NPR Names Aguilar as Exec. Producer of ''Morning Edition''

RADIO ONLINE | Thursday, October 7, 2021 | 4:40pm CT

Erika A.Aguilar

NPR names Erika A. Aguilar as its Executive Producer for "Morning Edition" and "Up First!" Aguilar hails from KQED, where she is currently the Podcast Director, overseeing podcast production teams, new show development and on demand strategy. She's been instrumental in helping to launch key journalism projects at KQED -- among them, "Consider This" and "On Our Watch."

Aguilar has held various editorial positions during her 15 years in public media including reporting for KPCC in Los Angeles and KUT in Austin where she covered national breaking news events for the network. She also worked a short stint on the assignment desk for the local CBS TV news station in Austin.

Aguilar is an alumna and mentor with NPR's Next Generation Radio Project, a program that trains and coaches young journalists of color. And she is currently teaching for the Fall 2021 semester at the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. She herself is a journalism and history graduate of Texas State University.

She begins her new duties on November 8, and will be spending that week in DC, and the following one at NPR West. Aguilar will be on deck full time in DC from mid-January.