NPR Names Marrapodi VP/News Programming
• NPR is pleased to announce that after a comprehensive internal and external search, Eric Marrapodi has been named as Vice President for News Programming.
“Eric is a creative and thoughtful journalist, just the person we want making sure our audience is well served now and in the years ahead,” said Edith Chapin, NPR’s Interim SVP of News & Editorial Director. In his nearly four years at NPR, Marrapodi has worked on the management team at Morning Edition before taking on the lead producing role of live coverage of special events for political coverage as well as overseeing the network’s booking team. He has been an ardent advocate of trying new approaches to special coverage, including video interviews and the use of Twitter spaces as venues to generate a wider audience for our editorial work.
Marrapodi said, “It’s an amazing team at NPR. I’m grateful for the opportunity to do public service journalism at the highest level alongside everyone here. I’m looking forward to the challenge.”
Before joining NPR, Marrapodi was the Sr. Producer in Washington for NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt. He previously worked at CNN as part of their Emmy Award-winning election coverage and was the co-creator of the Belief blog, focused on faith and values. Marrapodi has a Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism from Quinnipiac University and a Master’s in Religious Studies from Georgetown University. [Photo credit: Clare Schneider / NPR]
