Who is NPR’s Interim CEO, Joyce Slocum?

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Poynter.org:

Joyce Slocum, NPR’s new interim CEO, has been described by past colleagues as “a great storyteller” and someone with “a tremendous sense of humor.”

Slocum, who has been general counsel and senior vice president of legal affairs at NPR since July 2008, assumed her new position today, following Vivian Schiller’s resignation.

A 2009 Super Lawyers profile of Slocum offers some insight into the kind of person and leader some co-workers say she is:

“Jack Dougherty, vice president for business affairs at PBS, has high praise for Slocum. ‘She fights tough but she fights fair,’ he says. ‘She has the presumption of being in a long-term relationship. She doesn’t feel that she has to go for every last nickel. She’s always looking for creative ways to make it work for both parties.’

“… ‘She has the unusual ability to see the whole field and where the fault lines are,’ Dougherty says. ‘She’ll push right up to them without pushing you over.’ “