NAR CEO jabs at media ‘clickbait’ during strategic plan update

Nykia Wright spent her Inman Connect San Diego session sharing her thoughts on media coverage of NAR and detailing how NAR has rebuilt its legal team, restructured internally and worked to close the trust gap with members since the Sitzer-Burnett settlement. SAN DIEGO — Nykia Wright didn’t hold back when asked about media coverage of the National Association of Realtors at Inman Connect San Diego. During the event’s NAR Unfiltered session, Wright had a candid conversation with Inman CEO Tom Bohn, who asked the NAR CEO whether trade outlets like Inman are doing a good job covering the association’s successes or leaning too heavily into “clickbait”. Wright responded by asking Bohn whether he had just answered his own question, drawing a mixed reaction of laughs, gasps and murmurs from the audience. The exchange came five months into what Wright has described as a turnaround at NAR. Over the course of the session, she detailed how the association’s Strategic Plan is playing out for members, how NAR has restructured internally and legally since the Sitzer | Burnett settlement, and what she believes still stands between the association and rebuilding member trust. Rebuilding trust with ...