So I would tell my younger self to be confident, calm down, it's all gonna work out. 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. There were about 20, 25 different meetings in the course of about 45 days. John Lansing, CEO, photographed for NPR, 22 January 2020, in Washington DC. We're funded by your subscriptions, your donations, advertising, and a generous grant from the Wyncote Foundation. It might come from my journalistic roots, and I think other journalists would say the same thing, I deal [with] and honor the truth. Lansing: They were for general. Mohn fired head of news Michael Oreskes on Halloween 2017. John Lansing will begin his term as President and CEO of NPR in October, 2019. Again, I think it's about getting it intertwined into everything we do. 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. Theres no question about it. Scripps Networks Current (https://current.org/2021/02/ceo-john-lansing-discusses-nprs-diversity-efforts-budget-deficit-and-growing-podcast-competition/). 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. NPR maintains 17 national bureaus and 17 bureaus abroad. Lansing blamed a slowdown in advertising dollars. Hes credited with restoring morale, in part by naming a noted journalist as head of the Voice of America: Amanda Bennett is a former top news executive at the Philadelphia Inquirer, who previously held senior newsroom jobs at Bloomberg News and The Wall Street Journal. Lansing, who is 62, is currently . Others have waded into the podcast fray with a vengeance. But an example of that one that weve already created is the Consider This podcast, which is just a terrific example of taking the national-local partnership into the on-demand future. At the U.S. Agency for Global Media, Lansing championed a free press even as leaders of many nations move against it. 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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.. It all goes back to our mission: serving the American public, recognizing the American public is a diverse mosaic that makes America great and strong, and making sure that we're building systems and content that resonates with all Americans. You'll find out about what they do and what. Put that pizza box in the trash. He will now lead the nation's top audio producer and broadcaster. We still remain one of the top, if not the top, podcasters in America. The second pillar is to transform our workplace culture. 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. As we moved through the summer, that deficit remained at about $25 million. But also, what are the larger things that are happening? 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. Lansing said in an interview with Current Thursday that one of his first observations upon joining NPR was that we needed to double down our efforts in diversity, equity and inclusion. Lansing has earned an advanced degree in political agility. Were finishing up in the next two to three weeks the specific lists of actions and activities under these pillars. Our newsletters bring you a closer look at the stories that affect you and the music that inspires you. So we took that very, very seriously. He was responsible for strategic and operational oversight and P&L of the $2.5 billion division of Scripps Networks Interactive, including the company's portfolio of six cable networks Food Network, HGTV, Travel Channel, DIY, Cooking Channel and Great American Country and the $100 million Scripps Networks Digital division. And were pleased to work with them. They give brief insights into our people and places, our flora and fauna, and our past and present, from every corner of Colorado. Weve also seen very positive upticks in development. Lansing has won plaudits from journalists for his rousing defense of a free press even while serving in the Trump administration, which has been notably hostile to traditional notions of the role of journalism in civic life. 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. We are different from other federal agencies, said Grant K. Turner, the agencys chief financial officer. Oh wait. NPR's Michel Martin asks NPR's CEO, John Lansing, to respond to an All Things Considered interview with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. I joined in October of '19. How are you working to shore up NPRs place in the podcasting landscape and compete with deep-pocketed tech companies? 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. Its an inclusive process. Fear drives their path. 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. But we made a firm commitment, as you know, to freeze station dues and fees. The varied broadcasters also offered jazz and other music to appeal to people under Communist regimes using a soft form of diplomacy. I think you have to be willing to take hard questions. That's a big thing too: having a common understanding of what management's committed to, what the Board supports, the work that's in front of us to live up to it, and ultimately diversifying our audience which leads to the business purpose. But here, Lansing basically jumps over those disclaimers using the lame attribution of private citizen.. All Rights Reserved. And some stations who had a schedule to go down actually were allowed to go down. In a large part, the digital teams and the divisions will work together to reach a final model. It did not drive a lot of immediate donations, but there were some. The first pillar is to expand the power of the national-local partnership into the on-demand future. 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 . So those are the four pillars that rotate around the centerpiece, we call it the North Star, of our commitment to DEI. She also has led initiatives to reform hiring practices and to sweep far more temporary positions into permanent slots, often working closely with the networks chief unions to do so. Jarl would be the first to say that it is the area where he feels that his work was not complete, Sheikholeslami said. This documentary-style series follows investigative journalists as they uncover the truth. Leading the organization through it all is CEO John Lansing, a longtime media executive who has been on the job since October 2019. Current: NPR has helped stations during the pandemic by delaying planned changes to the dues they pay. Its not something weve baked and were just going to hand it down. Were working with them to do joint investigative reporting. NPRs president of operations, Loren Mayor, was the leading internal candidate for the chief executive position. 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. Lansing: I dont know how long that may or may not take, but our emphasis right now is on our own internal digital strategy, digital production, digital storytelling. 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. 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. We have many miles to go. NPR stands stronger than it did at the outset of Mohns five-year term in 2014. And its something that I think will strengthen the ability for news programming, marketing and member services to be more responsive and to offer greater service to audiences in a more agile way. From 2015 to 2019, Lansing served as the CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), the independent federal agency whose programming reaches an average weekly audience of 345 million people in 62 languages. They lost their objectivity and are now just pushing leftist ideology. Podtrac, which measures the audiences of podcast publishers, has consistently placed NPR at the top of its monthly rankings. The combination of his health issues plus the situation with Mike Oreskes did derail his plans.. Pack then took a number of actions that raised fears about the independence of the agency, which includes Voice of America. We collected a lot of data and we have a lot of good follow-up opportunities, and Ill continue to offer myself up as a direct resource in that pilot project. I established DEI as our top priority on Jan. 5 of 2020. He is a member of the Quinnipiac University School of Communications Advisory Board and the National Board of Advisors of George Washington University's School of Media & Public Affairs. Age: 62, Born on July 31, 1957, in Minneapolis Live from New York and London, analyzing the major market moving stories across the day in Europe, hear from the biggest newsmakers and showcase the unrivaled expertise of Bloomberg News. And the New York Times has won praise and new fans through its weekday podcast The Daily, with in-depth interviews of reporters and newsmakers. We established management commitments to the women of color so that we address specifically their concerns. We discovered in our most recent climate survey that that was an area that we needed to put more effort into. 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. 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. She also has led initiatives to reform hiring practices and to sweep far more temporary positions into permanent slots, often working closely with the network's chief unions to do so. In an interview, Lansing said he wants to build on NPR's successes in broadcast news and entertainment to become even more dominant in podcasting and more prevalent in streaming. 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. Now Lansing says he wants to draw on the intellectual and creative impulses of his new staffers as he leads a domestic journalistic powerhouse with an international reputation and reach. Were certainly not over, were not at a finish line. Lansing served for ten years as a visiting faculty member at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. And its tied to the same variables you would know yourselves, which is, how fast can the vaccines be deployed? 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 . You want to know what is really going on these days, especially in Colorado. Lansing: I guess I would comment just as a citizen watching from outside. And theyre all expected to articulate a DEI goal thats measurable, actionable, and that they can be held accountable for and will be. He guided the organization in becoming a leading developer of unique content across television, digital, mobile and radio platforms. My top goal is to support the women of color at NPR so that they feel like they have more upward mobility.. John Lansing, a veteran government broadcast and cable television executive, has been selected by NPRs corporate board to succeed its current chief, Jarl Mohn. As I said, its hiring, its emphasis on diversity in leadership, diversity in sources, diversity in voices, diversity in the stories we tell, training around our organization. And our work began then. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images NPR's chief executive announced the. Lansing: Were still working on it right now. So I brought in Michael Smith as our new chief marketing officer almost a year ago. We did a climate survey of our employees, and we learned about a particular weak spot for us with women of color at NPR who didn't feel it was a place to grow their career, a place to be their whole selves, a place where they are seen and respected. 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 . So sad to lose an American institution to propaganda. Lansing said he took pride in maintaining conventional broadcasts while appealing to new audiences, reaching about 25% more people each week. Current: Do you have any examples of how digital operations would be integrated into divisions throughout the organization? Current: Did anything else stand out to you in that survey that you believe needed attention and needs attention? Family Status: Married with 4 Children (Jean Rausch Lansing) Doing that just requires that were putting more emphasis on the diversity of our decision makers, our leadership, our story selection, our source selection. That's something that perceptive journalists should be able to pick up pretty quickly. While member stations on average receive about 10% of their funding from the federal government, fees from the stations make up a significant part of the NPR budget. Selected by the NPR board of directors, Lansing will start in October, succeeding outgoing head Jarl Mohn, NPR takes only a few million dollars a year from federal sources for its programs. We are not just putting out regulations or policies and paperwork. 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. He has previously announced he would be staying on as president emeritus to help the network raise major gifts, and along with his wife, Pamela Mohn, he personally committed $10 million to the network. 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. And as the year unfolded, we began to develop our three-year strategic plan. I was very pleased to see Code Switch named as Apples top podcast of the year. 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 . But mostly its targeted at marketing investments on social media platforms that are specifically reaching out to younger and more diverse audiences to see if we can drive sampling. 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%. The work of those pillars will be done through the lens of improving our efforts on DEI. It was about a $3 million cost to NPR for the fiscal year. NPR's search for a new CEO is finally over! He served on the Bellarmine University Board of Trustees from 2010-2016 and was vice-chair 2014-2016. "He is a listener and a collaborative leader with a passion for our public service journalistic mission who will help us continue to expand the audience for our storytelling. I would enjoy being on a podcast talking about politics. You have shows like All Things Considered and Morning Edition, which will continue to be broadcasting tent poles, Mr. Lansing said. How does the economy react to all of that? What do you think are some characteristics of good leadership? He joined NPR after serving as CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media. Weve had a couple of significant anonymous gifts that have helped shore up our forecast for the coming fiscal year. administration regarding the now former managers of his former place of employment (USAGM) but claims the mantle of private citizen to do so. Lansing describes himself as a citizen watching from the outside A private citizen? 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. Unlike some predecessors, Lansing doesnt face a particularly fraught political landscape. From John Lansing: Now Is A Time For Truth Telling, For Listening, And For Action. With a nationwide network of award-winning journalists and 17 international bureaus, NPR and its Member stations are never far from where a story is unfolding. 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 "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. 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. Unlike some predecessors, Lansing doesn't face a particularly fraught political landscape. As we got to April of last spring, we saw a massive deficit develop for NPR on the order of about $25 million. Lansing has won plaudits from journalists for his rousing defense of a free press even while serving in the Trump administration, which has been notably hostile to traditional notions of the role of journalism in civic life. Ever since you started, you've been very vocal about it. Since then, sponsorship revenue has returned, Mr. Lansing said, and NPR was able to navigate the pandemic without cutting staff. 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. In an interview on Friday, Mr. Lansing, 62, praised NPR as a home of high-quality journalism and audio production, and said that in addition to supporting traditional radio broadcasting he wanted to help NPR further its expansion into areas like podcasts, where the radio network has already been a leader. Obviously, this job that you have as a CEO of NPR is a really huge responsibility. It puts a filter on that helps us explain even unpopular decisions, how they link to our mission. I think we're moving forward. Learn more at npr.org/about or by following NPR Extra on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Podcasting in particular allows NPR to reach audiences that are not necessarily tied to a radio., Paul Haaga, the chairman of NPRs board, said in a statement that Mr. Lansing was a listener and a collaborative leader with a passion for our public service journalistic mission who will help us continue to expand the audience for our storytelling.. Were working with them to create regional newsrooms in Texas and California and the Midwest and in the Gulf. I had no idea what was out there. Lansing's tenure at the agency has not been without controversy. Lansing said he took pride in maintaining conventional broadcasts while appealing to new audiences, reaching about 25% more people each week. Weve seen a gradual comeback. Lansing, who is 62, is currently the chief executive of the government agency that oversees Voice of America, Radio and Television Mart and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, among others. 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. Current: Is there a timeline for that process? Under standard procedures for reporting on NPR matters, NPRs corporate and news executives were not allowed to review what they reported until it was posted. He held off a push by House Republicans to spin off Voice of America into a nongovernmental broadcaster. And The New York Times has won praise and new fans through its weekday podcast The Daily, with in-depth interviews of reporters and newsmakers. 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. People, given the opportunity, will do the right thing in a way that hopefully makes them want to be here for a long time. The network's fight for listeners' time has become more feverish. I'm kind of a politics junkie. Did you know that one day you would become a CEO? And weve seen some significant success with that. Lansing was most recently the CEO of USAGM, a $800 million dollar independent federal agency that operates on multiple platforms reaching an average weekly audience of 345 million in 61 languages. 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. A review by the House Foreign Affairs Committee faulted the agency for insufficient oversight but noted that an internal task force was already having an impact. In an interview, Mr. Lansing called the ads a rogue incident and said it had been corrected. Lansing, who is 62, is. U.S. Agency for Global Media We saw a lot of companies react to the [murder of] George Floyd and we did too. All of those underlying effects generally lead to whatever effects were going to have in corporate sponsorship. A member of the Republican Party, Gibbs was a software engineer and missionary before entering politics. I just think that somebody's truth is the truth. I'd say if there's anything that I focused on, and still am focused on during the pandemic, it is to make sure that whatever the situation is, we are supporting staff to do their best work, supporting them when they're having other challenges and making sure that we're attentive and tuned in to employees that need help, that need a break, that need to be heard, whatever that may be. A graduate of Bellarmine University, he was named to the Bellarmine University Gallery of Distinguished Graduates in 2010. Job cuts throughout. Mohn fired head of news Michael Oreskes on Halloween 2017. That's the way I think about leadership here. Current: What are some of the highlights of that strategic plan? As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. 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. Disclosure: This story was reported by NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik under guidance from NPR chief business editor Pallavi Gogoi. We couldnt be more proud of the quality and the depth of the journalism thats coming from the member stations, and it really has strengthened the entire system enormously. 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