and goings: The Current names Urban Alternative content director, staff changes at WETA/NewsHour Productions ...
Julian Green most recently worked as PD for the University of Minnesota’s student-run radio station.Dawn Schmitt to lead WQPT PBS
Schmitt joined the station in 2010.Comings and goings: NPR names engineering VP, ‘BirdNote’ hires new leader …
Nik Khilnani previously worked for Gannett and the Walt Disney Company.Stephanie Patterson joins CDP as chief customer officer
Patterson most recently worked for American Public Media.Noel King leaves NPR for Vox Media
Public radio listeners will continue to hear King on stations when "Today, Explained" is distributed next year.Shawn Halford named EVP for American Public Television
The promotion is part of a leadership transition that brings Dan Soles to APT as VP and prepares for Eric Luskin’s retirement ...Comings and goings: South Carolina ETV names CCO, Nashville Public Radio staffs daily news show ...
Tabitha Safdi is also chair of the PBS Digital Media Advisory Council.
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