The CEO of NPR as well as leaders from public media stations in Illinois joined The 21st Show last week to discuss layoffs and programming changes a year after losing federal funding.
NPR President and CEO Katherine Maher praised Zylstra, noting her work at Sesame and Pinterest’s reputation as a rare corner of relative kindness in the often harsh world of social media.
The network is offering buyouts to approximately 300 employees, mostly within newsgathering desks in the newsroom.
The gifts arrive at a time of great financial strain for public media.
A District Court judge has found that a Trump White House executive order to defund NPR and PBS violated the First Amendment and is therefore “unlawful and unenforceable.”
NPR Morning Edition host talks early hours and the importance of public media with IPM’s Kimberly Schofield.
Shapiro began his career at NPR as an intern for Nina Totenberg. He went on to be an International Correspondent, a White House Correspondent and a Justice Correspondent.