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    Newsroom Leadership Promotions for Vickie Walton-James and Ammad Omar

    Vickie Walton James will become Acting Managing Editor for News and Ammad Omar will become Chief National Editor on July 25.
    by Nancy Barnes Jul 06, 2022 3 minutes
    Vickie Walton James/Ammad Omar

    In a note to newsroom staff, Nancy Barnes and Terence Samuel made the following announcement:

    Colleagues: 

    As we continue to realign our newsroom and resources to better serve our audiences, we are pleased to announce that Vickie Walton-James will become Acting Managing Editor for News and Ammad Omar will become Chief National Editor. Vickie and Ammad will assume their new roles on July 25th. 

    Vickie is one of the most talented and experienced journalists in our newsroom. NPR's Chief National Editor since 2014,

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