Oct 20, 2026 · 7 min · 6 segments
Low, 67, plans to stay on the job until the end of June 2027 and announced the decision in an email to staff Tuesday. She will join WBUR’s Board of Directors the following fall.
Margaret LowGuest
Tiziana DearingHost
Um, we have faced together a gauntlet of challenges, and we've come out so strong, and I'm talking about the people, and I'm talking about the fact that we're on strong financial footing.
Um, the defunding, the federal defunding of public media last summer, uh, by Congress is the difficult moment we're in.
I mean, if you sit here and you talk about the hard stuff, you know, you might not wanna get out of bed in the morning, but, but I do because I love what we do, I love what we make, I love why we make it, and I love the people we make it for.
Um, we have faced together a gauntlet of challenges, and we've come out so strong, and I'm talking about the people, and I'm talking about the fact that we're on strong financial footing.
Um, the defunding, the federal defunding of public media last summer, uh, by Congress is the difficult moment we're in.
I mean, if you sit here and you talk about the hard stuff, you know, you might not wanna get out of bed in the morning, but, but I do because I love what we do, I love what we make, I love why we make it, and I love the people we make it for.
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