NPR welcomes the election of Sarah Morris to the NPR Board of Directors.
Morris, general manager of KCUR, Kansas City, Missouri, was elected by the board to fill an unexpired term vacancy effective Jan. 2, 2025.
"It's a privilege to serve on the board of one of the nation's most respected media organizations," said Morris. "NPR's mission to keep the public informed with essential news and information has never been more critical — and with the media landscape rapidly changing, we are uniquely positioned to fulfill our network's true potential. I'm eager to work with my colleagues to shape what's next."
NPR's 23-member board of directors is comprised of 12 Member Directors who are managers of NPR Member organizations and are elected to the board by their fellow Members, nine Public Directors who are prominent members of the public selected by the board and confirmed by NPR Members, the NPR Foundation chair, and the NPR president and CEO.
Biography: Sarah Morris
Sarah Morris was named general manager of KCUR 89.3, Kansas City's NPR affiliate, and 91.9 Classical KC in 2021. Both are a service of the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC).
KCUR is home to three major collaborative journalism services: the nine-state Harvest Public Media, the statewide Kansas News Service, and the NPR regional Midwest Newsroom, which provides investigative and in-depth reporting for Kansas, Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska.
During her early tenure, Morris helped create the Midwest Newsroom, as well as a local news collaborative, the KC Media Collective, which includes six nonprofit media organizations. She secured a $1 million, three-year grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to support this effort.
She also launched KCUR Studios, which currently produces podcasts of local and national interest, reaching an average of 100,000 people each month.
Prior to her current position, Morris spent nearly two decades in various leadership positions in the private and nonprofit sectors. Most recently, she was assistant vice chancellor of strategic marketing and communications at UMKC, which included oversight of KCUR, from 2004-2020.
She currently serves as a board member for the Station Resource Group. She is a 2024 Public Media Diversity Fellow of the Riley Institute at Furman, received an MBA from Baker University and a Bachelor of Science-Journalism degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
About NPR:
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About the NPR board of directors:
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