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NPR Names Nadine Zylstra as Chief Content Officer
"I really feel like I've been training for this job my whole life."
NPR Offering Buyouts to 300 Employees, Looking to Cut $8 Million From Budget
"The extraordinary generosity of donors across the nation has really mitigated some of the hardest impacts of the loss of federal funding. I am relieved that that is the case."
Former NPR CEO/President Kevin Klose Dies
"Kevin was deeply idealistic about the role of public media in a democracy. He called independent journalism 'the first partner of building democracy, and helping it stay strong and vital.'"
NPR Receives $113 Million in Donations Following Federal Funding Cuts
The gifts announced on Thursday are the largest since Joan B. Kroc, the widow of McDonald's mogul Ray Kroc, donated more than $200 million in 2003.
NPR Secures $36 Million From Corporation for Public Broadcasting After Claiming Contract Was Illegally Pulled
"The settlement is a victory for editorial independence and a step toward upholding the First Amendment rights of NPR and the public media system in our legal challenge to [Trump's] Executive Order."
NPR Names Thomas Evans New Editor in Chief
"I had a lot of respect from beforehand, but these are really the best journalists in the country, if not the world."
Katherine Maher: NPR Has ‘A Long Way to Go’ to Achieve Sustainability After Funding Cuts
“The reality is that, just like the impacts are pretty disparate, the stations that are best positioned to receive that kind of fund and engage in that kind of fundraising are not the ones that are most at risk."
NPR Executive Edith Chapin Announces Upcoming Exit
"I have had two big executive jobs for two years, and I want to take a break."
NPR CEO Katherine Maher: Public Radio Funding Cuts ‘Directly Harms Communities and Consituents’
"Public radio is a lifeline, connecting rural communities to the rest of the nation, and providing life-saving emergency broadcasting and weather alerts."
NPR CEO Katherine Maher: Attacks From Donald Trump Are ‘Viewpoint Discrimination’
"The action of withdrawing federal funding is retaliatory, and so this is a First Amendment issue.”