NPR on Tuesday promoted Madhulika Sikka, the executive producer of “Morning Edition†for the last six years, to a position overseeing all news coverage for the organization.
Ms. Sikka will be executive editor of the newsroom, a position held until last year by Dick Meyer, who is now the head of BBC News America. The appointment was announced by Margaret Low Smith, the senior vice president of NPR News, who was named to that post earlier this year.
With the promotion on Tuesday, “NPR has now filled each of the top leadership posts that opened in the past two years,†the news organization noted in a blog post.
Ms. Sikka, who joined NPR in 2006 from the ABC News program “Nightline,†r evitalized “Morning Edition,†the widest-reaching news program on public radio. She'll start the transition to her new job this fall and formally take over in January.
Tracy Wahl, a supervising producer, will be the morning show's acting executive producer while NPR conducts a search for Ms. Sikka's permanent replacement.
Ms. Smith also named a business editor for NPR News on Tuesday, Neal Carruth. He currently runs the news organization's election coverage and will take over the business desk in December.
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