As Melissa Block interviewed Karen Grigsby Bates Wednesday on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, Bates made a startling statement that may have caused many listeners to drive off the road. In describing Judge Vaughn Walker, who had just found a ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, she said “He’s gay and out. And it doesn’t seem to be an issue for anybody, including the supporters of Proposition 8.”

After Jeff Zucker‘s trip to the Congressional woodshed at a House Judicial Affairs Committee meeting this week over lack of racial diversity at NBC, is Meet the Press about to take another stab at diversifying its panels and newsmakers?

National Public Radio’s Ari Shapiro is moving from the Justice Depatment to the White House, a move he announced in a tweet and on his Facebook page: “It’s official! As much as I’ve loved covering Justice for the last 5 years, I’m about to be NPR’s newest White House correspondent.” Shapiro will replace Don Gonyea, who is being named national political correspondent after a decade on the White House beat.

For those who have wondered how news operations shift gears and plan coverage for disasters like the one in Haiti, National Public Radio’s Ombudsman Alicia Shepard has posted a detailed blow-by-blow of how NPR began its coverage of the Haiti earthquake, as well as its attempts to get reporters and producers on the ground in Port Au Prince.

Usually, a new organization’s hiring of a diversity chief wouldn’t be big news.  But for an organization desperate to shake its Stuff White People Like image, the announcement is news. Two months after National Public Radio came under fire for the lack of racial diversity in its management, NPR hired Keith Woods as its new vice [...]

Vivian Schiller is the president and CEO of National Public Radio, which she joined at the end of 2008 after seven years with The New York Times Co., where she served most recently as SVP and General Manager of NYTimes.com. During her tenure at the Times, she oversaw a complete overhaul of the paper’s website and dismantled TimesSelect, an early attempt at charging for content online. Schiller’s leadership at NPR has also meant a redesigned website. Earlier this week, Schiller came to New York to participate in a debate with Journalism Online founder Steve Brill — “The Great Digital Debate: Free vs. Paid Content Online.” Now she answers our 5QQ — Five Quick Questions.