NEW YORK (AP) — Deepa Fernandes, most a short while ago immigration correspondent and senior newsroom advisor on race and fairness difficulties at the San Francisco Chronicle, is starting to be the 3rd host of NPR’s midday information method “Here & Now,” the general public radio outlet claimed Friday.

She will join present-day hosts Robin Young and Scott Tong on Oct. 10.

In advance of signing up for the Chronicle, Fernades had comprehensive community radio encounter and has worked in Mexico, Cuba, Ecuador and other nations in Latin America and Asia.

NPR been given some notice a 12 months in the past for an exodus of minority hosts for other jobs exterior the business. They included Tonya Mosley, Fernades’ predecessor at “Here & Now,” and Audie Cornish, who still left for the sick-fated CNN+ streaming support, which was rapidly shut down.

Over and above the employing of Fernandes, NPR details out that in the past yr or so, Leila Fadel, Ayesha Rascoe, Juana Summers and A Martinez have all been elevated to far more distinguished roles web hosting news programs at the services.

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