New Roles For NPR’s Chapin & Samuel

• NPR has announced new executive roles for Edith Chapin and Terence Samuel — Chapin has been named Vice President & Executive Editor at Large, and Samuel will move permanently into the position of Vice President & Executive Editor.

In her new role, Chapin, who has led the network’s news-gathering teams for the past seven years, will remain rooted in the newsroom, but will now spend a large portion of her time working with Chief Development Officer Leora Hanser, as she has these past several months.

Samuel joined NPR from the Washington Post as a Deputy Managing Editor for News in 2017. In his new position as VP & Executive Editor, Samuel will lead NPR’s news-gathering teams, as he has on an interim basis for the past three months.

The announcement of Chapin and Samuels’ promotions was made by Nancy Barnes, NPR Senior Vice President for News and Editorial Director, who said, “I want to thank Edith and Terry for their exemplary editorial leadership, especially through the pandemic and the most tumultuous news cycle some of us have seen in our lifetimes.”

Chapin commented, “I am eager to take on this role bridging the gap between the editorial world and fundraising, helping to share the story of NPR with potential donors and encouraging them to support our mission. Samuel said, “This is one of the best, most innovative newsrooms that exists anywhere and I am incredibly proud to have been part of it for the last five years. I am honored beyond words to help lead it into the next phase. NPR News is uniquely positioned to tell the story of a country in the middle of a raucous argument about what it’s going to be next.” [Photos by Stephen Voss / NPR]