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New York Public Radio cuts 26 positions, ends ‘Notes From America’
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The layoffs amount to a workforce reduction of 8.5% at the station, which faces a significant budget deficit.
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The layoffs amount to a workforce reduction of 8.5% at the station, which faces a significant budget deficit.
“Economic headwinds on multiple fronts” have prompted a reduction in workforce, CEO LaFontaine Oliver told staff.
The station announced Friday that it removed 45 articles from its websites that violated editorial standards.
Sheikholeslami has led the organization since 2019.
Melissa Harris-Perry will be the radio show’s interim host through the end of the year.
Union members at the station said they “feel like they could be next if they do speak up.”
Garfield was fired following two investigations into his conduct.
“We cannot achieve our goals and meet our commitments while shouldering a fourth year of losses,” said CEO Goli Sheikholeslami.
Reflecting on her 23 years as CEO of WYNC and NYPR, Laura Walker says success in public media comes from reaching for both ideals.
The company has not signed on with Remote Audio Data, which can give podcast producers expanded analytics tracking their listeners’ habits.
Gothamist reporters are now part of a bargaining unit of station staff.
The workers will join a unit of employees that has been represented by SAG-AFTRA since 2000.
The $1.7 million backs efforts to help under-represented producers of podcasts network and incubate ideas.
An outside law firm’s report on New York Public Radio’s workplace culture was widely panned by critics for not assigning blame for the harassment that employees endured.
An outside law firm reported that bullying behavior was “known and tolerated in certain circumstances for months or even years.”
A journalist who wrote about the station’s recent harassment scandals shares what he learned about its internal culture.
WNYC placed the hosts on leave earlier this month following allegations of inappropriate behavior and sought outside counsel to investigate.
“Public media is especially crucial now, both to seek objective truth and to envision a sustainable model for the future of local journalism.”
NYPR has filed three complaints with the FCC.
Plus: A Frank Zappa concert comes to light, and Nieman Lab looks at podcasting.