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Jim Schachter’s Biography

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Jim Schachter is New Hampshire Public Radio’s president and chief executive officer, guiding the vision and strategy for the organization and leading a team of more than 60 staff advancing NHPR’s public service mission.

Jim came to NHPR in October 2019, after decades as a journalist and newsroom executive with some of the nation’s leading media organizations. He most recently spent seven years as vice president for news at WNYC in New York City, the nation’s largest public radio station. He als…

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NHPR’s 2025 Community Representation Report

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By Jim Schachter Verified
| New Hampshire Public Radio Verified
At NHPR, we remain committed to creating a workplace where every staff member feels valued and respected, while ensuring that our journalism and cultural programming reflect the full diversity of New Hampshire communities. We understand that in an era of systemic change, providing trustworthy public-service journalism and a non-discriminatory workplace is the most powerful way we can serve as a trusted anchor for all of New Hampshire.
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A letter from our CEO: It’s Protect My Public Media Day. Your support for NHPR remains critical.

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By Jim Schachter Verified
| New Hampshire Public Radio Verified
June 4 is once again Protect My Public Media Day - but, roughly one year since Washington stripped public media of federal funding, what are we trying to protect? And what’s your role? New Hampshire Public Radio - your public media - remains what it has been for four decades: the Granite State’s source of independent, nonpartisan local journalism and programming that’s free and accessible to everyone.
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Letter from our CEO: A federal judge rejected the White House ban on public media funding. That does not restore funding for NHPR.

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By Jim Schachter Verified
| New Hampshire Public Radio Verified
Last June, I told you that NHPR had joined a coalition of public media organizations to argue that President Trump’s executive order barring federal funds from supporting public radio and TV was an unconstitutional infringement on the First Amendment guarantees of free speech and a free press. Yesterday, a federal judge in Washington agreed. As NPR reported, Judge Randolph D.
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