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NPR plans newsroom reorganization with no job losses, content chief says
NPR is planning to reorganize teams across its News, Music and Lifestyle divisions.
Content chief Nadine Zylstra told staff that the changes will not result in job losses.
She said employees may need to work differently or take on new roles.
The plan follows NPR’s May layoffs of 10 staff members and buyout offers to at least 18 others.
Zylstra said the organization will share more about its future structure next week.
The reorganization could change how teams work, but NPR has said it will not cut jobs as part of this plan.
NPR plans to reorganize teams across News, Music and Lifestyle, according to chief content officer Nadine Zylstra.
Zylstra said the reorganization would not result in job losses.
The plan may involve staff working differently or changing jobs, she wrote in a staff memo.
NPR planned to discuss the future structure the following week.
The planned changes come months after NPR laid off 10 staffers and offered buyouts to at least 18 others.
- Who
- NPR staff and chief content officer Nadine Zylstra.
- What
- NPR plans a newsroom reorganization across News, Music and Lifestyle, with no job losses.
- When
- Zylstra shared the plan in a memo on Friday; further discussion was planned for the following week.
- Where
- NPR.
- Why
- Not stated.
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there will be no job losses associated with our future content reorganization
Our go forward plan will ask folks to be agile, work differently and maybe even change the job they have to do something new, but if this is an adventure you are excited to embark on, there is room for everyone.
NPR laid off 10 staffers and offered buyouts to at least another 18.
Zylstra sent a staff memo previewing a reorganization and saying it would involve no job losses.
NPR planned to discuss the reorganization and its future structure.
- Content chief
- Nadine Zylstra
- Departments
- News, Music and Lifestyle
- Job losses from reorganization
- None, according to Zylstra
- May layoffs
- 10 staffers
- May buyouts
- At least 18 staffers
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