Last summer, we definitely had a racial reckoning. A number of executives will report directly to Lansing, including Nancy Barnes, senior vice president for news and editorial director, who joined NPR last November and oversees the networks newsroom. hide caption. (Podcast). Lansing: They were for general. Job cuts throughout. NPR's John Lansing Discusses the Importance of Integrity in Journalism By Nicole Jones - October 30, 2020 0 463 NPR National President and CEO John Lansing joined the Belmont community for a conversation about integrity in journalism, highlighting its importance especially during an election year. John Lansing will begin his term as President and CEO of NPR in October, 2019. Essentially, the success of the company falls in your hands. Lansing clearly had an ongoing interest in the USAGM story and the notion that that at some point along the line he did not provide his take, at minimum, to NPR reporting staff, on the story beggars belief. The ratings for our weekend magazine shows are actually slightly greater than they were a year ago pre-pandemic, so thats a bright spot.. But here, Lansing basically jumps over those disclaimers using the lame attribution of private citizen.. When that happened, it energized us to really double down on understanding where our weak spots were, what we needed to work on. As President, he held strategic and operational oversight of Scripps Networks Digital division and Scripps Networks Interactive, which includes six cable networks: Food Network, HGTV, Travel Channel, DIY, Cooking Channel and Great American Country. Our DEI efforts at the beginning of 2020 were not a project or an extracurricular activity; it really became our work. 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. But second, we're mission-driven, and I think everybody in the organization lives and breathes that mission. Doing that just requires that were putting more emphasis on the diversity of our decision makers, our leadership, our story selection, our source selection. 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. 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? 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.. The first pillar is to expand the power of the national-local partnership into the on-demand future. It is our work our North Star and our work are the same thing. 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. Anyone can read what you share. He will now lead the nation's top audio producer and broadcaster. A member of the Republican Party, Gibbs was a software engineer and missionary before entering politics. He took over a troubled organization beset by infighting and bureaucratic inefficiency. 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. For the year that ended last September, NPR reported $241 million in expenses. All rights reserved. Current: Did anything else stand out to you in that survey that you believe needed attention and needs attention? In recent remarks online, Johnson, who is Black, focused on a more competitive landscape for NPR journalists, including people of color. 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. And how's that being measured and accounted for? The other is the fight for donors. 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. We have many miles to go. I think you have to be transparent and be able to explain what you're doing, even if it's unpopular. Current: You came to NPR after serving as CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media. NPR will cut 10% of its workforce, CEO John Lansing said Wednesday. Jarl would be the first to say that it is the area where he feels that his work was not complete, Sheikholeslami said. Lansing said he took pride in maintaining conventional broadcasts while appealing to new audiences, reaching about 25% more people each week. CEO John Lansing cited the erosion. That survey happened in the fall of 2020. 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. First, we're a nonprofit. Courtesy of Allison Shelley for NPR. He served on the Bellarmine University Board of Trustees from 2010-2016 and was vice-chair 2014-2016. In a large part, the digital teams and the divisions will work together to reach a final model. Lansing also elevated a former U.S. State Department staffer to be chief strategy officer who recently pleaded guilty to having defrauded the U.S. Agency for Global Media 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. I can't speak for other people, CEOs. I have a negative reaction to what is fundamentally unfair in life, whether it be pay equity, promotions and advancement, training and hiring, or making sure leadership represents people of color and our staff. The varied broadcasters also offered jazz and other music to appeal to people under Communist regimes using a soft form of diplomacy. Dear NPR President John Lansing, I want to express my heartfelt appreciation for the powerful letter you wrote to NPR staff and the public about the horrific extrajudicial killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. Government support for the public radio system isn't in any immediate jeopardy. You have stated that DEI is your top priority at NPR. Lansing will begin his term at NPR in October and will succeed Jarl Mohn, who has been Chief Executive Officer and President since 2014. 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. Everybody at NPR knows exactly what you mean when you say, 'What's our North Star?' Lansing: We hope to have that completed within about eight to 10 weeks. Sign up here and we will see you in the morning! Mohn fired head of news Michael Oreskes on Halloween 2017. Last year, President Trump appointed Michael Pack as USAGMs CEO. "I want to hear the ideas that are bubbling underneath right now and what people are excited about, what they're looking forward to developing," Lansing said Thursday. [1] [2] Born and raised in Albany, New York, Lansing was trained as a lawyer, and was long involved in politics and government. Prior to that, Lansing was VP and GM of Scripps ABC affiliates. 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 . Unlike some predecessors, Lansing doesnt face a particularly fraught political landscape. The roots of the VOA involved providing truthful reports to people under Nazi and Axis power rule during World War Two. Lansing: When I came in in 2019, my earliest observation was that our biggest issue was the lack of diversity in our audience, and I felt that we needed to double down our efforts in DEI throughout our organization in order to fulfill the promise to reflect the entire American public in terms of what America looks like. 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. NPR Start Date: Mid October, 2020 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. My top goal is to support the women of color at NPR so that they feel like they have more upward mobility.. 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. Ever since you started, you've been very vocal about it. Scripps Networks September 5, 2019; Washington, D.C. - The NPR Board of Directors announced today that it. This is essentially the DEI work writ large, but also our culture of respect, safety, upward mobility, training and making NPR a world-class organization for which to work. Its new president and chief executive is John Lansing, a former cable . NPR maintains 17 national bureaus and 17 bureaus abroad. Follow Bloomberg reporters as they uncover some of the biggest financial crimes of the modern era. Lansing: Generally, the numbers that we would like to see in terms of the diversity of our audience were still lagging. But my goals also go to all of my direct reports. June 1, 20203:52 PM ET. It began to improve a little bit as we moved into August and September, as corporate sponsorships began to recover a little bit. Today, we feature John Lansing, CEO of NPR. Then I moved on to manage TV stations and cable networks. Family Status: Married with 4 Children (Jean Rausch Lansing) The ratings for our weekend magazine shows are actually slightly greater than they were a year ago pre-pandemic, so thats a bright spot. 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.. And now in our budgeting were shifting some revenue for Michael to use that to promote and support our podcasts as they compete, as you note, with other large commercial businesses. Well, what we're doing right now, I think communication. It might come from my journalistic roots, and I think other journalists would say the same thing, I deal [with] and honor the truth. Its an inclusive process. Current: What are some of the highlights of that strategic plan? 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. Last year, however, the U.S. Agency for Global Media came under fire when it emerged that it had bought Facebook ads targeting American citizens, in violation of laws meant to protect Americans from domestic propaganda. 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. 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. One thing I would say is, research the places you're looking at to either begin your career or advance your career and understand where they are on these issues. 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. 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. Yet Mr. Mohns tenure was also marked by a sexual harassment scandal involving a senior news executive whom he had hired and a labor clash with hundreds of union workers. 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 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. So I would tell my younger self to be confident, calm down, it's all gonna work out. The budget for the new fiscal year is set below last years actual based on our forecasts on continued downward pressure on corporate sponsorship. "We are delighted to welcome John, whose deep experience as a media industry executive and practicing journalist make him ideally suited to lead NPR into its next chapter," said Paul Haaga, Chair of the NPR board. 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. Current: When was the climate survey conducted? 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. 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. Obviously, this job that you have as a CEO of NPR is a really huge responsibility. Current: Why are NPR and its partners looking to sell the Pocket Casts podcast app? Lansing: Were still working on it right now. When you first got to NPR, what did you think? John Lansing, CEO, photographed for NPR, 22 January 2020, in Washington DC. "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. NPR stands stronger than it did at the outset of Mohn's five-year term in 2014. That said, Mohn set higher annual expectations for the network in fundraising and agreed to be co-chairman of its 50th-anniversary capital campaign. 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. Lansing served for ten years as a visiting faculty member at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. I had no idea what was out there. What advice would you give to young journalists of color when navigating these white spaces, but attempting to make a change? NPR has also been the nations leading producer of podcasts, since Podtrac started measuring the audiences. Government support for the public radio system isnt in any immediate jeopardy. "I have been an avid fan of NPR for many years. Why did you undertake this? Oh wait. Lansing: Thats a great question. Will there be another stimulus? It takes a good days drive to cover Colorado, but well help you do it in a few minutes. 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: I guess my head turns first to the journalism of our member stations. 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 . 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. And I had a lot of interest in how my former team was being treated, but more importantly, just as an American citizen, how the work of USAGM through VOA [Voice of America] and RFE/RL [Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty] was threatening to undermine the interests of the United States government by politicizing journalism that was meant by law to be free of political interference. A number of executives will report directly to Lansing, including Nancy Barnes, senior vice president for news and editorial director, who joined NPR last November and oversees the network's newsroom. NPR Start Date: Mid October, 2020 John Lansing, the chief executive officer and director of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, will become NPR's CEO in mid-October. He joined NPR after serving as CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media. 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. Lansing said he took pride in maintaining conventional broadcasts while appealing to new audiences, reaching about 25% more people each week. Their editorial independence is enshrined in federal law, though it sometimes came under attack. From John Lansing: Now Is A Time For Truth Telling, For Listening, And For Action. And I still think we have a long way to go. 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.. 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. All Rights Reserved. Were working with them to create regional newsrooms in Texas and California and the Midwest and in the Gulf. The second pillar is to transform our workplace culture. 2016 John Lansing leading a moderated a discussion with the members of the International Media Coordinating Council (ICC) about a unified strategy for the future. They give brief insights into our people and places, our flora and fauna, and our past and present, from every corner of Colorado. 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. 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. 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. 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. Experts say the behavior could have constituted insider trading. All of those underlying effects generally lead to whatever effects were going to have in corporate sponsorship. I am still morning the loss of an objective NPR. 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. Four years ago, Lansing was named by President Obama to be the first chief executive of the broadcasting outfit that was renamed the U.S. Agency for Global Media. 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. 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. So if you have leaders talking about DEI as a priority, well, then, show me. How does the economy react to all of that? 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. Mr. Lansing rejected that accusation, saying that the agency was independent by law. And be a good listener. 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 says the agency referred Haroon Ullahs 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. And as a CEO, and also as a white man, I want to know, how did you handle it when all eyes were on you? Lansing: I guess I would comment just as a citizen watching from outside. Leading the organization through it all is CEO John Lansing, a longtime media executive who has been on the job since October 2019. Copyright 2023. But it was not from a standing start. hide caption. Current: How much were those anonymous gifts? 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. CEO John Lansing discusses NPRs diversity efforts, budget deficit and growing podcast competition. I think you have to be in front of your teams. "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. Mohn led NPR through five consecutive years of audience growth and budget surplus. For two years, he served as the president and CEO of a cable trade group called the Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing. The various challenges everybody's having from working at home, for example, you realize that everybody's situation is different when you're working. NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C. Mohn fired head of news Michael Oreskes on Halloween 2017. At a young age, my biggest goal at the time was to someday be a news director for a local TV station. And theyre all expected to articulate a DEI goal thats measurable, actionable, and that they can be held accountable for and will be. Colorado Postcards are snapshots of our colorful state in sound. The networks fight for listeners time has become more feverish. Were they targeted to specific spending areas or just for general costs? I had been gone for the better part of a year or so. 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. Put that pizza box in the trash. He was promoted to news photographer after two years, then moved on to managing editor, news director, and leadership of commercial television affiliates around the country. It's not just what happened this week on the Hill, although that's important. 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. ", He continued: "Citizens in countries from Russia to China, from Iran to North Korea, have been victimized for decades. 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. You have shows like All Things Considered and Morning Edition, which will continue to be broadcasting tent poles, Mr. Lansing said. Did you know that one day you would become a CEO? 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. So mentally, how do you manage that? But thats our commitment. Built with the Largo WordPress Theme from the Institute for Nonprofit News. 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. Lansing, who is 62, is. August 20, 2022 August 20th is National Radio Day. NPR's president of operations, Loren Mayor, was the leading internal candidate for the chief executive position. NPR has a new CEO. Its a real business with real market dynamics.. How do you think that the North Star, the strategic initiative, is going? What you really want to do is be connected to people that are consuming content on something theyre holding in their hand, and arent necessarily tied to a TV set on a wall or a radio in a living room, Lansing said. And our work began then. NPR is funded by the CPB/PBS which are funded in part by the U.S. government. I think you have to be willing to take hard questions. To be a part of creating the future of such an important institution is humbling, exciting, and a distinct honor.". 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. 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