Slocum, who has been general counsel and senior vice president of legal affairs at NPR since July 2008
Posted on 03/09/2011 12:40:11 PM PST by jimbo123
If NPR is trying demonstrate in the wake of the video scandal that it embraces a diversity of viewpoints and is not the left-wing outlet it has been portrayed to be, its first move after the resignation of president and CEO Vivian Schiller isn’t a particularly good start.
After Schiller announced her resignation on Wednesday, the NPR Board of Directors promptly named Joyce Slocum as NPR’s interim CEO. According to a statement from NPR, Slocum’s appointment was part of a CEO succession plan adopted by the Board in 2009. Slocum, however, appears to be just another Democrat.
According to data from the Center for Responsive Politics website OpenSecrets.org, Slocum has donated $3,480 dating back to 1999 – all to Democratic candidates:
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I hope Cantor knows this.
See? If you didn’t take tax dollars this wouldn’t be any of our business. Wouldn’t you like to be free to be your real selves instead of living a lie NPRians?
The first appointment President Palin should make is Michael Savage to head NPR, if it’s still funded. That should clear out the Temple pretty fast.
NPR going down the toilet.
Oprah’s unwatched cable network hemorrhaging money and pissing off her advertisers.
This is fun to watch.
Big surprise. Not.
I don’t think there are anything but Democrat donors in the upper levels of NPR.
Some info on who she donated money to: Regina Montoya Coggins.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3827/is_200010/ai_n8907304/
There’s a picture of her here, and oddly for a democrat feminist, if I’m not mistaken she appears to be proudly showing off her breasts!!
http://www.npr.org/people/93043025/joyce-slocum
Is she a lesbo?
I must say Joyce looks pretty “normal” for an NPR exec.
Her bio says she once worked for 7-Eleven corporate. At least she has some experience in the private sector.
At least it they didn’t say that this was unexpected.
“NPR going down the toilet. Oprah’s unwatched cable network hemorrhaging money and pissing off her advertisers. This is fun to watch.”
You forgot to add Al Gore’s CurrentTV, who’s top rated show gets just 41,000 viewers!!
And why not? They were damn expensive!
Slocum, who has been general counsel and senior vice president of legal affairs at NPR since July 2008
And I forgot about Keith Olbermann and Helen Thomas.
On a Mission
NPR’s general counsel finds her reward in upholding the First Amendment.
Growing up in Dallas as the only girl in a family with two older brothers, Joyce Slocum spent her childhood dreaming of one day becoming a ballerina. But once the Slocum family sat down at the dinner table, the topics of conversation were always serious. Her mother, a high school government teacher, placed a strong emphasis on education and taught her children not to shy away from talking politics. Discussions commonly centered around such topics as civil rights and First Amendment issues.
The setting provided the perfect foundation for the future general counsel of National Public Radio Inc. (NPR). “That’s where I got my initial interest in law,” says Slocum, whose official title is senior vice president of legal affairs, general counsel, board secretary and chief ethics officer. “And as soon as it became apparent to me that I would never be a ballerina, I had to look for other career options.”
A stint working as a substitute teacher convinced Slocum she didn’t have the patience for teaching. So, after college, she decided to go straight to law school. Upon graduation, Slocum returned to Dallas and worked as a tax lawyer in a firm for three years, but soon became disenchanted with the practice. A friend suggested she try an in-house position before giving up law all together. Slocum took her friend’s advice and in 1984 landed an in-house gig with Southland Corp. (now 7-Eleven Inc.) in Dallas. She later worked for Lyrick Studios, which after several mergers became Hit Entertainment. Slocum eventually became Hit’s GC.
Q: Were you an NPR listener?
A: Yes. When I worked at Hit, I traveled a lot, and I realized if I had to rely on my daily newspaper for news, I would have been way behind the 8-ball. Public radio allows me to converse intelligently on international issues.
Q: What are the major differences between the for-profit and non-profit worlds?
A: NPR allows us to take the longer view on many more things. Many for-profits are driven by quarterly results. That can be good for the short term, but bad for the long term. We take a longer term view, and think about how we work for the member stations.
Q: Tell me a little about the work you do as GC of NPR.
A: There are 10 in the department—six of us are lawyers. The work is incredibly diverse. We have a lot of IP and First Amendment issues. We have a big organization so personnel and benefits come up, as well as contracts work.
Q: Why are you a good fit at NPR?
A: I have the devotion to the mission. Everyone here is passionate about the mission. I believe a true impartial press is an absolute requirement of a democratic society. NPR stations perform a service to our country.
Q: The economy has hit us all—NPR too. How were you involved in the layoffs from program cancellations that occurred in December 2008?
A: It was a big challenge. I had planned and executed layoffs over the course of my career, and I hoped it was something that had gone away. I was part of a team of managers that spent a lot of agonizing hours trying to find ways to trim costs. We did our best to handle it as professionally as possible.
Q: What advice would you give a lawyer who would like to someday become GC of a large public radio station?
A: Love the mission. You don’t get into it for bonuses or stock options. If you love it, that stuff fades in importance. You really need to be a team player. It can’t be about your ego. Just because it’s a non-profit doesn’t mean you don’t have to be a good business person. We can’t do good if we don’t do well.
Q: If money weren’t an issue, what would your dream job be?
A: I joke with friends that I would run an organic goat farm or open a fish taco stand on the beach in St. Barts.
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I hope her dream comes true. I’m sure going to try and help her achieve that dream by demanding the government DEFUND them!
James O’Keefe.........RELEASE THE NEXT VIDEO PLEASE!!!! That is all.
James O’Keefe.........RELEASE THE NEXT VIDEO PLEASE!!!! That is all.
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I didn’t even think of that...I wonder if James has another video of NPR! That would be utterly hilarious.
He’s got anoher firecracker.
Maybe two.
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