National Desk staffing update
Cheryl Corley will be Midwest Bureau Chief, Jason DeRose will be covering religion, Eric Westervelt will be acting Western Bureau Chief until mid-June, when Ravenna Koenig will slide into the seat
In a note to newsroom staff, Chief National Editor Ammad Omar announced the following update:
Dear All,
We are thrilled to announce that Cheryl Corley has been hired as permanent Midwest Bureau Chief, effective immediately, after an internal search.
The Midwest Bureau Chief is an essential position, linking the NPR newsroom to hundreds of member station newsrooms across nine states in the region. In her time serving in an acting capacity, Cheryl has elevated the voices of countless member station
