"I had a lot of respect from beforehand, but these are really the best journalists in the country, if not the world," Evans says in an interview. He says CEO Katherine Maher had charged him with maintaining the network's core journalistic mission and making sure "that won't be lost in the mix of just dealing with all the other maelstrom that's coming at us."

He says NPR needs to keep innovating in how it shares its journalism. But Evans says NPR should "lean into its strengths," among them the deep subject knowledge of its reporters, hosts, producers and editors, its international coverage and its time-proven ability to tell stories compellingly.

Evans is to succeed NPR Senior Vice President and Editor in Chief Edith Chapin on Sept. 15. Chapin will stay on for a couple weeks to ensure a

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