On Tuesday, NPR’s top editor, Edith Chapin, announced she is leaving the company later this year.
Chapin, who is currently serving as acting Chief Content Officer along with being a senior vice president and NPR’s editor-in-chief, is walking away from NPR soon after the Trump administration’s rescissions package pulled federal funding from public media.
“Edith Chapin is a leader in journalistic integrity, a champion for the newsroom, calm in the storm — and an indispensable partner during my first year at NPR,” CEO of NPR Katherine Maher said in a statement.
“Edith laid the foundation for a stronger public radio, and set us on a solid path with her expert navigation. She has led with conviction, clarity, and compassion — always putting the public’s interest first,” Maher continued.
According to the New York Times, she notified leadership of her decision to leave before the funding cuts were official.
Chapin will remain head of newsroom operations until she officially exits later this year.
“It has been the honor of a lifetime to serve NPR’s listeners and readers, and work alongside some of the most dedicated journalists in the world. I will leave deeply proud of what we’ve accomplished and confident in the strength and integrity of NPR’s newsroom going forward,” Chapin said.
Chapin spent 25 years at CNN prior to joining NPR in 2012.
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I grew up with NPR and PBS always being a very rational and non partisan access to news and knowledge respectively. Last 15 years or so both seemed to drift further and further to the left. I do not believe that an organization that parrots liberal ideology ONLY should be paid for using taxpayer money. Probably a good thing they were defunded.
I wonder what the job market is like for left wing “journalists”?
I wonder what his salary was, including any bonus.
She must be proud of herself in how she helped steer NPR/PBS into one of the most left-leaning news departments in the country, and taxpayer funding played a big part in this corruption.
I bet she is getting a fat package as a departing gift.