NPR Diversity Director Departs

Walt Swanston, who for six years has been NPR's Director of Diversity, has announced her resignation.  Richard Prince's Journal-ism column on the The Maynard Institute website  states that she will be leaving for health reasons. 

The article goes on to point out that:

The news of Swanston's departure comes days after NPR let go the black journalist in charge of its newscasts, Greg Peppers, one of two black men in newsroom management at the network.

Neither NPR nor Peppers has commented on the reasons for Peppers' firing, with NPR saying it does not comment on personnel matters.

And although Schiller said in April, "We need to make sure that we are constantly thinking about a diversity of audience," attention to diversity continues to be a concern at the network.

At this point, there is no information about Swanston's departure or the hiring process or her replacement on the NPR site.
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