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    National Desk Staffing News

    Ammad Omar will become Deputy National Editor/West; Eric Whitney will become NPR's Mountain West/Great Plains Bureau Chief; and more...
    by Vickie Walton-James Aug 21, 2019 3 minutes

    In a note to newsroom staff Senior National Editor Vickie Walton-James announced this staffing update:

    Colleagues:

    I'd like to share some exciting news about new postings on the National Desk.

    will become Deputy National Editor/West, overseeing Western coverage for the National Desk and serving as editorial lead at NPR West. Ammad joined the National Desk as a supervising editor earlier this year, overseeing the poverty and philanthropy beat and coverage of reproductive rights issues. Ammad

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