NPR’s editor in chief and acting chief content officer, Edith Chapin, said her decision to resign was unrelated to the congressional vote cutting the non-profit’s federal funding,

News veteran Edith Chapin says she is stepping down as editor in chief of NPR of her own accord. Edith Chapin, the top editor at NPR, is leaving the public media outlet at the end of the year. The move marks a major change ahead of the public broadcaster’s next chapter,

Edith Chapin, editor in chief and acting chief content officer for NPR, informed her colleagues on Tuesday that she is resigning. Chapin’s decision comes a few days after Congress voted on July 18 to cut $1.