NPR’s Lynette Clemetson named next director of Wallace House

ANN ARBOR-Lynette Clemetson will be the new director of the Knight Wallace Fellowship and Livingston Awards at the University of Michigan-two of the nation's most prestigious programs. Clemetson, senior director of strategy and content initiatives at NPR, begins her new position on July 1. She will succeed Charles R. Eisendrath, who will retire after three decades. He founded the Livingston Awards and led a $60 million endowment drive to permanently establish the fellowships. Last year, the programs were rebranded as Wallace House. "Lynette Clemetson will further strengthen the University of Michigan's engagement with modern journalism," U-M President Mark Schlissel said. "The Knight-Wallace Fellowships and the Livingston Awards recognize and support journalists who are helping us gain a deeper understanding of the most complex issues facing our world." Clemetson's news career has been as wide ranging as it has been distinguished.