Jim Schachter
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Letter from Our CEO: Take Action Now for Press Freedom
The President of the United States has a tortured relationship with the news media. He consumes news voraciously. On Monday, he said that he “cherish[es]” the free press. He frequently cites news organizations’ reporting. After a shooter disrupted a White House Correspondents Assn. where he was to be the featured speaker, the President was comforting, and he insisted that the dinner be rescheduled.
These New Editorial Leaders Focus on NHPR’s Public Service
Strong journalism requires strong editorial leaders. So I’m happy to share the news that NHPR has promoted three experienced, creative, and compassionate journalists into new roles guiding our award-winning news, programming, and podcast operations. Rebecca Lavoie, a 16-year NHPR veteran and nationally recognized podcast producer and host, is our new chief content officer.
What you can expect from NHPR in the age of AI: A letter from our President and CEO
The growing use of artificial intelligence across American business and culture comes at a particularly challenging moment for the media industry. Overall, trust in news organizations (especially at the national level) is scraping new lows, while financial pressures are driving the demand for operating efficiencies to new highs. AI – and particularly generative AI (GAI), a type of machine learning that creates original content like text, images, code, or audio - poses perils on both scores.
NHPR’s 2025 Community Representation Report
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.
A letter from our CEO: It’s Protect My Public Media Day. Your support for NHPR remains critical.
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.
Letter from our CEO: A federal judge rejected the White House ban on public media funding. That does not restore funding for NHPR.
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.
Across the Table Conversations: Mary Gaitskill & August Lamm
NHPR, in collaboration with The Music Hall and MacDowell, presents Across the Table Conversations - a multidisciplinary talks series spotlighting emerging and established MacDowell Fellows in public conversation. Moderated by NHPR President and CEO Jim Schachter, this first event featured celebrated author Mary Gaitskill in conversation with writer and visual artist August Lamm.
Defunded but undaunted: A letter from NHPR's President and CEO, Jim Schachter
This week marks the beginning of a new era for NHPR - and for public media. On Wednesday, federal funding of public radio and TV stations ended, the result of action by Congress and the White House to abandon a 60-year commitment ensuring that independent, nonpartisan, community-based news in the public interest would be available, for free, to every American everywhere. Starting this week, that commitment comes home.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is Shutting Down. What Does that Mean for NHPR?
I’ve received a number of inquiries about the announcement by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting that it will be shutting down this fall. The primary question: What does this mean for NHPR? CPB has been an essential engine of public media for nearly 60 years. It has distributed federal funds to stations like NHPR and independent producers to support journalism and programming, from Morning Edition and All Things Considered to Sesame Street and Frontline.
NHPR will hold fast to our commitment to public service: A letter from President and CEO, Jim Schachter
The news from Washington is dismaying. With late-night votes in the Senate and House, Congress joined the White House in stripping public media of federal support - a loss of $1.1 billion in the next two years alone. We raised our voices - and we changed minds!* - but we were unable to prevail. However unprecedented and unwarranted, this attack on independent, nonpartisan journalism is now a fact. While there’s a lot we don’t know about what will happen next, I’m certain of one thing.
The Time for Action Is Now
This is our moment. Sometime in the next 11 days, the U.S. Senate will decide whether to go along with the Administration’s plan to strip public media of federal funding or stand in support of free, unbiased news and information. In its assault on press freedom, the White House is determined to dismantle NHPR, NPR, and the programs you rely on for local, national, and global reporting.
NHPR speaks up for press freedom: A letter from NHPR’s President and CEO, Jim Schachter
New Hampshire Public Radio is continuing to speak up for press freedom and public radio journalism. On Friday, NHPR joined a friend of the court brief filed in Washington, D.C., making the case for blocking President Trump’s executive order that would defund public media. The legal declaration supports NPR and three Colorado stations that have sued Trump over his efforts to claw back federal funding for public radio and television.
Defend Public Media: A letter from NHPR's President and CEO Jim Schachter
The gloves are off. On Tuesday, President Trump sent Congress his plan to defund public media. The White House, calling public media a “grift” that “has ripped us off for too long,” has declared that public radio and TV stations “spread radical, woke propaganda disguised as ‘news.’ ” As a listener to NHPR, a reader of NHPR.org, or a fan of our podcasts or newsletters, you know that’s not true. You rely on New Hampshire Public Radio for in-depth, independent local news and information.
Sponsored content launches at NHPR
Starting this week, you’ll see something new on NHPR.org. We’ve launched a new revenue initiative, adding what people in the media business call “sponsored content” to the underwriting options we make available to corporate sponsors. Sponsored content (or “paid posts,” as we’re labeling this material) has existed in many guises for decades. Newspaper and magazine readers are familiar with special sections written and paid for by advertisers (sometimes called advertorial).
The Independence of Public Media Cannot Be Compromised
I want to offer some perspective on the news we woke up to this morning about an executive order aimed at stripping federal funding from NPR and PBS. The executive order directs the Corporation of Public Broadcasting (CPB) to block stations like NHPR from paying dues to NPR that sustain the national-local partnership that makes programs like Morning Edition and All Things Considered possible.
Guest Editorial: NH’s Public Media is Here for You—Be Here for Public Media: Business NH Magazine
Published Monday Apr 28, 2025 Author Jim Schachter, President & CEO of NH Public Radio, and Peter Frid, President & CEO of NH PBS Healthy communities stand on a foundation of trust. Trust springs from knowing your neighbors and their concerns, knowing that officials and institutions are honest and reliable, and knowing there are forums where your voice can be heard. Trustworthy information is vital in emergencies. Trustworthy journalism is essential when change comes so fast it’s hard to keep up.
Opinion: New Hampshire’s public media is here for you – be here for public media - NH Business Review
Healthy communities stand on a foundation of trust. Trust springs from knowing your neighbors and their concerns, knowing that officials and institutions are honest and reliable, and knowing there are forums where your voice can be heard. Trustworthy information is vital in emergencies. Trustworthy journalism is essential when change comes so fast it’s hard to keep up.
New Hampshire’s public media is here for you - be here for public media
Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Republish this article This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. 1 We depend on your support. A generous gift in any amount helps us continue to bring you this service. Foresters, Farmers Talk Trade and Tariff Impacts With U.S. Rep. Goodlander in Groveton U.S. Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-NH, meets constituents in Groveton on Friday.
Standing up for Public Media
I want to update you on legislative action in Washington about funding for public media. Last week, the House Appropriations Committee sent a bill to the full House that would eliminate future funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The legislation would also zero out funds for the distribution systems that connect public media outlets and provide the backbone for local, state and national emergency alert systems. The House is expected to take up the measure at the end of the month.
NHPR’s 2023 Report to the Community on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
NHPR’s mission commits us to telling the stories of our changing state. That requires our organization and our journalism to reflect – and embrace – the increasingly diverse perspectives of people across New Hampshire and beyond. It requires us to model inclusion in our sources, in the voices we lift, in our reporting and in the conversations we conduct; in the makeup of our staff, Board of Trustees and Community Advisory Board, and in the ways we spend money and conduct our business.
An Update on Diversity in NHPR's Sourcing: 7/1 - 9/30/2023
In keeping with our commitment to becoming a more diverse and inclusive news organization, NHPR is making regular reports to the public on diversity in our journalism. Our content teams – the NHPR newsroom and the people who make our podcasts – have been tracking the race/ethnicity and gender of the sources cited or guests included in their work.
An Update on Diversity in NHPR's Staffing: July 1, 2023
Part of our commitment to increasing diversity at New Hampshire Public Radio is being transparent about our own numbers — not just the voices in our journalism, but the people who create and support it. It is important that the people of NHPR reflect the communities we serve; our journalism is only made better with a greater diversity of experiences and perspectives in the process.
@NHPR on Twitter - an Update
NHPR today is resuming its use of Twitter to share news and program updates and to connect with people for whom the platform is a valuable source of trustworthy information. We paused our use of Twitter in April, when it labeled our partner NPR as “state-affiliated” (and later “government-funded”) media, falsely insinuating U.S. government influence on NPR’s independent journalism. Several months have passed since those derogatory labels were removed.
Why NHPR won’t be tweeting for now
NHPR is suspending activity on Twitter as of April 13, joining NPR and many public radio stations across the country in standing up for the editorial independence and integrity of our journalism. Last week, Twitter falsely labeled NPR’s official account “state-affiliated media,” a category encompassing foreign government propaganda sites from which Twitter’s own guidelines properly excluded NPR.
Why NHPR won’t be Tweeting for now
NHPR is suspending activity on Twitter today, joining NPR and many public radio stations across the country in standing up for the editorial independence and integrity of our journalism. Last week, Twitter falsely labeled NPR’s official account “state-affiliated media,” a category encompassing foreign government propaganda sites from which Twitter’s own guidelines properly excluded NPR.
How NHPR and NPR Aim to Build Trust in Journalism
NHPR takes pride in the rigor of our journalism. We’re committed to news reporting that’s “fair, unbiased, accurate, complete and honest,” the principles described in our Code of Ethics. We aim to be transparent about our reporting practices, as with this article explaining how we’ve covered the midterm elections in New Hampshire. And we invite your questions and comments - including letting us know if you think we didn’t get a story right - by publishing details on how to contact us.
Texas Tribune name organizations newest chief executive officer
A veteran of Google, Georgetown University, Goldman Sachs and the United Way, she has built a career driving social impact and civic engagement Jim Schachter, The Texas Tribune Oct. 26, 2022Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 12:29 p.m. Sonal brings to the Tribune an extraordinary record in fundraising and strategic leadership Courtesy of the Texas Tribune I’m writing with exciting news from the board of directors of The Texas Tribune.
An Update on Diversity in NHPR's Sourcing: 4/1 - 6/30/22
In keeping with our commitment to becoming a more diverse and inclusive news organization, NHPR is making regular reports to the public on diversity in our journalism. Our content teams – the NHPR newsroom and the people who make our podcasts – have been tracking the race/ethnicity and gender of the sources cited or guests included in their work.
An Update on Diversity in NHPR's Sourcing: 1/1 - 3/31/22
In keeping with our commitment to becoming a more diverse and inclusive news organization, NHPR is making regular reports to the public on diversity in our journalism. Our content teams – the NHPR newsroom and the people who make our podcasts – have been tracking the race/ethnicity and gender of the sources cited or guests included in their work.
An Update on Diversity in NHPR's Staffing: January 1, 2022
New Hampshire Public Radio | By Jim Schachter, Published March 22, 2022 at 3:18 PM EDT Part of our commitment to increasing diversity at New Hampshire Public Radio is being transparent about our own numbers — not just the voices in our journalism, but the people who create and support it. It is important that the people of NHPR reflect the communities we serve; our journalism is only made better with a greater diversity of experiences and perspectives in the process.
An Update on Diversity in NHPR's Sourcing: 10/1 - 12/31/21
New Hampshire Public Radio | By Jim Schachter, Published March 15, 2022 at 3:08 PM EDT In keeping with our commitment to becoming amore diverse and inclusive news organization, NHPR is making regular reports to the public on diversity in our journalism. Our content teams – the NHPR newsroom and the people who make our podcasts – have been tracking the race/ethnicity and gender of the sources cited or guests included in their work.
Peering through the fog of war
New Hampshire Public Radio | By Jim Schachter Published March 7, 2022 at 11:12 AM EST So many of us are riveted to the news from Ukraine, disbelieving that a war of conquest could be launched in Europe in 2022 and dismayed to see the tools of propaganda and disinformation deployed with such cynicism. This is a moment when being a member station of NPR stands front and center in New Hampshire Public Radio’s identity.
A Snowday at NHPR
New Hampshire Public Radio | By Jim Schachter Published February 24, 2022 at 9:28 AM EST With another snowstorm in the forecast after a couple of days that hinted of spring, I wanted to share a behind-the-scenes story from the big snow storm that buried New Hampshire a couple of weeks ago. It’s a story that defines intrepid. It also speaks well of the state of neighborliness in our Granite State. On Monday evening Feb.
Our Commitments To You: An Update On Diversity In NHPR's Journalism
New Hampshire Public Radio | By Jim Schachter Published July 23, 2021 at 1:00 PM EDT A note on ongoing diversity, equity and inclusion efforts from NHPR President & CEO Jim Schachter In keeping with our commitment to becoming a more diverse and inclusive news organization, NHPR is making regular reports to the public on diversity in our journalism.
Our Commitments to You
A note on ongoing diversity, equity and inclusion efforts from NHPR President & CEO Jim Schachter Eight months ago, as the killing of George Floyd prompted an unprecedented reckoning with systemic racism by institutions across America, NHPR did not spare itself. Our staff, management and board all have begun serious efforts to change our conduct, our policies and our practices, in line with a set of public commitments we made to you, our stakeholders, last summer.
Our Commitments To You
At New Hampshire Public Radio, we speak with pride about our commitment to independent, factual journalism, and to building community and connections across the Granite State. But it is important that we also speak with humility about the challenges we face in fulfilling those commitments. Foremost today among those challenges is NHPR’s pressing need to become a more diverse and inclusive news organization and a more equitable workplace. New Hampshire is changing.
One Man's Admirable Quest To Find Owner Of $50 Lost In Summit
This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own. Neighbor News Shared from Summit, NJ A man found $50 in Summit and embarked on an admirable quest to locate the owner. He also learned some life lessons along the way. By Jim Schachter, Patch Contributor Aug 7, 2019 8:56 am ET | Updated Aug 7, 2019 4:21 pm ET Did you lose this? On summer Sunday mornings, I typically start my day by walking to the gym for my workout.
I just sent this note to my colleagues at WNYC:
I just sent this note to my colleagues at WNYC: First, let me say to all of you: I’m humbled by your hard work and its results. In the last 24 hours?—?but also for the weeks and months of this election season?—?the journalists of WNYC have stood and delivered. We’ve stood for our values of humility and honesty and courage and fairness. And we’ve delivered stories and ideas and conversations and sometimes simply questions that have stirred our audiences to think and act and care.
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Returned to Sender
My father didn’t leave us much, thinking it somehow better that his girlfriend, whom he lived with for a dozen years, come to own our parents’ things. There’s no point relitigating that now, despite my fitful daydreams of smashing each of the china cup-and-saucer sets I’d purchased as Mother’s Day gifts into chalky shards of memory. I agreed with this arrangement when Dad said it was what he wanted, and it wasn’t as if my house needed more clutter, but after he died the stuff meant more to me.
What Jill Abramson May be Thinking Today
Are you sure you want to delete your account?You'll lose everything, forever! Of course not!
Breaking audio out of radio’s boundaries
What do I think 2014 will bring for the future of news? You can detect the near-term future in what we can see with our own eyes right now. When I was an editor at The New York Times, I gradually watched the newspapers on my morning train commute give way to smartphones and tablets. The opportunities that created were vast (viz The Times’s digital subscriptions and incredible interactives), but so was the new competition (viz Fruit Ninja and Candy Crush, as well as The Guardian and Mail Online).
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