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In a note to newsroom staff Senior Vice President of News and Editorial Director Nancy Barnes announced this staffing update:
I am delighted to share the news that Kenya Young, the outstanding executive producer of
Morning Edition, will be promoted to Managing Editor for Collaborative Journalism, effective June 1.
Kenya emerged as the top candidate for this position after an extensive external and internal search. She fills the leadership position vacated by Chris Turpin, and will be responsible for helping me with our outreach to station newsrooms, growing and supporting our collaborative journalism efforts in myriad ways, and partnering with development and Member relationships. She will also occasionally run the day-to-day news operations, filling in for Terence Samuel and/or Gerry Holmes.
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Updated 4:50 p.m. ET
Even before the first Trump supporter breached the U.S. Capitol last week, American journalists were already sifting through words that have not historically been applied to American democracy words like coup and kleptocracy.
NPR is no exception. As events were unfolding on Jan. 6, hosts, reporters and editors were sorting out the right words to use at the right time. That conversation continues, in real time.
President Donald Trump stood outside the White House on that day and lied to a crowd of his supporters, saying, All of us here today do not want to see our election victory stolen by emboldened radical-left Democrats, which is what they re doing, and stolen by the fake news media . We will never give up, we will never concede . Our country has had enough, will not take it anymore and that s what this is about.
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Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol as smoke fills the corridor on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images
Updated 4:50 p.m. ET
Even before the first Trump supporter breached the U.S. Capitol last week, American journalists were already sifting through words that have not historically been applied to American democracy words like coup and kleptocracy.
NPR is no exception. As events were unfolding on Jan. 6, hosts, reporters and editors were sorting out the right words to use at the right time. That conversation continues, in real time.