Losing Lulu: Garcia-Navarro leaves NPR

Lourdes Garcia-Navarro (npr.org, 10/17/21); Crystal Quintero, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

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I cooperate with colonizers. Now am I one, too?

Let's look back on Lourdes "Lulu" Garcia-Navarro's long career at NPR, a full 17 years. Now, on October 17, 2021, she serves her last day on Weakened Edition Sunday and "The Puzzle" and whatever tasks a Latinx can be delegated. She goes out crying, disgraced who know about what, but hightailing it to better pastures. NPR prepared a pretty weak appreciation of NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro who's leaving the network today.

• Where's Lulu, largely a sellout, going? Where else?
• Though we lose Lulu, we still have A Martinez, who moved up from Pasadena's KPCC FM (LA's NPR affiliate, scpr.org) to Culver City with NPR West