NPR In-House Veteran Shanahan to Succeed Legal Chief Who Quit

National Public Radio Inc. has named longtime in-house lawyer Michelle Shanahan interim general counsel following the resignation of its legal chief last month.

Shanahan, a 23-year veteran of the nonprofit news network’s in-house legal group, will hold the job while the organization conducts a national search for his permanent successor, NPR spokeswoman Isabel Lara said. Shanahan has been NPR’s senior associate general counsel and assistant secretary.

She assumes the top legal leadership post as NPR wrestles with the financial fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. In April, NPR cut the pay and benefits of staffers as its budget deficit ballooned by ...