Current. Instead, Whitney really helped us to buckle down with discipline, understand what's going on, and meet with women of color [in the organization], as we're doing tonight in our executive committee meeting, which we do regularly now. How cool is it to be at. 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. 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. What would you go back and tell your younger self? And Im holding myself accountable with my board and Ive been and am holding my direct reports accountable to me. So its an ongoing effort. Networks like Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty are meant to counter disinformation from foreign governments by broadcasting objective reports, although they have always been dogged by an accusation that they are a form of American propaganda. The layoffs are in keeping with an increasingly grim landscape for media companies over recent months. Arcbazar.com. Current: You came to NPR after serving as CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media. For two years, he served as the president and CEO of a cable trade group called the Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing. Sometimes you have to hear other people's truth and accept it for what it is, not translate it into your truth, therefore it's no longer what it is. Trump has notably praised authoritarian figures, including the leaders of North Korea, the Philippines, Russia and Turkey and has waged his own fight against journalists. And be a good listener. Such distinctions between news and programming are tricky, however, as programming oversees podcasts, including those that perform journalistic functions, such as Code Switch, It's Been A Minute, Planet Money, and Throughline. Just be tuned into our folks. And its where our focus needs to be right now. Current: Can you be more specific about what that looks like in terms of how you reach people who may not already know about NPRs podcasts? This is simply disingenuous. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images "I have been an avid fan of NPR for many years. Today, those individual situations are happening in the background when everybody's working, whether it's kids that are school age, or kids that are toddlers, or elder care, or spouses working in the same room or in the same apartment. And I still think we have a long way to go. NPR plans to lay off about 10% of its current staff due to the soft ad market and a drop in revenue from corporate sponsors, as well as uncertainties in the global economy overall. The Washington Post, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, eliminated its Sunday magazine and a handful of other jobs. Lansing has earned an advanced degree in political agility. 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. CEO John Lansing cited the erosion. We are not just putting out regulations or policies and paperwork. Its not something weve baked and were just going to hand it down. At the same time, we have to think creatively. NPR Facebook Post with Comments. 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. John Lansing, CEO, photographed for NPR, 22 January 2020, in Washington DC. There are over 1000 NPR Member Station signals broadcasting across the United States This is just dishonest, especially since NPR became what amounted to a voice of the opposition in its coverage of this dysfunctional federal agency. Lansing also spent almost 20 years working at Scripps, including eight years as President of Scripps Networks. John Lansing, a media executive with government broadcast and cable television experience, has been named by NPRs board to succeed its current chief, Jarl Mohn who announced the plan to step down after his 5-Year term ended. John Lansing - Quick Profile. Courtesy of Allison Shelley for NPR. That said, Mohn set higher annual expectations for the network in fundraising and agreed to be co-chairman of its 50th-anniversary capital campaign. Current: NPR has helped stations during the pandemic by delaying planned changes to the dues they pay. Lansing blamed a slowdown in advertising dollars. (On NPR's radio side, advertising takes the form of underwriting, as corporate sponsors are not permitted to call for listeners to purchase goods or services.). hide caption. We've made some good forward progress around hiring, with requiring that our hiring panels be diverse, requiring that our finalists have diverse representation at a minimum, but of course there's no maximum, in terms of a list of finalists. ", Lansing, formerly a top television executive for the E.W. And were happy to see SAG-AFTRA agree with us and to join up. So hes doubling down on lack of diversity, does that mean he wants his audience to reflect the other half of the country, the conservatives in flyover country? Current: Last year, the SAG-AFTRA union called out NPRs previous failures on issues of diversity, equity and inclusion and asked management to commit to accountability measures. I just think we have a special and unique thing as a company. Anyone can read what you share. 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. And our number one goal is to improve our audience diversity. Will there be another stimulus? 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. It is intended to align the strategy of its often fractious member stations with one another and NPR itself and to allow NPR, for the first time, to raise money digitally from its audience in concert with those stations. The first pillar is to expand the power of the national-local partnership into the on-demand future. 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. 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. Way back when, I was a news cameraman. I subscribe to the notion of leadership as a servant leader, that the role of leaders is to support the team to do their best work. 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. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. John F Lansing, National Public Radio Inc: Profile and Biography - Bloomberg Markets Live Now Bloomberg TV+ Bloomberg Daybreak Middle East Bloomberg Daybreak Middle East. But it was not from a standing start. 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. The newsroom currently stands at just shy of 490 people, while programming has shot up to 230. The emphasis, he says, must be on drawing in "the future audience to make NPR sustainable for the next 50 years. NPR undertook a strategic reorganization last fall, reinstating the position of a chief content officer overseeing both the newsroom and the programming division. I'm just passionate about how good leadership can lead to good outcomes, and that led me here. He was previously head of cable TV company Scripps Networks, where he sold $10 million in stock after the company became the target of an SEC probe that was not known to the public. 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. Last year, the network booked $134 million in such corporate underwriting, a record built on strong growth in podcasting revenue in recent years. "What you really want to do is be connected to people that are consuming content on something they're holding in their hand, and aren't necessarily tied to a TV set on a wall or a radio in a living room," Lansing said. 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. 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 . John Lansing, the chief executive officer and director of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, will become NPR's CEO in mid-October. I had no idea what was out there. It really stretched me to understand that flexibility is a good thing. NPR's rigorous reporting and unsurpassed storytelling connect with millions of Americans everydayon the air, online, and in person. Lansing says even that proved overly optimistic. David Westin speaks with top names in finance about the week's biggest issues on Wall Street. John F. Lansing (he/him) oversees one of the country's most iconic news organizations, whose rigorous reporting and unsurpassed storytelling connects with millions of Americans every day on the air, online, and in person. ", "I am thrilled to work with NPR's exceptional management team, staff and journalists," said Lansing. 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. After becoming part of Warner Bros. I think you have to be transparent and be able to explain what you're doing, even if it's unpopular. And its tied to the same variables you would know yourselves, which is, how fast can the vaccines be deployed? Again, I think it's about getting it intertwined into everything we do. Were working with them to create regional newsrooms in Texas and California and the Midwest and in the Gulf. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Current is an editorially independent, nonprofit service of the American University School of Communication. Vegas PBS General Manager, Tom Axtell, announces his retirement. You can't escape that. Current (https://current.org/2021/02/ceo-john-lansing-discusses-nprs-diversity-efforts-budget-deficit-and-growing-podcast-competition/). "Jarl would be the first to say that it is the area where he feels that his work was not complete," Sheikholeslami said. I think that's where we all wind up. 2017-2022. Lansing describes himself as a citizen watching from the outside A private citizen? 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. He took over a troubled organization beset by infighting and bureaucratic inefficiency. I think you have to be in front of your teams. 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 . Its not a sidebar. hide caption. "We were doing everything we could against the tide and couldn't keep clipping our costs as the revenue kept slipping," Lansing says. The title of your piece, "Now Is A Time For Truth Telling, For Listening, And For Action," takes a bold stand in defending the urgent work of journalists during this . Mr. Lansing, who began his career as a teenage cameraman at a television station in Kentucky, spent two decades at Scripps Networks. Yet the tech and media industries' prospects stand at odds with a tight labor market and low unemployment more broadly. He is. 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. There were three of them, each for $1 million. He spent two decades at Scripps Networks, starting as a station manager in the Detroit, MI affiliate; eventually becoming President of Scripps cable networks company from 2005 to 2013. And so in late 2019 we began working on a set of priorities for the calendar year 2020 that included promoting Keith Woods to chief diversity officer; putting more energy behind our effort to have 100% sourcing and notating the diversity of our sources; and hiring, leadership, unconscious bias training, et cetera. Leading the organization through it all is CEO John Lansing, a longtime media executive who has been on the job since October 2019. "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. Lansing served for ten years as a visiting faculty member at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. Every time I hear it, I think that's a success by itself because we all have that as our guiding light. I joined in October of '19. NPR has tapped longtime media executive John Lansing to become its next president and CEO. NPR Start Date: Mid October, 2020 I think you have to be willing to take hard questions. He will be the 11th permanent president or chief executive in the radio network's nearly 50-year history. He held off a push by House Republicans to spin off Voice of America into a nongovernmental broadcaster. You go to college and all the sudden you're like 'wait a minute, I've got to do something when this is over.' NPR maintains 17 national bureaus and 17 bureaus abroad. Bellarmine alumnus and former trustee John Lansing, a veteran cable television and government broadcast executive, is the new CEO of NPR. 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. 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. That was revised as a result. Obviously, this job that you have as a CEO of NPR is a really huge responsibility. Why did you undertake this? Its new president and chief executive is John Lansing, a former cable executive who for the last five years has run the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the federally funded organization behind broadcasters like Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. administration regarding the now former managers of his former place of employment (USAGM) but claims the mantle of private citizen to do so. Vox Media cut jobs by 7%; Gannett and Spotify by 6%. Mike Morgan/Mike Morgan Mohn fired head of news Michael Oreskes on Halloween 2017. Today, we feature John Lansing, CEO of NPR. I have read and agree to the terms & conditions, Senior Vice President for Television in the broadcasting division of the E.W. He also vowed to make sure job cuts do not fall disproportionately on employees of color. It was hard for everyone. What do you think are some characteristics of good leadership? Scripps Networks September 5, 2019; Washington, D.C. - The NPR Board of Directors announced today that it. During that financial crisis, NPR shut down shows and laid off scores of people. NPR Selects Voice of America Boss as Its New Leader, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/business/media/npr-john-lansing.html. 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. Then I moved on to manage TV stations and cable networks. We established the top priority [a.k.a. 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. "What we've shown with podcasting is that we can take some of our core journalistic assets and we can create new formats and new programs around them and actually reach new audiences. It's not just what happened this week on the Hill, although that's important. What was it like for you to watch that happen? Here's what to do in a worst case scenario. 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. No. LANSING, John, Jr., (Uncle of Gerrit Yates Lansing), a Delegate from New York; born in Albany, N.Y., January 30, 1754; studied law in Albany and in New York City; was admitted to the bar in 1775; secretary to General Schuyler 1776 and 1777; engaged in the practice of law in Albany in 1778; member of the State assembly 1781-1784, 1786, and 1789, and served as speaker in 1786 and 1789; Member of . Were working with member stations on topic teams for, say, political reporting or criminal justice reporting across the system. John Lansing, the chief executive officer and director of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, will become NPR's CEO in mid-October. Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft have announced more than 50,000 job cuts combined in just the past few months. "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.". When that happened, it energized us to really double down on understanding where our weak spots were, what we needed to work on. Prior to that, Lansing was VP and GM of Scripps ABC affiliates. Lansing, who is . Your email address will not be published. Scripps Co., says whenever an economic slowdown appears imminent, marketing budgets get slashed. 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. 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. In 2017, Michael Oreskes, NPRs senior vice president for news, left after two women accused him of unwanted physical advances in the 1990s, when he was the Washington bureau chief of The New York Times. Its pretty clear to me that the ratings decline in radio is driven by commuting patterns. So that would be mine. So I think that it has caused me to be more tuned in to hearing and understanding our employees. Lansing, 62, who is currently chief executive officer of the government agency that oversees Voice of America, Radio and Television Mart and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, among others . Board Member. Were working with them to do joint investigative reporting. "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.". We'd like to revisit a story that first broke yesterday and . In these comments, John Lansing slides by with a public swipe at the Trump After Lansing hopped over to NPR from USAGM in 2019, NPR had to be prompted by outside critics to include disclaimers on its USAGM/VOA stories to note Lansings past USAGM role. Lansing: I guess my head turns first to the journalism of our member stations. 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. 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. 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. He joined NPR after serving as CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media. An NPR spokeswoman said final decisions on which jobs will be eliminated should occur by the week of March 20. Scripps Networks I think there's an awareness, like in the way you asked the question about 'our North Star.' 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. It began to improve a little bit as we moved into August and September, as corporate sponsorships began to recover a little bit. But also, what are the larger things that are happening? 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. The second pillar is to transform our workplace culture. You have stated that DEI is your top priority at NPR. How is it a priority? NPR draws more than 28 million listeners each week and 40 million unique monthly visitors to its website both represent a rise of several million over those five years. During the depths of the Covid-19 pandemic, NPR was at risk of laying off staff when sponsors canceled their spots on the network, said John Lansing, NPR's chief executive. 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. At a young age, my biggest goal at the time was to someday be a news director for a local TV station. "The result, I believe, is a war on truth. Mohn led NPR through five consecutive years of audience growth and budget surplus. Lansing said he took pride in maintaining conventional broadcasts while appealing to new audiences, reaching about 25% more people each week. Were still looking at a deficit, but were hopeful that by the time we get into March, well have a pretty clear-eyed view of how the year is going to end up. 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. We still remain one of the top, if not the top, podcasters in America. 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. Being selective, having mentors both white and people of color mentors that you can have confidential conversations with and gain some thoughts to help you develop your strategy, standing up for yourself which essentially is what happened at NPR through the climate survey and holding leaders accountable for everything. Board Memberships & Affiliations. John Lansing will begin his term as President and CEO of NPR in October, 2019. 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