ST. LOUIS — The news director at ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Public Radio will step down this week, after five months in the position.
News Director Ashley Lisenby resigned for personal reasons, said Steve Walentik, a spokesperson for the University of Missouri-ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½. The radio station is licensed to the University of Missouri and operates as part of the University of Missouri-ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.
Lisenby was selected for the position in February. Friday will be her last day.
In an email Wednesday, Lisenby declined to comment on the decision.
In a statement, the university said Lisenby brought training resources to the station’s newsroom. She started a monthly editor’s column, and contributed to strategic planning work.
The station hopes to make an announcement about interim leadership plans by the end of the week.
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Before she was selected for the news director position at ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Public Radio, Lisenby was a news producer and editor for NPR’s Weekend Edition. Before that, she was a senior news producer and editor for WAMU in Washington, D.C. She reported for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Public Radio, covering race, identity and culture.
She also held reporting roles at the Post-Dispatch and The Associated Press.
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