NH Radio: Jim Schachter Named CEO At NHPR

New Hampshire Public Radio has announced that its board of trustees chose veteran news executive Jim Schachter as the new president and chief executive officer of NHPR, effective Oct. 15.

As the organization’s next leader, Schachter will craft and execute a vision and strategy for NHPR that maintains its journalistic excellence and sustains its mission of ‘expanding minds, sparking connections, and building stronger communities.’

Jim Schachter

“On behalf of the NHPR board of trustees, I’m delighted to announce Jim’s appointment as our next president and chief executive officer” said Peter Burger, chair of the NHPR board. “His experience and perspective reporting from some of our nation’s great newsrooms and managing high-performing teams will be an asset as we work to build upon NHPR’s tradition of excellence, deep community engagement and value to listeners.”

Schachter comes to New Hampshire from the nation’s largest public radio station – WNYC in New York City. There, he served for seven years as vice president for news, managing a staff that grew to 120 people producing national and local radio programs. During his tenure, WNYC’s reporting prompted federal, state and local investigations and earned some of the most prestigious honors in journalism – including Peabody, DuPont, Polk, national Edward R. Murrow, Third Coast and Sigma Delta Chi Public Service awards. Other achievements included driving diversity efforts in both staff and on-air positions and launching national call-in programs.

Before his experience in public media at WNYC, Jim spent 17 years at The New York Times, working as a senior editor in the business and culture departments and at The New York Times Magazine before rising to the masthead position of associate managing editor. Earlier in his career, Jim reported and edited for 10 years – primarily on the business beat – at the Los Angeles Times. He also covered labor issues for The Kansas City Star. Jim got his start in journalism at the Jacksonville Journal after graduating from Columbia University in New York.