GBH has named a brand new chief of the newsroom after the Boston public station’s basic supervisor for information resigned and following a spherical of layoffs.
The Boston station has appointed Dan Lothian to the newly created position of Editor in Chief, GBH Information and The World. That position will lead the newsroom shifting ahead.
Lothian is presently the manager producer of The World, public radio’s longest-running every day world information program, produced in Boston by GBH and PRX.
This announcement of a brand new newsroom chief comes after Pam Johnston stepped apart as basic supervisor of GBH Information. Additionally final week, GBH reduce 31 employees from 13 departments — about 4% of the station’s workforce. The station additionally suspended manufacturing of Higher Boston, Speaking Politics, and Primary Black.
Lothian will now start in his new position on June 1.
“Dan has impeccable credentials and is respected by colleagues throughout GBH and by journalists across the globe,” mentioned Susan Goldberg, president and CEO of GBH.
“With his background in both breaking news and long-form features, and with deep experience in radio, television, and across digital platforms, he is ideally suited to lead coverage for today’s audiences,” Goldberg added.
Lothian joined The World as govt producer in 2021. Beneath his management, the present expanded its attain, airing on a document 377 public radio stations throughout the U.S. and in Canada, reaching about 2 million folks weekly.
In 2022, The World obtained a $205,000 grant from the Company for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to develop and maintain its protection of the warfare in Ukraine.
“We have the opportunity to bring our audience stories by connecting the global to the local, while simultaneously delivering the critical information they need to be informed and engaged citizens,” Lothian mentioned.
“In addition, today’s environment requires a focus on innovation,” Lothian added. “To reach a wider audience, we have to find new ways and platforms to share these stories. I’m looking forward to working with all of my colleagues and partners to support the excellent journalism they produce every day.”
Lothian spent greater than a decade as a correspondent for CNN, overlaying the White Home, presidential campaigns, and breaking information. He additionally hung out working in CNN’s Jerusalem bureau.
He started his profession in radio on the age of 16, and went on to work at a number of native TV stations throughout the nation. He then served as a nationwide correspondent at NBC Information for seven years with tales on Nightly Information, the In the present day Present, and MSNBC in addition to working in each the Tel Aviv and Cairo bureaus.
GBH like many media shops has been going through monetary headwinds, resulting in final week’s spherical of layoffs. The station is coping with a $7 million price range hole.
In the course of the fiscal 12 months that ended final June, GBH’s whole working bills had been $288.3 million, whereas the station’s whole working income got here in at $269.6 million — for a deficit of $18.6 million. The entire lower in web belongings was $15.3 million.
