美国国家公共电台总编辑伊迪丝·查平周二表示，她将于年底前卸任。
尽管查平（Chapin）的声明发布仅在美国国会投票决定至少未来两年内取消公共广播联邦拨款数日之后，但她表示这并非其决策的考量因素。她补充道，早在两周前，美国国家公共电台（NPR）首席执行官凯瑟琳·马赫（Katherine Maher）就已被这则消息打了个措手不及。
兼任代理首席内容官的蔡平（Chapin）向美国国家公共电台（NPR）记者戴维·福肯弗里克（David Folkenflik）表示："我身兼两项高管职务已有两年，现在需要暂作休整。"他强调："我必须确保自己始终以最佳状态为公司效力。"
尽管如此，她计划于9月或10月离职的时间，与国会上周从公共广播公司（CPB）削减的11亿美元拨款生效日期（10月1日）大致重合。CPB负责向美国国家公共电台（NPR）、公共广播公司（PBS）及其成员台输送资金。此次整体削减是特朗普总统要求收回90亿美元已分配资金计划的一部分，其中70亿美元涉及外援项目。
尽管美国国家公共广播电台（NPR）本身不依赖这笔资金，但经费削减将严重影响其众多成员电视台和广播电台的运营，尤其是纽约州北部乡村地区和北加利福尼亚等偏远地带。据《科罗拉多太阳报》周一报道，仅科罗拉多州就有52家电台损失了高达20%-30%的总体资金。
查平在CNN工作了25年后，于2012年加入美国国家公共电台（NPR），执掌国际新闻部。她在CNN从实习生做起，逐步晋升至副总裁职位。在NPR期间，她曾担任多个职务，2022年被任命为临时主编，并于2023年转正。
在一份员工备忘录中，马厄称查平是高管团队中“不可或缺的伙伴”、“稳健的领导者”以及“出色的合作者”。她表示将在稍后公布关于临时领导层及继任计划的详细信息。
联合通讯社报道
National Public Radio Editor-in-Chief Edith Chapin said Tuesday she will step down by the end of the year.
Though her announcement came mere days after Congress voted to rescind public broadcastings federal funding for at least the next two years, Chapin said that wasnt a factor in her decision. She had caught NPR CEO Katherine Maher by surprise with the news two weeks ago, Chapin added.
I have had two big executive jobs for two years, and I want to take a break , Chapin, who also serves as acting chief content officer, told NPRs David Folkenflik. I want to make sure my performance is always top-notch for the company.
Nonetheless, her planned departure in September or October roughly coincides with the Oct. 1 effective date of the $1.1 billion Congress stripped last week from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funnels funds to NPR, PBS and their member stations. The overall cuts were part of a package taking back $9 billion in previously allocated funds, $7 billion of it in foreign aid, at the behest of President Trump .
While NPR itself does not rely on that funding, the cuts will hobble many of its member TV and radio stations, especially in rural areas such as New York States North Country and northern California . In Colorado alone, 52 stations are losing as much as 20-30% of their overall funds, The Colorado Sun reported Monday.
Chapin joined NPR in 2012 to helm the international news desk after 25 years at CNN, where she started as an intern and worked her way up to vice president. At NPR, she held a variety of roles before being named interim editor-in-chief in 2022 and then made permanent in 2023.
In a staff memo, Maher called Chapin an indispensable partner and steady leader as well as a fantastic collaborator on the executive team. She said she would release details about interim leadership and succession at a later date.
With News Wire Services