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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not sure what's going on, but it sounds like she's been at NPR for over 20 years.  Maybe she needs a new challenge?  Or maybe it's NPR?  Not sure I understand Ari Shapiro's "it's a crisis" comment when AC was there for so many years.  Seems like she would want to explore something new, but I could be wrong. [/quote]

I am OP - and I don't think it's normal for someone in her sort of position to make an abrupt announcement on Twitter that she's leaving in a week. That sounds like an "I don't want to deal with this sh*t anymore" sort of move. Someone who's been there as long as she has been would usually - I think - get, like, a month's worth of goodbyes, retrospectives, best ofs, all that. This sounds like a "see ya when I see ya" sort of move - which must have been prompted by something, I think.[/quote]

I disagree. No one announces they’re leaving a month out. [/quote]

Depends on the profession. For someone that has been there as long as Cornish, if this was long-planned move, she absolutely would have. Both Diane Rhem and Kojo Nnandi had months-long sendoffs. And there's no way Shapiro posted a tweet like his, about a person he's known for 20+ years, without her permission and inside knowledge.

That, and the fact that so many other women, and women of color have left recently. Lulu Garcia Navarro has alluded to it in several tweets, including a comment on Ari's tweet today. Something is up. I don't know if it's an unwillingness to have a woman-helmed Morning Edition or ATC or something else. I get the feeling it's an issue (person) in management. [/quote]

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