Former NPR CEO John Lansing, who oversaw the organization through the pandemic before stepping down in the spring, died Wednesday, Aug. 14, at age 67.
Lansing joined the network in 2019, and his four-year tenure was marked by numerous challenges that included the COVID pandemic, a nationwide racial reckoning and mass layoffs. His successor, current NPR president and CEO Katherine Maher, credited him with leading the network “through some of its most difficult times.”