My small thread on the painful departure of talented @npr hosts and staff: It sucks. But everyone's expressing opinions about why this is happening. I think this pulls agency and from the people who are departing. We need more questions and reporting, not more hot takes. 1/
So here's what I hope to see in the days ahead: I hope someone outside NPR will interview all these amazing people and see if there's a pattern here. Are they leaving because they're getting ridiculously good $$ offers from someone else that @npr can't match? 2/
Are they leaving because they feel disrespected and undervalued? Are they leaving because they've been in the same jobs for a long time and want something new? I want @lourdesgnavarro @AudieCornish @nprgreene and others to speak for themselves (if they choose to do so) 3/
Again it's clearly painful this is happening. But these are smart powerful people who have big voices. My hope is we'll get a clearer, more accurate picture of the *Why?* of @npr's turnover in the days ahead. /End

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