Katherine Maher Appointed CEO of NPR

Katherine Maher, former chief executive of the Wikimedia Foundation, has been named the next chief executive of NPR, bringing her extensive nonprofit experience to lead the organization during a critical period of declining traditional radio listenership and financial challenges. Maher's background in supporting reliable and accessible information aligns with NPR's need to reach audiences on new and existing platforms, as the network aims to reinvent and reimagine itself in step with an ever-changing world.