NPR Names Chapin As SVP For News
• NPR makes it official and names Edith Chapin its Senior Vice President for News, overseeing the newsroom. Chapin has been serving in that position on an acting basis since fall 2022.
“NPR has extraordinary journalists who tell stories and getting to participate in the leadership of that journalism is a tremendous privilege,” Chapin said in a brief interview Monday morning. “We all aim every day to serve our audience with information and moments of joy that are useful and relevant.”
Chapin has helped lead NPR for more than a decade, joining the organization in 2012 as Foreign Editor and then rising to become Executive Editor, the effective top deputy for the news division. Previously, she had been a journalist for CNN for a quarter century, working her way up from intern to vice president.
“During a turbulent time, [Chapin] has been a steady hand and wise counsel to me,” NPR chief executive John Lansing said in an interview. “Her editorial leadership has helped NPR produce some of the most excellent journalism that we’ve ever had.” Lansing also cited Chapin’s qualities as “her experience in terms of leading our international coverage, her experience in leading NPR’s collaborative journalism with our member stations, her day-to-day leadership as executive editor, and her outstanding work as stepping in as head of news after Nancy [Barnes] left.”
Barnes — now Editor-In-Chief of the Boston Globe — left her position as NPR Senior Vice President for News after Lansing announced he would hire a Chief Content Officer above her. [Photo credit: Stephen Voss]
