WBUR-FM Producer Joins New York Times

Earlier this spring, The New York Times formalized its plans for audio content expansion, appointing Samantha Henig as editorial director for that area. Today, Kinsey Wilson and Sam Dolnick sent word of the newest addition to Henig’s team.

Joining the audio department in July, as an executive producer, will be Lisa Tobin (pictured), a senior producer at Boston NPR station WBUR-FM who helped create the paper’s most successful podcast to date. From today’s memo:

Modern Love, the first podcast to briefly displace Serial at the top of the charts, was Tobin’s idea.