Jeff Pope

Jeff’s work for nearly two decades in public media has been to manage, innovate and funnel investment into building successful, multi-platform news and arts organizations.

His teams have been successful bucking the trend of emerging news deserts: When two papers closed in rural Colorado, his organization launched a local news bureau and two successful podcasts. In Western North Carolina, the team at BPR is doubling down on local news and the arts by expanding the newsroom and local coverage; they are launching a second all classical music and jazz service in 2024.

He served as President of the Board of National Federation of Public Broadcasters, the first and oldest public radio service organization in the nation, and as Executive of the Rocky Mountain Community Radio Coalition, a group of 14 stations providing public radio service to 4 million across Colorado.

Pope enjoys public lands, trail running, whitewater, salvage yards and street tacos—which Western North Carolina has in abundance. He and his wife, a practicing Licensed Clinical Social Worker, are raising three boys, aged 14, 12 and 9.

Phone: 828-210-4805
Email: jpope@bpr.org