Boston, Massachusetts – May 28, 2024 – GBH, a Boston public media production company, has named Dan Lothian editor-in-chief of GBH News. worldAn award-winning journalist with extensive experience covering national and international news, Lothian currently serves as Executive Producer for The World., Public radio’s longest-running daily global news program, produced in Boston by GBH and PRX, a leading public radio and podcast distribution company.
“Dan has an impeccable resume and is respected by his colleagues at GBH and journalists around the world,” said Susan Goldberg, GBH president and CEO. “His experience in both breaking news and long-form features, along with his extensive experience across radio, television and digital platforms, makes him ideally suited to lead coverage for today’s audiences.”
As part of today’s announcement, current Editor-in-Chief Tink Lay said: worldwill be promoted to editor in chief of the show. She will continue to report to Lothian. GBH News editor in chief Lee Hill will also report to Lothian.
Lothian joins in world In 2021, he was named executive producer. Under his leadership, the show has grown in audience and is now broadcast on a record 377 public radio stations across the U.S. and Canada, reaching approximately 2 million people weekly. In 2022, world We received a $205,000 grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to expand and sustain our coverage of the Ukraine war. With support from the Lumina Foundation, Lothian and world She founded The World’s Global Classroom, which focuses on amplifying the stories of young college students. In addition to her role as executive producer, Lothian is The current state of race, GBH WORLD, a multi-platform series about race and racial inequality produced in collaboration with the NAACP Boston. The Boston Globe.
“By connecting the global and local, we have the opportunity to tell our readers’ stories while providing them with the critical information they need as informed and engaged citizens,” said Lothian. “Moreover, in today’s environment, we need to focus on innovation. To reach a wider audience, we need to find new ways and platforms to share these stories. I look forward to working with all of my colleagues and partners and supporting the great journalism they produce every day.”
Lothian spent over 10 years as a correspondent for CNN, covering the White House, presidential elections and breaking news, and has also worked in CNN’s Jerusalem bureau. He began his radio career at age 16 and later worked for several local television stations around the country. He then spent seven years as a national correspondent for NBC News, covering news for the Nightly News, the Today Show and MSNBC, as well as working in the Tel Aviv and Cairo bureaus.
Lothian will take up his new role from 1 June.
GBH News is one of Greater Boston’s fastest growing local news providers, leveraging the talents of our multi-platform newsroom, including GBH 89.7, television and digital reporting. The GBH Newsroom continues to invest in substantive local coverage with a focus on higher education, politics, equity, arts and culture and investigative reporting, as well as unique partnerships to amplify those efforts. GBH News partners with CAI, the Cape and Islands NPR station and New England Public Media in Western Massachusetts to connect the state with trusted journalism. GBH News has bureaus in the Massachusetts State House, Boston’s largest neighborhoods, Dorchester and Worcester.
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GBH is America’s leading multiplatform production company for public media. As the largest producer of content for PBS and partner of NPR and PRX, GBH delivers compelling experiences, stories and information to audiences wherever they are. GBH produces digital and broadcast programming that engages, enlightens and inspires audiences through drama, science, history, arts, culture and journalism. The company produces signature shows such as MASTERPIECE, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, FRONTLINE, NOVA, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE and Arthur and Molly of Denali, as well as a catalog of streaming series, podcasts and on-demand video. GBH’s television channels include GBH 2, GBH 44, GBH Kids and national services WORLD and Create. With studios and newsroom headquartered in Boston, GBH broadcasts throughout New England through GBH 89.7, Boston’s local NPR, CRB Classical 99.5, and CAI, the Cape and Islands NPR station. Committed to making media accessible and inclusive to our diverse cultures, GBH is a pioneer in bringing media to people who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind and visually impaired. GBH produces curriculum-based digital content for educators nationwide through PBS LearningMedia and has won hundreds of nationally leading broadcast, digital and journalism awards. For more information, visit gbh.org.
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