Were working with member stations on topic teams for, say, political reporting or criminal justice reporting across the system. Current: How have your priorities for NPR changed since you became CEO? Mr. Lansing rejected that accusation, saying that the agency was independent by law. As we moved through the summer, that deficit remained at about $25 million. All of those underlying effects generally lead to whatever effects were going to have in corporate sponsorship. And the fourth one is to diversify and grow our revenue models so that were not overly reliant on one or two revenue streams to help strengthen our future financials. Did you know that one day you would become a CEO? 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.. You'll find out about what they do and what. We discovered in our most recent climate survey that that was an area that we needed to put more effort into. 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. hide caption. 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 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.". Yet Lansing also takes over an institution riven by a scandal that hit its top reaches, with a chief news executive toppled over #MeToo complaints of inappropriate conduct toward female subordinates and colleagues. 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. Oh wait. So we took that very, very seriously. Current. From John Lansing: Now Is A Time For Truth Telling, For Listening, And For Action. Lansing is a media executive with a deep understanding of journalism, having spent two decades as an award-winning journalist, successful newsroom leader and major market local media executive before becoming a global chief executive officer. 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. NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C. Current: How else might NPR assist stations in the coming year? hide caption. What do you think are some characteristics of good leadership? We had begun a lot of work under [Chief Diversity Officer] Keith Woods' leadership to really move us forward. I got this part time job at a TV station to make a little money while I was going to college. Others have waded into the podcast fray with a vengeance. CEO John Lansing discusses NPRs diversity efforts, budget deficit and growing podcast competition. And for those stations that were scheduled to have a reduction, we allowed those reductions to go forward with a floor of 3% so that nobodys dues went up. Mohn had promised to attract major contributions to NPR before the end of his tenure; to date he has not landed the major eight- and nine-figure donations his stated aspirations suggested. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We'd like to revisit a story. "I have been an avid fan of NPR for many years. For two years, he served as the president and CEO of a cable trade group called the Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing. Mohn will continue on as President Emeritus & Co-Chair of the 50th Anniversary Campaign. 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. I think we're moving forward. I think you have to be transparent and be able to explain what you're doing, even if it's unpopular. Its a real business with real market dynamics.. I think you have to be in front of your teams. And I was very proud of the progress we were making. 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. 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. It was hard for everyone. I dont know if youve been on the highway recently, but theres a lot more traffic on the highway today than there would have been last May and June. NPR Selects Voice of America Boss as Its New Leader, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/business/media/npr-john-lansing.html. And the pandemic hit six months later in March of '20. Governments around the world are increasingly cracking down on the free flow of information; silencing dialogue and dissent; and distorting reality, Lansing said in a speech he delivered in May to the Media for Democracy Foundation. Weve also seen very positive upticks in development. Then I moved on to manage TV stations and cable networks. Lansing: Thats a great question. At the U.S. Agency for Global Media known until last year as the Broadcasting Board of Governors he presided over 53 percent growth in the weekly audience for the agencys networks over the last three years, to 345 million. So sad to lose an American institution to propaganda. I think that's where we all wind up. Leading the organization through it all is CEO John Lansing, a longtime media executive who has been on the job since October 2019. NPRs search for a new CEO is finally over! Way back when, I was a news cameraman. John Lansing testifying before a House Appropriations subcommittee in July. He served on the Bellarmine University Board of Trustees from 2010-2016 and was vice-chair 2014-2016. The work of those pillars will be done through the lens of improving our efforts on DEI. John F Lansing, National Public Radio Inc: Profile and Biography - Bloomberg Markets Live Now Bloomberg TV+ Bloomberg Daybreak Middle East Bloomberg Daybreak Middle East. 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. We established the top priority [a.k.a. 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. 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. Prior to joining USAGM, he served for two years as the President and CEO of the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM), an organization that facilitates collaborative marketing initiatives for its members. Its something that we certainly support. So I brought in Michael Smith as our new chief marketing officer almost a year ago. This is simply disingenuous. Mohn had promised to attract major contributions to NPR before the end of his tenure; to date he has not landed the major eight- and nine-figure donations his stated aspirations suggested. Lansing's tenure at the agency has not been without controversy. So its an ongoing effort. It's not just what happened this week on the Hill, although that's important. Lansing: You have to imagine a picture, if you will. Because when you're all at work, you're all at work, and you go home to your individual situations. Lansing: Its on social media platforms or YouTube or through media partnerships. John Lansing, a veteran government broadcast and cable television executive, has been selected by NPRs corporate board to succeed its current chief, Jarl Mohn. Mr. Lansings colleagues attribute the growth to his embrace of digital formats and the understanding of audiences that he gleaned from the private sector. Lansing: SAG-AFTRA came out with their letter around our September board meeting in 2020. Four years ago, Lansing was named by President Barack Obama to be the first chief executive of the broadcasting outfit that was renamed the U.S. Agency for Global Media. 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. 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. That with a combination of expense cuts, including our employees and our management all taking voluntary pay cuts and benefit cuts, helped close that deficit gap. Their editorial independence is enshrined in federal law, though it sometimes came under attack. Colorados largest compost processor will no longer accept packaging and paper products, Small liquor stores pivot to more food and delivery as Colorado grocers roll out wine sales, Peloton for horses: Colorado sisters launch equestrian coaching app, The Local 303: Colorado artists were featuring for March 2023. If we don't get this right, then our audience of the next 50 years will lack the diversity that would give it the ability to grow and thrive and prosper and even survive. He began his career in media at age 17 when he was hired as a studio technician and cameraman for WPSD TV in Kentucky. 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%. Mohn placed an emphasis on fostering a more collaborative dynamic with the public radio stations that NPR serves, and was given credit for making progress on that score. administration regarding the now former managers of his former place of employment (USAGM) but claims the mantle of private citizen to do so. 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.. 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. 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. Selected by the NPR board of directors, Lansing will start in October, succeeding outgoing head Jarl Mohn, Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images NPR's chief executive announced the. So I think thats being offset by some listening through smart speakers and even online, and thats helping to offset some of the reduction in listening within vehicles. Scripps Company, where he managed the company's portfolio of ten broadcast television stations across the country. The roots of the VOA involved providing truthful reports to people under Nazi and Axis power rule during World War II. John Lansing, president and CEO Chair of the NPR Foundation John McGinn Public members of the board Carlos Alvarez, CEO, The Gambrinus Company Fred Dust, designer, speaker, and consultant Paul G. Haaga Jr., retired, Capital Research and Management Company - Chairman of the NPR Board of Directors 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. Apple is reportedly building a podcast subscription service. Not exactly. The Lookout is a free, daily email newsletter with news and happenings from all over Colorado. 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. He will be the 11th permanent president or chief executive in the radio networks nearly 50-year history. People, given the opportunity, will do the right thing in a way that hopefully makes them want to be here for a long time. Lansing describes himself as a citizen watching from the outside A private citizen? NPR has also been the nation's leading producer of podcasts since Podtrac started measuring audiences. Colorado Postcards are snapshots of our colorful state in sound. To be a part of creating the future of such an important institution is humbling, exciting, and a distinct honor.". The challenges he will face at NPR are not dissimilar to challenges across the media landscape as a whole, said Sheikholeslami, who will soon take up the CEO job at New York Public Radio. Listen now. 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. Mr. Mohn led the push into podcasting and helped stabilize the organization after years of management turnover and budget deficits. A later report commissioned by the NPR board found that questions had been raised about Oreskes behavior even before his hiring and that concerns were raised throughout his tenure; the repeated and formal warnings by top executives (including Mohn) to Oreskes to cut short the unwanted attention he paid to female colleagues proved ineffective. What would you go back and tell your younger self? Current: What challenges have you faced in implementing your DEI plans? It really stretched me to understand that flexibility is a good thing. 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. Lansing: Everybodys at a different place with DEI depending on where they stand, whether thats a person who is white and doesnt understand how white privilege has improved their standing in their career in a way that persons of color may have not experienced. It began to improve a little bit as we moved into August and September, as corporate sponsorships began to recover a little bit. Disclosure: This story was reported by NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik under guidance from NPR chief business editor Pallavi Gogoi. 2023 Colorado Public Radio. 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 . NPR Start Date: Mid October, 2020 Being a changemaker is awesome, but can have its own challenges as you're just trying to improve your career. John Lansing, the chief executive officer and director of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, will become NPR's CEO in mid-October. This is an edited transcript of the conversation among Lansing, Current Reporter Tyler Falk and Digital Editor Mike Janssen. 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. Mike Morgan/Mike Morgan I'm kind of a politics junkie. We have many miles to go. Courtesy of Allison Shelley for NPR. 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? Sign up here and we will see you in the morning! When you first got to NPR, what did you think? That was revised as a result. "During this period when rigorous, fact-based and context-rich . John Lansing is a former Obama appointee who was named president and CEO of NPR on Thursday. No. 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. 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. Your email address will not be published. NPR will cut 10% of its workforce, CEO John Lansing said Wednesday. 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. John Ten Eyck Lansing Jr. (January 30, 1754 - vanished December 12, 1829), a Founding Father of the United States, was an attorney, jurist, and politician. I just think we have a special and unique thing as a company. 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. 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. 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. Lansing: Were still working on it right now. He guided the organization in becoming a leading developer of unique content across television, digital, mobile and radio platforms. We can help you keep up. In recent remarks online, Johnson, who is Black, focused on a more competitive landscape for NPR journalists, including people of color. Bloomberg Markets European Close. In a large part, the digital teams and the divisions will work together to reach a final model. NPR only takes a few million dollars a year from federal sources for its programs. Lansing has earned an advanced degree in political agility. In terms of mission, understanding of media, the depth of experience, his strategic leadership, his commitment to people and culture, I would say those were really the key things that we were looking for, said Goli Sheikholeslami, vice chairwoman of the NPR board of directors and CEO of Chicago Public Media. Copyright 2023. [1] [2] Born and raised in Albany, New York, Lansing was trained as a lawyer, and was long involved in politics and government. NPR, the public radio and podcasting giant, has a new leader after years of growth and internal turmoil. 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. 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. This is just dishonest, especially since NPR became what amounted to a voice of the opposition in its coverage of this dysfunctional federal agency. 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. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. hide caption. And were happy to see SAG-AFTRA agree with us and to join up. Live from. 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. For two years, he served as the president and CEO of a cable trade group called the Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing. Diversity is the North Star of a newly implemented strategic plan, Lansing said, because it filters through everything that we do with all of our work.. Current: Do you have any examples of how digital operations would be integrated into divisions throughout the organization? Doing that just requires that were putting more emphasis on the diversity of our decision makers, our leadership, our story selection, our source selection. 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. In these comments, John Lansing slides by with a public swipe at the Trump NPR's president of operations, Loren Mayor, was the leading internal candidate for the chief executive position. Last year, President Trump appointed Michael Pack as USAGMs CEO. We still remain one of the top, if not the top, podcasters in America. John Lansing will begin his term as President and CEO of NPR in October, 2019. NPR maintains 17 national bureaus and 17 bureaus abroad. John Lansing becomes CEO of NPR NPR, the public radio giant that employs hundreds of journalists, is about to get a new chief executive. Ever since you started, you've been very vocal about it. They lost their objectivity and are now just pushing leftist ideology. Its an inclusive process. NPR has tapped longtime media executive John Lansing to become its next president and CEO. We are not just putting out regulations or policies and paperwork. 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. Or 'How are we doing on the North Star?' A later report commissioned by the NPR board found that questions had been raised about Oreskes' behavior even before his hiring and that concerns were raised throughout his tenure; the repeated and formal warnings by top executives (including Mohn) to Oreskes to stop the unwanted attention he paid to female colleagues proved ineffective. He will be the 11th permanent president or chief executive in the radio network's nearly 50-year history. I had been gone for the better part of a year or so. If you had to create a podcast, what would it be about? But after the pandemic hit in mid-March, we got together with our cohort and said, Why wait 18 months? In 2019, Joshua Johnson left 1A, a nationally syndicated public affairs show produced by WAMU in Washington, D.C., and distributed by NPR, for MSNBC. Lansing also spoke to Current about the challenges of implementing his DEI plans, the organizations financial outlook and his thoughts about the recent controversies at USAGM. Last summer, we definitely had a racial reckoning. Bellarmine alumnus and former trustee John Lansing, a veteran cable television and government broadcast executive, is the new CEO of NPR. Current: NPR has helped stations during the pandemic by delaying planned changes to the dues they pay. Put that pizza box in the trash. Theres no question about it. Bloomberg Markets live from New York, focused on bringing you the most important global business and breaking markets news and information as it happens. 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. NPR Lansing said he took pride in maintaining conventional broadcasts while appealing to new audiences, reaching about 25% more people each week. Current: Is there a timeline for that process? Current: How much were those anonymous gifts? I am still morning the loss of an objective NPR. 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. He made his mark in his current job with stirring defenses of journalism, free from government interference. He made his mark in his current job with stirring defenses of journalism, free from government interference. NPR has a new CEO. Its not something weve baked and were just going to hand it down. 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. Both Lansing and Sheikholeslami say he is adamant about pressing forward with reforms to the workplace culture at NPR that Mayor has already started to put in place. Lansing started his news industry career at age 17 as a studio technician and cameraman at WPSD TV, Paducah, KY, where he was promoted to news photographer after two years. That said, Mohn set higher annual expectations for the network in fundraising and agreed to be co-chairman of its 50th-anniversary capital campaign. ", He continued: "Citizens in countries from Russia to China, from Iran to North Korea, have been victimized for decades. Lansing will begin his term at NPR in October and will succeed Jarl Mohn, who has been Chief Executive Officer and President since 2014. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Current is an editorially independent, nonprofit service of the American University School of Communication. Lansing will start in his new position in mid-October. "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. Now with the magazine shows on weekdays were about 20% behind last year, which is a significant improvement over where we were about eight months ago. 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. Mohn placed an emphasis on fostering a more collaborative dynamic with the public radio stations that NPR serves and was given credit for making progress on that score. It has won acclaim for its coverage of wars and disasters yet suffered its own crisis and tragedy in 2017 when NPRs David Gilkey and Zabihullah Tamanna were killed in southern Afghanistan on assignment. Unique content across television, digital, mobile and radio platforms be transparent be... 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