Aaron Silverman has been named executive producer on ABC News Live First. He comes from CNN, where he had been senior broadcast producer on CNN This Morning and New Day. 

Almin Karamehmedovic, who was named ABC News president earlier this month, saluted Silverman in a note to staff. “Our commitment to covering every story on every device our audience uses to consume news is stronger than ever. With the upcoming launch of ABC News Live on the Disney Plus streaming platform, combined with our seamless collaboration with the network’s special events coverage -- as evidenced recently with the late-breaking ABCNL special report on the Israeli-Hezbollah strikes last Saturday -- and the addition of weekend hours, we are delivering for our audience, 24/7,” the note said in part. 

“All of this makes it even more special to have Aaron join the talented ABC News Live team, working closely with [anchor] Diane Macedo. We look forward to the expertise and passion he will bring to our powerhouse streaming channel.”

Before his time at CNN, Silverman worked in local TV. After graduating from Syracuse, he produced morning news at KNDU Kennewick (Washington), then produced at KPTV Portland, KGTV San Diego and WHDH Boston.  

Almin Karamehmedovic has been named president of ABC News. He succeeds Kim Godwin, who stepped down as president in May. 

Karamehmedovic has been senior executive producer of World News Tonight With David Muir. His new role gives him oversight of that newscast, in addition to Good Morning America, The View, 20/20 and Nightline, as well as ABC News Live, ABC News Studios and special events coverage.

“Almin has devoted his career to ABC News, mastering every role and elevating excellence in journalism by connecting with viewers in a very meaningful and profound way that resonates with them,” Disney Entertainment president, News Group and Networks Debra OConnell said. “He is a widely respected, seasoned journalist of the highest order who has worked his way up to senior executive producer of World News Tonight With David Muir, earning the trust of colleagues and industry peers along the way. I have no doubt ABC News will reach new heights under his leadership.”

Karamehmedovic has overseen the production and all daily operations of World News Tonight With David Muir since August 2014. In January of 2022, news content development duties, including short- and long-form projects on streaming and broadcast, were added to his purview as his role expanded from executive producer to senior executive producer.

“I approach this role with great respect and humility, not only for the hundreds of colleagues around the world whose tireless contributions fuel the unflinching and unbiased reporting of ABC News but also for the viewers we serve,” Karamehmedovic said. “Our team represents the best in journalism. We are grateful to have Debra OConnell, who sets the bar for all of us in a meaningful and supportive way that enables us to thrive in a profession we revere and love.”

Prior to World News Tonight, Karamehmedovic was executive producer of Nightline starting in 2008. 

He joined ABC News as a freelance video editor based in London in 1998. 

ABC News and ABC Owned Television Stations have launched Climate Ready, an editorial initiative the pair describes as designed to “amplify vital climate preparedness stories focused on ways for viewers to keep their families safe, protect their financial futures, and support their communities during extreme weather events.” 

Programming kicks off July 29 with Ginger Zee, ABC News chief meteorologist and chief climate correspondent, and the report “Saving the Planet, Saving on Your Lawn,” about converting water-guzzling lawns into native gardens that are drought-resistant and reduce the risk of flooding. 

Climate Ready programming is available on ABC News Live and the owned stations’ streaming platforms.   

Station coverage includes WABC New York’s “Hot Subways and Urban Heat,” with reporter Anthony Carlo; WPVI Philadelphia’s “Increase Tree Coverage”; KABC Los Angeles’ “Cool Pavement Project” report; and KTRK Houston’s “Sunny Day Street Flooding” initiative. 

KGO San Francisco looks at how autonomous helicopters can fight wildfires, while WLS Chicago investigates geothermal heating and cooling, and KFSN Fresno shows viewers how to assemble specialized go-bags in case of wildfires. 

Rick Klein, ABC News political director, has been named VP and Washington bureau chief. Klein, who joined the company in 2007, will oversee bureau operations and manage all news teams based in Washington. 

ABC News said Klein “will set the editorial vision out of the Washington bureau, overseeing all political coverage, including the network’s Sunday morning public affairs program, This Week With George Stephanopoulos, and will drive collaboration across ABC News’ powerhouse political team and D.C.-based reporters with all divisions and departments, as well as with ABC-owned stations and affiliates.”

Klein became political director in 2013.  

“As a seasoned and highly respected journalist, Rick is uniquely qualified to lead our Washington bureau at such a pivotal moment in our nation’s history,” said Debra OConnell, president, News Group and Networks, Disney Entertainment. “His years of guiding our coverage of the biggest political news events, including five presidential elections, and providing critical analysis across ABC News’ programs and platforms are invaluable to our exceptional team and viewers. His expertise and deep relationships both inside and outside the Beltway are vital to our success as the No. 1 news network in the country.”

Klein will report to OConnell until a new president of ABC News is named. Kim Godwin stepped down from the role in May. 

Before becoming political director, Klein was the senior Washington editor for World News With Diane Sawyer on ABC and primary author of the daily political tipsheet The Note. 

“I have grown up professionally working with the legendary journalists of ABC News in Washington,” Klein said. “I’m honored to step into the role of bureau chief at this critical time and for the chance to work more closely with my colleagues in Washington and beyond. Our audience depends on us more than ever for straightforward reporting about our government and political institutions — reporting that is essential to our democracy and around the world.”

Klein has helped produce more than 20 debates and town halls for ABC News, and presidential interviews conducted by ABC News anchors. He has also interviewed key figures, including President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. 

Before joining ABC News, Klein was a reporter for The Boston Globe. 

ABC News Studios has a Barbara Walters documentary in the works, which will stream on Hulu in 2025. Imagine Documentaries is producing the project, and Jackie Jesko directs. 

ABC News Studios said, “This film will feature unaired footage from ABC’s extensive archives and interviews with people who knew and worked with the broadcast legend who paved a path in journalism unlike any other.”

Walters, a longtime figure at ABC News, died in late 2022. 

“Barbara left her indelible stamp not just on those of us who had the honor of working with her at ABC News but on the entire news industry,” ABC News senior executive producer David Sloan said. “With never-before-seen footage and interviews with those who knew her in her private and public lives, this film will shed new light on one of the most famous broadcasters of all time.” 

After working on NBC’s Today, Walters shifted to ABC News and was co-anchor on the evening newscast, a co-host on 20/20 and creator of the daytime show The View. 

The as-yet-untitled film will look at Walters’ role in the history of broadcast journalism and the example she set for women in the industry. It will also explore sexism, power and what ABC News calls “the price of ‘having it all.”

The documentary is produced by Imagine Documentaries for ABC News Studios in association with Latchkey Films. For Imagine Documentaries, the film is produced by Marcella Steingart, Bernstein, Justin Wilkes and Meredith Kaulfers. Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Betsy West are executive producers. For ABC News Studios, Muriel Pearson is executive producer and Sloan is senior executive producer. 

“Barbara Walters is the OG trailblazer of broadcast journalism,” Sara Bernstein, president of Imagine Documentaries, said. “Imagine Documentaries is thrilled and honored to be working with award-winning filmmaker Jackie Jesko, Oscar nominee Betsy West and the entire team at ABC News Studios on this project to share her inspirational life and career with a new generation.” 

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have agreed to debates, set for June 27 on CNN and September 10 on ABC. 

CNN Worldwide chairman and CEO Mark Thompson shared that both Biden and Trump had agreed to his network’s event at the Warner Bros. Discovery upfront presentation in New York May 16. That debate will happen in Atlanta. 

CNN reported that Dana Bash, anchor and CNN chief political correspondent, and Jake Tapper, anchor and chief Washington correspondent, will moderate its debate, and David Muir, anchor of World News Tonight, and Linsey Davis, anchor of World News Tonight Sunday, will do so for the ABC News debate.

The Commission on Presidential Debates is not hosting either debate, as it traditionally does. The commission had scheduled debates for September 16, October 1 and October 9. The Biden and Trump camps are dealing directly with the networks.  

The Biden camp wants the debates to happen earlier, The New York Times reported, and wants them conducted in a TV studio with no audience and with microphones that turn off when a speaker’s time limit elapses. 

Trump said on Truth Social he agreed to a Fox News debate October 2, but the Biden camp said the president will take part only in the CNN and ABC News debates. 

ABC News said it will make the September 10 debate available to simulcast on other networks. 

Kim Godwin has stepped down as president of ABC News. Debra OConnell, president, News Group and Networks, Disney Entertainment, will oversee ABC News “for the time being,” she said in a memo to staff. 

Godwin took over in May 2021. She said in a memo she is retiring from broadcast journalism. 

“Kim has navigated this team through consequential times in our world, and she did so with respect for the brand and profession — and for that and more, we thank her,” said OConnell in the memo. 

In February, OConnell was promoted from president, Networks and Television Business Operations, adding oversight of ABC News. 

Godwin was executive VP of news at CBS News before moving to ABC News. Her status atop ABC News came into question in recent weeks. 

In her note to staff, Godwin shared about starting out as a producer at WTXL Tallahassee, where she also was a reporter. “Little did I know then what extraordinary opportunities lay before me as I began to chart a path through a profession where very few women — and even fewer women of color — were in leadership roles,” she said. “So, I understood and appreciated the profound significance of being the first Black woman to lead a national broadcast news network when I accepted the role as president of ABC News a little over three years ago. It’s both a privilege and a debt to those who chipped away at the ceiling before me to lead a team whose brand is synonymous with trust, integrity and a dogged determination to be the best in the business.”

Her memo mentioned working at 10 stations and three broadcast networks. “After matriculating through j-school at my beloved Florida A&M University, I have been fortunate and blessed enough to have done almost every job there is in this business, including anchor, investigative reporter, news director, field producer, network/special events executive producer and more before moving on to the executive ranks,” she said. “Anyone who’s passionate about what we do knows there’s no other business like it, so this was not an easy or quick decision. But after considerable reflection, I’m certain it’s the right one for me as I look to the future and prioritize what’s most important for me and my family.”

Godwin thanked Dana Walden and OConnell “for always ensuring we had the resources and support to do our jobs,” and thanked ABC News “for the love, support and inspiration.”

WASHINGTON — Asked how important is local news, Martha Raddatz, who has covered foreign conflicts for decades and moderated presidential debates for ABC News, said today that, in fact, “it is the seed of everything.” 

In a keynote interview at The Business of TV News event here, Raddatz told B+C Multichannel News senior content producer Michael Malone that her first reporting trip to Israel in 1988 was for WCVB, the ABC affiliate station in Boston. 

“Local news is everything,” she told Malone. “It is what people should be watching. It is what they should be learning about their community. It is your place in the larger national and world picture. And that is where it begins.”

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Raddatz, co-anchor of ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos, gave props to David Muir, anchor of the network’s World News Tonight and a fellow WCVB alum. “He connects to people not only on a national level, but a community level, a local level,” she said. “Your audience is local, national and worldwide, but it starts local.”

Asked about her own work, she spoke with pride about The Long Road Home: A Story of War and Family, her book that became an eight-part scripted series for National Geographic TV. It chronicled the tragic experience of the U.S. Army soldiers who served during the siege of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, in 2004. “I kept going back to the same unit in Iraq for their entire 15-month deployment,” she said, and also reported on the impact on their families back in the States. 

This past April 4, she said, she attended a 20th reunion of survivors of the “Black Sunday” events and their families.

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“Many I've stayed in touch with over the years,” she said. “And it was so powerful to see them. I think many of them have had real struggles. And as I said to all ofth'em, I think the courage it has taken to get you 20 years after that horrendous battle to where you are today and functioning and contributing to society is more courageous than what they actually did that very day.”

Asked by Malone if she was surprised when President Biden, who rarely gives interviews, went on the Howard Stern program recently, Raddatz said, "I was and I wasn't. Remember, [Biden's campaign] is now on TikTok, so he's clearly reaching out to younger voters. The bottom line for that interview is, look how many people listen to Howard Stern ... and the demographic of Howard Stern's audience. That's how campaigns choose where you'll go, what you'll do, whether you're going after mainstream media, whether you're going after younger voters. ... Whether or not it's successful, we'll see about that."

Raddatz was asked what advice she would give to an aspiring journalist. “Read history, study history, learn lessons from history, find journalists you think are journalists first,” she said. 

Aspiring broadcast journalists might want to be on TV, she said. “But you are a journalist first. And remember that mission. And remember also that you are storytellers.” If a story seems unappealing, find a different approach to it. “But I think more than anything, find people outside your building to talk to. Don't just talk among yourselves about things.”

The Business of TV News was a daylong event produced by Future B2B’s B+C, Multichannel News and Next TV.  

Ike Ejiochi has been promoted to correspondent at ABC News. He will be based in New York. He joined ABC News in 2021 and has been a reporter. 

“Ike was instrumental in covering a number of important stories, including the trial of Derek Chauvin, the police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, and the deadly tornadoes in Paducah, Kentucky, in 2021,” Kim Godwin, ABC News president, said in a memo to staff. “His reporting also ignited a cultural conversation with Sean Bankhead and Laurieann Gibson, choreographers who have worked with Michael Jackson, Dixie Chicks, Beyoncé and more, about rising through the ranks of dance as Black artists.”

Before joining ABC News, Ejiochi was a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor at WTTG Washington, part of Fox Television Stations. 

“I look forward to this exciting chapter for Ike and our entire news division as we continue to build out our team of world-class correspondents,” Godwin said. 

As you may have heard, there’s a solar eclipse going on Monday, April 8, and the news networks are all over the uncommon event. The so-called path of totality will run from northern Mexico, through Texas and across the Midwest, including Indianapolis and Cleveland, then on to Maine. The last total solar eclipse in the U.S. happened in 2017, and the next one, after April 8, is scheduled for 2044. 

The Weather Channel has Stephanie Abrams kicking things off that day at 6 a.m., reporting from Fredericksburg, Texas on America’s Morning Headquarters. Heather Zons hosts the interactive live chat called Follow the Shadow. 

Weather Channel will have meteorologists up and down the swath of the country experiencing the total eclipse, including Alex Wilson in Dallas, Jim Cantore in Indianapolis and Felicia Combs in Russellville, Arkansas. 

ABC News and Nat Geo will team up on the two-hour live special Eclipse Across America, on at 2 p.m. Monday on a range of networks, including ABC, Nat Geo, Nat Geo Wild, Disney Plus and Hulu. David Muir and Linsey Davis anchor, with assists from Nat Geo talent Mariana van Zeller, Cristina Mittermeier and Babak Tafreshi, among others. Reports come from Del Rio, Texas, Carbondale, Illinois and Indianapolis, along with other sites.

On CBS, it’s Total Eclipse of the Heartland, on CBS and CBS News Streaming April 8 from 2 to 3:30 ET. CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell and CBS Mornings co-host Tony Dokoupil anchor from Indianapolis. Janet Shamlian will be in Kerrville, Texas, Omar Villafranca in Dallas and Dave Malkoff in Cleveland, along with other correspondents in other locales.  

The CBS stations are in on it too, including KYW Philadelphia chief meteorologist Bill Kelly on the set in Philly, WCBS New York anchor Kristine Johnson in Niagara Falls and WBZ Boston reporter Mike Sullivan in Burlington. 

Over at NBC, Lester Holt anchors Total Eclipse 2024 starting at 2 p.m. from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He’ll anchor NBC Nightly News that evening from Indianapolis too. 

Among the Today crew, Al Roker will be in Dallas, and Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Craig Melvin and other talent at the Museum of Natural History in New York. Correspondents will be up and down the eclipse path, including Jesse Kirsch in Cleveland, Kate Snow in Houlton, Maine and Maura Barrett in Bloomington, Indiana.

Correspondent Katy Tur anchors coverage of the eclipse beginning at 2 p.m. on MSNBC. 

NBC’s owned stations will cover the event on their FAST channels starting at noon ET. KXAS-KXTX Dallas-Fort Worth produces the live-streaming special. 

Fox Weather, for its part, offers America’s Total Eclipse that day, with meteorologists and correspondents in a bunch of cities, including Stephen Morgan in Dallas, Kendall Smith in Indianapolis and Janice Dean in Little Rock. 

CNN’s coverage will include Brianna Keilar and Boris Sanchez on CNN News Central from 1-4 p.m. ET, and CNN en Español anchor Rey Rodriguez reporting from Mazatlán, Mexico. Meteorologists Chad Myers, Allison Chinchar and Elisa Raffa will provide eclipse context from the studio. 

NewsNation has Brian Entin, senior national correspondent, anchoring with NewsNation Now talent Nichole Berlie and Connell McShane from Chicago at 1 to 4:30 p.m. ET. Correspondent Brooke Shafer will report from the Indianapolis Speedway and Caitlyn Becker from Niagara Falls, among other correspondents in various locales. 

Former President Donald Trump has filed a defamation lawsuit against ABC News and George Stephanopoulos, host of This Week With George Stephanopoulos. On This Week March 10, Stephanopoulos asked Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) about endorsing Trump for president, and mentioned the 2023 court case involving Trump and E. Jean Carroll, who claimed Trump raped her. He said, “Judges and two separate juries have found him liable for rape.”

A jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse, but not for rape. The judge later said the jury’s findings established “the substantial truth” of Carroll’s allegations of rape. The judge added that the sexual abuse Trump was found liable for means Trump “in fact did ‘rape’ Ms. Carroll as that term commonly is used and understood,” according to CBS News. 

Two juries awarded Carroll $88.3 million in damages. 

Trump’s lawsuit accuses Stephanopoulos of acting “with actual malice or with a reckless disregard for the truth,” and claims the host “knows that these statements are patently and demonstrably false.” 

An ABC News spokesperson did not comment. 

David Muir, anchor of World News Tonight, and Linsey Davis, anchor of Prime on ABC News Live, will moderate the January 18 Republican presidential primary debate in New Hampshire. The debate, hosted by ABC News, happens at Saint Anselm College in Manchester. 

Rounding out the broadcast team at Saint Anselm is Martha Raddatz, This Week co-anchor; Jonathan Karl, ABC News chief Washington correspondent and This Week co-anchor; and Adam Sexton, WMUR Manchester political director. 

Hearst Television owns WMUR. 

Republican debates for the 2024 election began in August in Milwaukee. Another happened in September in California, then the third one in Miami in November. The fourth took place in Alabama in December. 

CNN hosts a GOP debate in Iowa January 10, featuring Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley, and another in New Hampshire January 21. 

The presidential hopefuls to appear onstage January 18 have not been announced. 

New Hampshire holds its primary January 23. 

Aaron Katersky, ABC News senior investigative reporter, Faith Abubey, ABC News multiplatform reporter, and Elizabeth Schulze, ABC News multiplatform reporter, have been promoted to correspondents. Katersky is in New York. Abubey and Schulze are in Washington, D.C., and Abubey shifts to Atlanta next year. 

Katersky joined ABC in 2003 as a reporter with ABC News Radio, embedded with the Marines in Iraq. 

Abubey joined ABC News in late 2020 and has been a reporter, newsreader and fill-in anchor. She previously was an anchor and investigative reporter at WXIA Atlanta. 

Schulze joined ABC News in 2020 after eight years at CNBC. She hosts the ABC News Live “Prime” series Cashing In With Elizabeth Schulze and fills in as anchor on ABC News Live. 

“As we continue to cover a fast-breaking news cycle spanning wars, the 2024 election, and a constant stream of breaking national and international stories, I look forward to more unmatched journalism from these three powerhouse reporters,” said Kim Godwin, ABC News president, in a note to staff. 

Part three of the ABC Owned Stations documentary series Our America: Trouble on Tap premieres Saturday, October 28. Trouble on Tap looks at drinking-water issues in America and ABC News and National Geographic are partners on it with the owned stations. 

Part three is called “Drilling into California’s Water Crisis” and KFSN Fresno anchor Dale Yurong hosts. The episode delves into the emerging water crisis that is putting the security of the state’s water, food and economy at risk. Yurong examines the giant drought plaguing California, the issue of sinking groundwater as numerous wells run dry, and the flooding that takes place during the California wet season. 

KFSN, KABC Los Angeles and WLS Chicago air the episode October 28, the California stations doing so at 10 p.m. local time and the Chicago stations at 11 p.m. local time. 

KTRK Houston and WPVI air the episode Sunday, October 29. ABC Localish does so Monday, October 30 and KGO San Francisco airs it Saturday, November 4. 

WTVD Raleigh-Durham runs Drilling into California’s Water Crisis Sunday, November 5, and WABC New York airs it December 31.  

Our America: Trouble on Tap utilizes data from the station group’s Data Journalism Unit to examine how the effects of environmental pollution, climate change and aging infrastructure are eroding the ability of more and more communities across the United States to have access to free drinking water.   

The first episode is Life with Forever Chemicals, which came out April 21, and the second, out September 30, is America’s Lead Problem.

Our America: Trouble on Tap is produced in partnership with Tracy J. Wholf, coordinating producer of the climate unit at ABC News, and Justin Allen, executive producer with ABC Owned Television Stations and National Geographic. Tim Sarquis, Brandon Ridge, Jacqueline McLean and Ricky Courtney of KFSN are executive producers for part three. 

Episodes are available on station sites and apps, Hulu, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Android TV and Roku, among other digital platforms. 

The ABC station group addresses a number of social issues under the Our America brand. 

Deborah Roberts has been named co-anchor of the ABC newsmagazine 20/20. She’s been a contributing editor on the show for a year. She will join David Muir as co-anchor and remains senior national affairs correspondent at ABC News. 

Roberts has been reporting for 20/20 since 1995 and has reported for Good Morning America, Nightline and World News Tonight with David Muir. She’s also been a guest co-host on The View. 

“She is a skilled investigative journalist, oftentimes trekking across the country to conduct hard-hitting interviews providing viewers with relevant, insightful information,” ABC News president Kim Godwin said in a memo to staff. “Deborah is an empathetic reporter, bringing humanity to every story.”

Married to NBC News meteorologist Al Roker, Roberts was inducted into the B+C Hall of Fame earlier this year. 

She told B+C how both Diane Sawyer and the late Barbara Walters were “key mentors” when she came to ABC News. “Both reached out and both always had their doors open if I wanted to stop in,” she said. 

Roberts’s books include Lessons Learned and Cherished: The Teacher Who Changed My Life and Been There, Done That: Family Wisdom For Modern Times, which she wrote with Roker. 

Roone Arledge created 20/20, which debuted in 1978. Janice Johnston is the executive producer. 

Robin Roberts will head up a new production unit at ABC News, which will produce narrative nonfiction projects, including series, specials and documentaries for ABC, Hulu and Disney Plus. ABC News calls the unit’s projects “a natural extension of Roberts’s background covering pop culture, newsmakers and world events over her 20-plus year career.”

Roberts is co-anchor of Good Morning America and president of Rock’n Robin Productions, which launched in 2014. 

“Robin Roberts’s career is a masterclass in powerful storytelling that, over the years, has left an indelible mark on ABC News and people around the world,” said ABC News president Kim Godwin. “This dedicated ABC News Studios production unit will make it possible for Robin to seamlessly produce more premium, original content about extraordinary people and places like only Robin can.”

The unit’s first project is Kerry Washington: Thicker Than Water — a Conversation with Robin Roberts. That premieres Sunday, September 24 on ABC, and is on Hulu the following day. The one-hour primetime special is part of 20/20. Washington’s memoir Thicker Than Water is due out next week. 

The new unit does not have an official name. 

“I’m thrilled to now have a home within ABC News Studios to produce projects I really care about,” Roberts said. “This production team will be focused on heartfelt storytelling that reveals the mosaic of humanity.”

Jonathan Blakely is executive producer of the new unit, reporting to Mike Kelley, VP and head of ABC News Studios.

“Robin’s unique brand of storytelling infuses heart and soul into everything she does,” Kelly said. “I couldn’t be more excited about the projects this unit will produce, which I know will enrich the lives of our viewers.”

Selina Wang has been named senior White House correspondent at ABC News, and Rachael Bade and Asma Khalid have joined as contributors. Wang comes from CNN, and was a correspondent based in the Beijing bureau. 

“During the pandemic, Selina was the only American broadcaster reporting on the ground in China during the historic anti-zero-COVID protests,” ABC News president Kim Godwin said, in a memo to staff. “She provided extensive coverage of how China’s security forces clamped down on demonstrators, filmed her own experience dealing with health surveillance and long government quarantines, and was the first to deeply investigate the extreme measures people took to flee China and its COVID policies.”

Prior to her role in Beijing, Wang was based in Tokyo. She also hosted CNN program Marketplace Asia. Before joining CNN, Wang was a correspondent and anchor for Bloomberg TV in Beijing.   

Mary Bruce was named ABC News chief White House correspondent in April. 

Bade was a senior Washington correspondent at Politico and Khalid was NPR’s White House correspondent.  

“As our political coverage continues to ramp up with the presidential election season upon us, Selina’s, Rachael’s and Asma’s multifaceted experience will add value to ABC News’s coverage and undoubtedly continue to set us apart as the leading news source for viewers everywhere as they join our powerhouse political team in Washington, D.C.,” Godwin said.  

Steven Portnoy is coming back to ABC News as national correspondent for ABC News Radio. He will be based in Washington, D.C. He had been White House correspondent for CBS News Radio. 

Portnoy joined ABC News in 2002 as an intern for the White House unit of World News Tonight With Peter Jennings. In 2006, he was named Washington correspondent for ABC News Radio. 

Portnoy joined CBS News in 2015. He was president of the White House Correspondents’ Association from 2021 to 2022. 

“As we embark on another pivotal presidential election season, ABC News Radio is committed to upholding those high ideals, and Steven’s integrity and tenacity as a journalist will help us achieve that mission,” said Liz Alesse, ABC Audio VP, in a memo to staff. 

She called Portnoy “an insightful, straightforward journalist.”

Good Morning America kicked off new series “Main Street U.S.A.” in Stillwater, Minnesota, on the July 3 program. The segments highlight what Good Morning America calls “some of the most iconic Main Streets across the country and the communities, small businesses and hometown heroes that are keeping the American spirit alive along their respective Main Streets.”

Alex Perez, ABC News correspondent, checked out Stillwater July 3, as hundreds of locals came together to honor Sara Jespersen, a resident who has been key to building up Main Street in the town. “It’s a vibrant place to be,” she said. “It’s an amazing community to live in, and we’re all so proud. And I feel like every single person contributes to its success. And all these small business owners and community members — they’re parts of our heart.”

Stillwater Mayor Ted Kozlowski surprised Jespersen live on the air by officially proclaiming July 3 as Sara Jespersen Day.

Located along the St. Croix River that separates Minnesota and Wisconsin, Stillwater is in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, on the eastern edge. 

The 'Main Street U.S.A.' segments take place the week of July 3-7. The ABC morning program moves on to Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, north of Philadelphia, July 4, and Chagrin Falls, Ohio, near Cleveland, July 5. Then it’s McKinney, Texas July 6 and Orlando, Florida, including Disney World, July 7.  

ABC News’s Superstar series, which focuses on “the mavericks who shaped American culture,” will next profile singer Aaliyah. ABC News said Aaliyah “helped redefine the [R&B] genre with her unique mix of old-school and new-school sound” and “continues to inspire and influence music, fashion and culture decades after her untimely death in an August 2001 plane crash.”

Superstar: Aaliyah is on ABC Wednesday, June 14. 

The special details how Aaliyah emerged in music, acting and fashion, and her underage marriage to R. Kelly, who has since been convicted as a sex offender. She was 15 when she married him. 

It features interviews with music executive Damon Dash, her former boyfriend; manager and uncle Barry Hankerson; and producer Jimmy Douglass. There are also interviews with Justine Skye, Sevyn Streeter and will.i.am, artists who consider Aaliyah an influence.  

Aaliyah was 22 when she died.  

Previous episodes of Superstar have profiled Richard Pryor, Kobe Bryant, Whitney Houston and John Ritter, among others. 

Superstar is produced by ABC News. David Sloan is senior executive producer. Muriel Pearson is executive producer. 

Episodes are on Hulu the day after their premiere.

ABC News has named Bonnie Mclean director and Los Angeles bureau chief, Dimitrije Stejic director and London bureau chief and Andrea Owen executive director and deputy Washington, D.C., bureau chief.

ABC News VP of global newsgathering Katie den Daas shared the promotions with staff. 

Mclean has nearly 25 years at ABC News. She had been deputy bureau chief prior to her promotion and will report to Michael Kreisel. “Bonnie has been instrumental in our news coverage on the west coast, championing stories from everywhere between Los Angeles and Dallas, and helping to grow our L.A. bureau,” said den Daas. 

David Herndon had been L.A. bureau chief. 

Stejic joined ABC News in 1992. He will report to Kirit Radia, ABC News director of international news. Den Daas called him “an integral part of the international news team for more than 30 years, and noted that he has planned and executed coverage for 13 Royal events. 

Den Daas had been London bureau chief. 

Owen has spent 30 years at ABC News, starting as an intern in London. She will report to Jonathan Greenberger. “Andrea has been a consistent contributor on both the editorial side and operational side of the business,” den Daas said. 

“I am confident that Bonnie, Dimitrije and Andrea will continue to bring immense value to our coverage, as we continue to collaborate across shows and platforms each and every day,” den Daas said. 

George Watson, former ABC News Washington bureau chief and vice president, died June 1. He was 86. ABC News did not mention the cause of death, but said it was peaceful. 

Watson was managing editor of The Harvard Crimson while at Harvard University, and got his master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University. 

He arrived at ABC News as a radio news writer in 1962. He was a correspondent and bureau chief in Moscow and London, and his reporting for the 1971 ABC News documentary, Terror in Northern Ireland, won the Overseas Press Club Award for Best Foreign Affairs Documentary.  

After returning to the United States, Watson was named ABC News’s White House correspondent. Soon after, he became Washington bureau chief and VP, a role he held two different times, spanning 12 years. He also worked as vice president in New York, where he was the first network executive responsible for overseeing policies, standards and practices for news programs, and developed and produced Viewpoint, which Ted Koppel hosted. 

Watson spent a year at CNN when it launched in 1980 before returning to ABC News. He was also director of the Committee to Protect Journalists for a decade and a longtime member of the National Press Club.  

“Please join me in remembering George and honoring the lasting mark he made on journalism,” Kim Godwin, ABC News president, said in a memo to staff. 

Eva Pilgrim and DeMarco Morgan will join GMA3: What You Need to Know as co-anchors. Pilgrim joined ABC News in 2015 as a correspondent based in New York and has been co-anchor on the weekend Good Morning America since 2018. Morgan joined ABC News in 2022 as a correspondent based in Los Angeles. 

Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes were pulled from their GMA3 anchor roles in December after it was revealed they were involved in a romantic relationship. 

Gio Benitez will join the weekend Good Morning America broadcasts as co-anchor alongside Whit Johnson and Janai Norman. Benitez has been ABC News’ transportation correspondent since 2020.  

Pilgrim and Morgan join Dr. Jennifer Ashton, ABC News chief health and medical correspondent, on GMA3. 

“I am incredibly proud of the reporting Eva, DeMarco and Gio have brought to ABC News,” ABC News president Kim Godwin said. “They join their colleagues Whit, Janai and Dr. Jen, whose steadfast commitment to bold, straightforward journalism has been integral to their respective programs’ success. I must also acknowledge the incredible work of the teams led by executive producers Simone Swink and Cat McKenzie whose programs are the ones most Americans turn to for the day’s news, analysis and more. I know these programs — and our viewers at home — will be well-served by all of their collective talents.”

Election data guru Nate Silver appears to have been caught up in the current wave of layoffs at The Walt Disney Co., telling members of the FiveThirtyEight research unit via Slack Tuesday that he'll be leaving when his contract expires — “soon.” 

ABC News will reportedly hang on to the research company Silver built, which will of course be useful for the 2024 national election. 

Disney’s ESPN unit acquired FiveThirtyEight back in 2013, and the asset was eventually moved to ABC News. 

“ABC News remains dedicated to data journalism with a core focus on politics, the economy and enterprise reporting — this streamlined structure will allow us to be more closely aligned with our priorities for the 2024 election and beyond,” ABC News said in a statement. “We are grateful for the invaluable contributions of the team members who will be departing the organization and know they will continue to make an important impact on the future of journalism.” 

Mary Bruce has been named chief White House correspondent at ABC News. She has been senior White House correspondent, and succeeds Cecilia Vega as chief. Vega left for CBS News and 60 Minutes earlier this year.

Bruce started with ABC News in 2006 as a desk assistant, then shifted to This Week with George Stephanopoulos as a segment producer. She was a White House producer and multiplatform reporter before being named congressional correspondent in 2015. Bruce was named senior White House correspondent in 2021.

Bruce covered “every step of the 2020 Biden campaign and election, which included the primaries, presidential and vice presidential debates, conventions, and five straight days of reporting as the winner was determined in the historic election,” ABC News president Kim Godwin said, adding that Bruce also covered the 2022 midterm elections, President Joe Biden’s State of the Union addresses and his historic trip to Ukraine.  

“I am incredibly proud of Mary’s accomplishments, and I know she will continue to bring her reputable and in-depth reporting to every program and platform, especially with another important election season underway,” Godwin said. 

The Walt Disney Co.’s ABC Owned Television Stations group, working with corporate siblings ABC News and National Geographic, is producing a three-part documentary series on the water crisis in the U.S. 

Our America: Trouble on Tap will debut on ouramericaabc.com on April 21. It will air on the eight ABC-owned TV stations and stream on Hulu starting April 22, which is Earth Day. Promos for the series begin appearing Thursday.

The documentary series looks at how pollution, climate change and an aging infrastructure are making it harder to get safe drinking water in many American communities.

“Our America: Trouble on Tap is a powerful and thoughtful exploration of the growing issues surrounding Americans’ access to clean drinking water. The series brings together the talent and expertise of the amazing teams from ABC Owned Television Stations, National Geographic and ABC News with national and local experts and leaders to ask what we can do to solve these problems and protect the health of people across the country, said Debra OConnell, president, Disney Entertainment Networks. “I’m incredibly proud of the work these teams have done to bring this informative and timely topic to light.”

Data from the ABC Stations’ Data Journalism unit is used to show the severity of the contamination levels of water across the U.S.

“Issues around access to clean water vary across the country,” said Chad Matthews, president, ABC Owned Television Stations. “Our Data Journalism team is looking at information specific to local markets and working to help tell stories that offer viewers greater context and understanding around how water -- or lack of water -- may be impacting them. We focus on specific problems, possible solutions and tell the stories of those living it firsthand.”

Related: Hearst TV Eyes Changes in the Weather 

The series’ first episode, “Life With Forever Chemicals,” looks at per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance contamination in North Carolina. Years after the contamination was first publicly revealed, the region continues to grapple with ongoing health concerns, multiple lawsuits, and constructing costly water treatment plants as it struggles to cope with decades of chronic exposure.

Episode 2 is entitled “Chicago’s $8 billion Water Problem” and will premiere in July. It examines water infrastructure and whether bills such as Senator Cory Booker’s Water Infrastructure Funding Act will help alleviate some of the financial strain on communities that are predominantly Black, Latino and indigenous.

The third episode will appear in August. “Drilling into California’s Water Crisis” focuses on the effects of drought. It checks in with a family in Orosi, California, whose water supply from the state is set to expire in four months.

In addition to co-producing Our America: Trouble on Tap, ABC News will have robust reporting for Earth Week, with network-wide coverage leading up to Earth Day. Network coverage will also feature ‘The Power of Water’ initiative, centered around reporting on water issues around the world

Our America: Trouble on Tap is produced by Tracy J. Wholf, coordinating producer of the climate unit at ABC News, and Justin Allen, executive producer with ABC Owned Television Stations. 

Tamron Hall, Hall’s eponymous daytime talk show, has been renewed for a fifth season across the country, including on such television station groups as Cox Media Group, Gray Television, Hearst Television, Nexstar Media Group, E.W. Scripps Co. and others, Hall announced during the show on Thursday. Last year, the ABC Owned Television Stations Group gave the show a two-season renewal, taking it through next season.

Besides hosting, Hall executive produces the strip, which debuted in 2019, with Quiana Burns. The show is produced by ABC News and distributed in national syndication by Disney Entertainment. 

“We are thrilled by Tamron Hall’s momentum in season four and can’t wait to see what the show brings in season five,” ABC News president Kim Godwin said in a statement. “Tamron is a daytime powerhouse, bringing heart and gravitas to every story and issue she covers and the people she profiles. Having our leading broadcast groups on board for next season is a testament to our continued successful partnership that is connecting with audiences across the country.”

Tamron Hall has averaged a 0.8 live-plus-same-day national household rating for the past five weeks, tying CBS Media Ventures’ Drew Barrymore for fourth place among the talkers. In the past season, Tamron Hall has hosted such guests as former First Lady Michelle Obama, Usher, Oscar nominee Angela Bassett, Melissa Etheridge, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Billy Porter and Tanya Tucker. Hall has twice won the Daytime Emmy for outstanding informative talk show host — after its debut season in 2020 and again last year.

“Having this incredible vote of confidence in the show speaks to the great work the THS team does every day,” said Hall in a statement. “Wherever I go, I hear from members of our loyal audience, known as the Tam Fam, about how they connect with our topics, our guests and our breakthrough moments with some of the biggest celebrities in the world.” ■

Reporter Alex Presha has been promoted to correspondent at ABC News. He will be based in Columbus, Ohio. He’s been with ABC News since 2020, reporting from Washington.

Kim Godwin, ABC News president, called him “a talented political journalist who has reported on some of the biggest moments, including the 2022 midterm election and the second impeachment of former President Donald Trump.” He covered the 2020 presidential election, the Ahmaud Arbery trial, the Beijing Winter Olympics, the California wildfires and the U.S troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, among other stories. 

Before joining ABC News, Presha was a political reporter at KNSD San Diego and anchored its political affairs program. He previously spent nearly a decade as a producer at NBC in New York, working on NBC Nightly News, at MSNBC and at WNBC New York. 

“I look forward to what’s next for Alex and our entire news division as we continue to build out our team of correspondents fanned across the country, telling stories from every corner of America,” Godwin said. ■

Cecilia Vega, chief White House correspondent at ABC News, is moving to 60 Minutes on CBS in the spring. She will be a correspondent, based in Washington, DC.

“Cecilia Vega is a sensational reporter and storyteller,” said Bill Owens, executive producer on 60 Minutes. “I have admired her work for a long, long time and couldn’t be more excited to welcome her to 60 Minutes. Her new colleagues couldn’t agree more.”

In addition to covering politics, Vega has anchored on Good Morning America and the Saturday edition of World News Tonight, and has reported on every major story of the last decade, CBS News said, including the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections. 

“This is a dream come true. I am beyond honored to join the ranks of this legendary show and to work alongside the best reporters in journalism,” said Vega.

Vega got her start at the San Francisco Chronicle and then shifted to KGO San Francisco, part of the ABC group. ■

Revolt will look at Black communities battling systematic water pollution in the network's first investigative special, The Real Thirst Trap, debuting December 22.

The Revolt Black News special, hosted by Emmy award-winning journalist Mara Campo, investigates the detrimental impacts that polluted water has on Black communities, and gives a voice to typically unheard individuals from Flint, New Orleans and Watts that are battling pollutants, toxic landfills and water systems under threat, said the network.

Campo, who has previously worked for ABC News, NBC News and TV One, will also serve as global news anchor of Revolt Black News. She will also also host Revolt's flagship news series Revolt Black News Weekly and act as the news division's managing editor.

"By announcing Mara joining Revolt, as we air our first investigative special, we are sending a deliberate signal to the world that we are building a best-in-class news division that will center the needs of Black people from across the diaspora and boldly tell the stories the rest of media chooses to ignore," Revolt CEO Detavio Samuels said in a statement. “I couldn’t be more proud to have yet another Black woman helping to lead the charge & contribute to that mission."

Also: Multicultural TV’s Power Players: Bringing Diversity to TV Screens Everywhere

Added Revolt President of News, Specials & Documentary Monique Chenault: "We are thrilled to welcome Mara Campo as Global News Anchor and Managing Editor of Revolt Black News. I’m confident Mara's in-depth reporting style, dedication to the public citizenry, and vast experience in covering the most pressing issues will further propel our news division as a critical vessel for sharing stories and assessing realities that impact Black people in America and throughout the African diaspora in an insightful and solution-minded way." ■

ABC News debuts three true-crime docuseries on Thursdays in January, streaming on Hulu. Death in the Dorms looks at college students whose lives were cut short by violent crime. Web of Death follows amateur online sleuths who use digital technology and social media to solve puzzling murder cases. Killing County looks at a shooting in the California heartland.

Colin Kaepernick produces Killing County.

Death in the Dorms premieres January 5. With six episodes, it tells the stories of UCLA student Andrea DelVesco, University of Florida student Christian Aguilar, University of Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love, Baruch College first-year student Michael Deng, University of South Carolina senior Samantha Josephson, and Western Kentucky University first-year student Katie Autry.

ABC News Studios' Carrie Cook is executive producer, and David Sloan is senior executive producer. Yes, Like The River's Nile Cappello, The Intellectual Property Corporation's Eli Holzman and Aaron Saidman, and Myles Reiff are executive producers.

On January 19, Web of Death begins. It follows amateur web sleuths as they use the power of digital technology and social media to solve puzzling murder cases. There are six episodes, and each one chronicles a new investigation, focusing on one amateur detective and one case -- from identifying a skull found inside a bucket of cement at a truck stop to a Jane Doe in a California orchard to tracking down a lottery winner who suddenly disappeared.

ABC News Studios’ Beth Hoppe and Blink Films’ Justine Kershaw and Lucie Ridout are executive producers.

Killing County, with three parts, starts January 26. It details Bakersfield, California, which ABC News calls “ a big city with the soul of a small town deep in California’s heartland, where things are not always what they seem.” A deadly hotel shooting makes a family question everything they know about their town. Desperate to find out what really happened to their loved one, they soon learn they are not alone in their tragedy.

ABC News Studios’ Robe Imbriano and Kaepernick Media’s Colin Kaepernick are executive producers. André Holland narrates the series.

Kaepernick played quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers before becoming a producer. ■

Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes, anchors on ABC’s GMA3, were pulled from the air Monday, December 5 after it was revealed they are involved in a romantic relationship. Both are married. The Daily Mail reported the affair last week.

Kim Godwin, ABC News president, announced the anchors’ benching during the December 5 staff editorial call, saying the relationship has become “an internal and external distraction,” according to The New York Times. The relationship did not violate company policy, Godwin added.

Gio Benitez and Stephanie Ramos, ABC News correspondents, anchored the program December 5.

A spinoff of Good Morning America, GMA3 airs in the 1 p.m. weekday slot. Robach and Holmes began anchoring in September 2020.

On Friday, December 2, after the Daily Mail story broke, Holmes quipped on the program, “It’s been a great week. I just want it to keep going, and going and going.”

A representative for the anchors told The New York Times the relationship began after both separated from their spouses. ■

It doesn't look like former president Donald Trump will be getting much broadcast primetime coverage for his "big announcement" Tuesday night (November 15), which is widely expected to be his decision to enter the 2024 presidential race.

That announcement is scheduled for 9 p.m. ET from Trump's Mar-A-Lago resort.
ABC News was not commenting, but according to someone familiar with its plans those did not include live coverage of the announcement that would preempt any of the second hour of Bachelor in Paradise.

CBS News was not commenting either, but again, according to someone familiar with its coverage plans, it would not be preempting any primetime programming (FBI: International airs at 9-10 p.m.) for Trump.

Also: C-SPAN To Cover Trump Announcement Live

CBS will cover the announcement on its CBS News Streaming Network, including streaming a portion of the announcement live.

Trump, no stranger to self-promotion, has said his announcement "will be remembered in history forever."

On CBS, that announcement will get no more than a notation on the broadcast network in the form of a crawl, according to the source.

An NBC News spokesperson was not available to comment on that network's plans at press time. ■

ABC was the network most people favored for their news, according to a poll of 1,126 Americans conducted by research site CableTV.com, barely edging out Fox News Channel for second place though essentially a dead heat given the average margin of error of about 3% for that sample.

Poll participants were asked, “Which TV network do you prefer to get your news from?” Including both broadcast and cable network news, ABC was first at 20%, followed by Fox News at 19%, CNN at 15%, CBS at 13% and NBC at 10%.

Among cable news networks only, Fox was the winner, with 39.12% preferring that network. CNN was second with 30.14%, followed by MSNBC at 9.67% and CNBC with 4.65%.

When responses were broken out by census region, Fox News led in the Pacific, Mountain, West South Central, South Atlantic, and East South Central regions and tied with ABC News in the West North Central region.

According to CableTV.com, Fox News was tops with baby boomers polled (24% preferred the network) and Gen Xers (22%). ABC was tops with Gen Z (26%) and millennials (21%). ■

Ian Pannell has been named chief foreign correspondent at ABC News. He joined ABC News in 2017 as senior foreign correspondent, based in London, after 26 years at the BBC. 

“Throughout his storied, 30-plus-year career as a journalist, Ian has been on the frontlines covering some of the most important and compelling stories across the world,” said Kim Godwin, ABC News president, in a memo to staff. 

Also: Rhiannon Ally Named Co-Anchor, 'World News Now' and 'America This Morning'

Pannell was international correspondent when he departed the BBC. He spent 15 years at BBC News and 11 more as a reporter at BBC Radio. 

“Despite difficult and often dangerous situations, Ian continues to deliver powerful reporting, often setting the tone and pace for our international breaking news and ongoing coverage,” said Godwin. “I look forward to continued excellence from Ian and the entire foreign news team, led by [London bureau chief] Katie Den Daas and [director of international news] Kirit Radia.” ■

Rhiannon Ally has been named co-anchor of ABC’s overnight programs World News Now and America This Morning. She joined ABC News in December 2021 as a freelance correspondent for NewsOne and substitute anchor for the group’s overnight programs.  

“I am extremely proud of this dedicated group whose work continues to shine as ATM dominates the competition in all demos, and WNN is consistently a strong performer in overnight,” said Kim Godwin, ABC News president, in a memo to staff. 

Ally was previously an anchor at KSHB Kansas City and WFOR Miami, and was substitute anchor and entertainment reporter at WCBS New York. She also cohosted Meredith’s syndicated show Better TV. 

Ally authored the children’s book Mommy, Please Don’t Go to Work! ■

ABC News’s bargaining unit has "overwhelmingly” agreed to a new three-year contract with the network news outlet that includes pay and pension boosts, according to the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE), as well as reviews of any decisions not to allow work from home.

The guild represents news editors, writers, researchers, desk Assistants, production assistants, and graphic artists in New York and Washington working for affiliate news service ABC NewsOne, network desks, Good Morning America, local station WABC New York and ABC News Radio.

The pay and pension increases will be at least 9% bumps over the length of the contract and includes increases in minimums for desk assistants in D.C. and for some show producers, assignment editors and writers at WABC (those working under personal services contracts).

According to WGAE, there are also increases in paid time off and a labor-management committee to review any denial of work-from-home requests. ABC also said it would provide diversity, equity and inclusion training for all its bargaining unit employees annually. ■

ABC Owned Television Stations premieres the documentary NFTs: Enter the Metaverse May 21. A look at how non-fungible tokens have gathered considerable momentum in a short period of time, NFTs: Enter the Metaverse will air on the eight owned stations, on the group’s  streaming channels and on ABC News Live. 

The one-hour documentary looks at digital artist Mike “Beeple” Winkelmann, who “shook the world,” according to the ABC group, when his NFT work sold for $69.4 million at an auction. “The sale marked the beginning of an unstoppable NFT wave, where everyone from digital artists to mainstream celebrities began creating, selling and collecting NFTs via cryptocurrency on Blockchain,” added ABC Owned Stations. 

Those interviewed include Paris Hilton, Mark Cuban, Gary Vaynerchuk, DJ Steve Aoki and ABC News Chief Business Technology and Economics correspondent Rebecca Jarvis. Viewers will also meet teenager Diana Sinclair, who the ABC group said is paving the way for more representation for women and people of color.  

Chris Casey is executive producer of NFTs: Enter the Metaverse. 

The ABC station group includes WABC New York, KABC Los Angeles, WLS Chicago and WPVI Philadelphia. ■

Next up in the Superstar series on ABC is Patrick Swayze. Superstar looks at “the mavericks who shaped American culture,” according to ABC News. Swayze is profiled April 14. 

Superstar has profiled Robin Williams, Richard Pryor, Whitney Houston and Kobe Bryant, among others. 

“Superstar: Patrick Swayze tells the dynamic life story of the American heartthrob—from his upbringing around his mother’s ballet company and her fight against segregation to the high school football injury that set him on his path to stardom,” said ABC News, including roles in Dirty Dancing, Ghost and Roadhouse. 

Those interviewed in the episode include Demi Moore, Liam Neeson, Lea Thompson and C. Thomas Howell. The program “provides new insight into Swayze’s courageous spirit, his many talents and the cancer diagnosis that tragically ended his life at the age of 57,” teased ABC News. 

David Sloan is senior executive producer and Muriel Pearson is executive producer. ■

When the Biden administration was with­drawing troops from Afghanistan last summer, ABC chief global affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz remained until the very end. She’d been shadowing U.S. Army Gen. Austin “Scott” Miller in those final days, and she hitched a ride out with him on the last helicopter out of Kabul. 

Just because Raddatz, who is being honored alongside the 2022 Multichannel News Wonder Women class as this year‘s Woman of Influence, has risen to high heights in the ABC News organization — she also co-anchors This Week with George Stephanopoulos on Sundays — doesn’t mean she’s interested in spending any less time reporting the news from field assignments, even dangerous ones. If anything, her perch at the organization gives her more freedom to do the in-depth, complex stories about which she’s so passionate.

Also: ABC‘s Raddatz: News Media Are ‘Team of Rivals’

“I love what I do, I love it. I love it today as much as I loved it when I first started doing it,” said Raddatz, who has done everything at ABC News from covering the Middle East to moderating presidential debates to interviewing voters at a Trump rally. “It’s a disciplined curiosity — if you don’t remain curious, you aren’t going to love your job. That’s part of who I am. I love seeing the world and I have just met such fascinating, interesting people. It’s a gift. My job is a gift.”

Dax Tejera, executive producer of ABC’s This Week, called Raddatz “relentless in all the best ways. She’s a partner to a producer like myself. She’s constantly bringing ideas to the table. For someone at her level with her level of experience, her desire to go out and tell the story wherever that may be ­­— whether that’s wearing her global affairs hat or going out into the country to talk to voters ­— she never tires of it, she loves it. That’s a unique trait for someone who wears so many different hats.” 

Learned on the Job

Raddatz earned her journalism education on the job while working at a local TV station. She was one of the only local correspondents in the country to cover a global beat, traveling overseas to cover wars and conflicts. It was while she was working as chief correspondent at WCVB Boston that she began what became career-long coverage of the Middle East, with a particular focus on Iraq and Afghanistan.

“I dropped out of college because I got a job at a local TV station, I had no idea what I wanted to do,” Raddatz said. “I’ve never been a person who was going to do this, that and the other. I wanted to succeed in my field and be a good journalist — journalism was always first for me, and TV was second. I always remembered that I was here to be a journalist and not just to be on TV.”

Outside of work, Raddatz has been married three times (her husband of 24 years is former NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten) and has raised two children, covering the news up to the very day she had her daughter, Greta Bradlee, in 1980. “I did two stories that day running around in a news van,” she said.

Her boss and coworkers told her she would not want to come back after she had kids, but she knew they were wrong. In fact, she returned to work just two weeks later. 

As with all women who have engrossing careers and also have families, balance wasn’t really on the table. It was more about managing risk and staying in close communication with her kids about what she was doing.

“My family, without question, my children and my husband, are of primary importance to me and what I can contribute is an understanding of conflict,” she said. “Maybe the balance is letting your kids know why you do what you do. I don’t cover wars because it’s a cool thing to do or to say, ‘Aren’t I brave?’ I cover wars so I can let people know what the cost is, so people will understand it more. The more my kids understood it, the more they accepted it.”  

Raddatz was raised by a single mom after her father passed away just shy of her third birthday. 

“My mother always said she was born 20 years too early,” Raddatz said. “She worked as a secretary and she raised two little girls by herself with zero help. Seeing what my mom did and knowing that my mom felt held back because she was a woman — we talked about it all the time, probably a little too much. Somehow that seeped into me. I thought, ‘By God, I’m doing to do whatever I want and never let being a woman stop me.’  ”

Setting No Limits

That work ethos has framed Raddatz’s career as she’s covered fields of conflict all over the world. From WCVB, Raddatz went to NPR, where she was the Pentagon correspondent from 1993-98. She joined ABC News as the State Department correspondent in 1999 and moved to national security correspondent in 2003. She also served as the network’s chief White House correspondent during the Bush administration. She was named senior foreign affairs correspondent after President Barack Obama was elected in 2008.

“If there’s a major story in the world, she gets to go first if she wants to go and to stay longer if she wants to,” Byron Pitts, co-anchor of Nightline and chief national correspondent for ABC News, said. The two have worked together on and off since they were both correspondents at WCVB in 1989. 

“When January 6 happened, Martha raised her hand like anybody in the D.C. bureau,” Pitts said. “One could make the argument that with her stature at this stage in her career, she could have offered context about that important story from her studio. But she wanted to be there in the mix-up. Some people in our business build their professional tan from studio lights. Others build their professional tan from the sun that shines around the world.”

Today, Raddatz says that while there are more women on the global-affairs beat, it can still be a challenging place for women, especially in countries where equality for women is not a priority. 

Also: Martha Raddatz‘s ‘Long Road’ to Scripted Television

“I still find myself in corridors of power where there are not a lot of women,” she said. “I’m not talking about my business or ABC, I’m talking about the places I cover. While there are many incredibly talented war correspondents out there, they are still largely men. And early on, when I went in with ground troops, there weren’t a lot of women with me.”

Earning Role-Model Status

As a result, Raddatz has served as an inspiration for many up-and-coming female journalists.

“Martha is someone I have always looked up to,” Rachel Scott, ABC News congressional correspondent, said. “I looked up to her long before I had an opportunity to meet her. I remember watching her press world leaders in some of the world’s most dangerous areas and provide context and analysis.

“When I first moved down to D.C., I had a big lump in my stomach about meeting her,” Scott said. “It made me so nervous. When I finally did meet her, she stopped me in the hallway and said, ‘Rachel, it’s so good to have you here in the newsroom, you’re doing great work.’ Since then, I have no idea why I was so nervous about meeting her. She is one of the kindest people I have ever met.

“She’s a mentor to so many young women coming up behind her,” she added. “No matter how high she climbs, she never forgets to reach back and pull others up with her.”

The current challenges Raddatz and her cohorts face are the constant attacks on journalists by those who would prefer them to relay a different narrative.

“The whole idea of fake news and the idea that the press is the enemy of the people is horrifying,” Raddatz said. “We as journalists continue to do our jobs and tell the truth and call out lies. It’s at the heart of what we do. It’s not opinion, it’s trying to find the truth and calling out those who are not.”

In the end, Raddatz feels hopeful about the role of journalism and its place in American democracy.

“I am optimistic about the news,” she said. “I think in so many ways that the charges of fake news and that the press is the enemy of the people has just made journalists that much more hard-core. Do-or-die journalists are just doubling down and saying ‘this is what I was born to do and I’m going to do it better than I ever have.’ ”

Those hard-core journalists have Raddatz to thank for paving the way. ■

Peter Jennings, former ABC World News Tonight anchor, was the speaker when Roxanna Sherwood, senior executive producer of original longform content at ABC News, graduated from prep school Choate Rosemary Hall.

Sherwood was class president and her speech, like Jennings’s, was about coming up from nothing and achieving dreams. She always felt compelled to tell human stories and wanted to be a writer, a journalist. “I didn’t envision myself in television,” Sherwood said, but Jennings reached out and they stayed in touch.

After an internship at NBC News, she followed up with Jennings and got an interview to be a desk assistant at ABC News. She started her career there, running through the building dropping off scripts. 

Sherwood later joined ABC News’s longform group, which was doing groundbreaking work with you-are-there specials like Hopkins 24/7. She eventually coproduced NYPD 24/7.

Helped Revamp ‘Nightline’

After Ted Koppel left ABC, Sherwood was part of the team that reimagined signature late-night news program Nightline. Nightline anchor Juju Chang remembers Sherwood hanging off the back of a Jeep with a camera as they traveled across Mozambique to cover infant mortality in Africa.

Sherwood would become executive producer of Nightline. “I would say she is fearless. She is unafraid to ask tough questions, unafraid to take on tough assignments and unafraid to swing for the fences,” Chang said. “She’s a producer’s producer. Even though she’s an executive, she’s still so hands-on. We know we can drill as deeply as we want into any subject and know she has our back.”

Anchor Michael Strahan remembered when Sherwood became executive producer of Good Morning America. “It takes a lot to run a busy and crazy show like GMA,” he said. “I learned so much from her simply taking the time to let me know why and how things work.”

She also helped the former pro football star find his voice on the show. “She was great when it came to doing interviews that were outside of my comfort zone,” Strahan said. “Knowing that the boss trusted me to do things that I didn’t necessarily see myself doing gave me a whole different level of confidence.”

Sherwood and Karin Weinberg were producers together at Nightline. Sherwood soon became Weinberg’s boss and a mentor. “She really helped me become a senior producer,” Weinberg recalled. “She just kept pushing me. ‘I think you can do that,’ she would say. I learned so much from her. I think a lot of women would say the same thing.”

Under Sherwood, Nightline had more women senior producers than it ever had before. Sherwood said promoting women happened naturally on her watch. “There were so many talented women,” she said. “We’ve had a lot of conversations about being seen and heard and making sure everybody’s getting a fair shake.” 

Now Sherwood is spearheading ABC News efforts to support The Walt Disney Co.’s streaming business, providing longform content for Hulu. That’s where Sherwood’s series Mike Tyson: The Knockout and 24 Hours: Assault on the Capitol can be found.

An Impactful Storyteller

“Not everyone is cinematic in their thinking,” said Alan Ives, senior VP of marketing at ABC News. “Rox would never serve vanilla ice cream.” Sherwood still rolls up her sleeves and pulls all-nighters to get shows like Assault on the Capitol on the air, Ives said. 

“Do we have the ability to make a cultural impact with the story? Move this conversation forward?” Sherwood said. “If the answer to that is yes, I’m going to throw myself into it.”

Sherwood’s colleagues say her drive is all the more remarkable as a single mother. Of course, that’s a great story. Sherwood married a man from Costa Rica. She returned from their honeymoon, but he had been in the U.S. on an expired visa and was held by immigration. She discovered she was pregnant and he didn’t get a new visa for eight years. She had to raise their son on her own.

How did she manage? “I’m a producer. I set things up. I EPed our life,” Sherwood said. She worked long hours. “I think my son definitely suffered for that,” she said. But he also got to watch her set an example of succeeding through hard work. “He can say, ‘Look at my mom. She’s the boss.’  ” ■

Quiana Burns has officially been named executive producer of Disney’s daytime syndicated talk show, Tamron Hall, ABC News President Kim Godwin said Wednesday. Burns has been serving as interim executive producer since October, after the departure of Candi Carter.

Burns comes to the show from ABC News, which she joined in May 2020 as executive producer of ABC’s Weekend Good Morning America. Burns previously worked with Hall as executive producer of MSNBC's Live with Tamron Hall. While at MSNBC, she also executive produced Live with Ali Velshi and helped launch The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell. Prior to that, she was Robin Roberts’ anchor producer on ABC’s Good Morning America.

Burns replaces Candi Carter, who joined Tamron Hall from ABC’s The View in March 2020, just as the country went into lockdown due to the pandemic. Carter departed Tamron Hall in October 2021 and took a first-look development deal with ABC.

Carter had taken over after founding executive producer, Bill Geddie, who also created and executive produced The View, officially left the show in March 2020. Tamron Hall debuted in broadcast syndication in September 2019. ABC renewed it through the 2023-24 TV season in November. 

In the week ended February 6, Tamron Hall tied NBCUniversal’s Maury and Debmar-Mercury’s Wendy Williams as the sixth-highest rated talk show in syndication, up 14% for the week to a season-high 0.8 live plus same national household rating, according to Nielsen Media Research. ■

News networks will be massing their journalistic forces to cover events in Washington surrounding the one-year anniversary of the Capitol riots and insurrection spurred by unfounded allegations of significant voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

That‘s according to coverage plans drawn up by some of the news organizations.

Fox News Channel plans extensive January 6 coverage, including an appearance on Special Report with Bret Baier by Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), one of only two Republican members (the other is Adam Kinzinger of Illinois) of the special congressional committee examining that day‘s events.

Fox News‘s coverage of the day's events begins at 9 a.m. with remarks by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the Capitol. Fox News Digital will live-stream the remarks of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, as well as her planned moment of silence.

Coverage will also include interviews with Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Tex.), who barricaded himself inside the chamber; and Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Tex.), who used a chair leg as a potential weapon of self-defense.

Congressional correspondent Chad Pergram will discuss his experiences from that day, which he has also talked about on FOXNews.com.

The January 2 episode of Fox News Sunday aired an interview with Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger.

C-SPAN, the public affairs networks funded by the cable industry, will begin its coverage at 7 a.m. on Washington Journals with viewer calls and a recap of the sights and sounds of the  day and a discussion of the events and hearings that ensued.

C-SPAN will go live with the Biden and Harris remarks and carry the pro forma House session at noon. At 1 p.m. Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden will moderate a conversation with historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Jon Meacham on the historical impact of the events.

At 2:30, House lawmakers will share their memories of and reflections on the attack, followed by the 5:30 vigil by congressional leaders on the steps of the Capitol.

ABC News‘s coverage will be led by David Muir. That coverage will include special reports throughout the day, and include Muir's interviews with three of the officers who testified in a congressional hearing on the riots, which will air on World News Tonight.

ABC's ongoing coverage has included a January 2 interview with Cheney by George Stehpanopoulos on This Week, and the Wednesday (January 5) debut of documentary Homegrown: Standoff to Rebellion, debuting on streaming platform Hulu.

Good Morning America, GMA3: What You Need to Know and Nightline will also all include coverage of the day's events and import. Nightline will also air Muir‘s interviews with the three officers, while streaming channel ABC News Live will feature insights from ABC News correspondents who covered the attack.

ABC NewsOne, the network's news service supplying content to more than 200 affiliates, will report live from Capitol Hill with multiplatform reporters Faith Abubey and Ike Ejiochi and input from ABC News political director Rick Klein and correspondent Karen Travers.

In addition to covering the day's events, CNN will air "January 6th, One Year Later," a two-hour special live from Capitol Hill starting at 8 p.m. and "honoring the heroes who protected our democracy in the face of an insurrection." The special will be anchored by Anderson Cooper and Jake Tapper and feature, among many others, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Select Committee Chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Select Committee Vice Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.).

NBC News' coverage of the day begins with a special edition of Today anchored from  Washington by Savannah Guthrie, who will talk with Cheney.

Lester Holt will also anchor his Nightly News newscast from Washington Jan. 6 and 7, with an interview Jan. 6 with House Speaker Pelosi, which NBC is billing as a broadcast-exclusive interview.

NBC News will air special reports throughout the day, including the President's remarks anchored by Guthrie and the 5:30 vigil, hosted by Holt.

On the cable side, MSNBC's Morning Joe will launch its coverage, featuring Peril co-authors Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, followed by daylong coverage on MSNBC Reports, with Katy Tur anchoring the 2 p.m. Congressional commemoration ceremony joined by Andrea Mitchell and Chuck Todd.

At 4 p.m., Democracy in Peril will feature Nicolle Wallace, Ari Melber, Joy Reid, Chris Hayes, Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O’Donnell looking at the insurrection from various angles, including from lawmakers in the Capitol Building on Jan. 6, and the "emotional fallout" from the attack.  

On the streaming front, MSNBC's free news channel, The Choice, will provide Peacock-exclusive content throughout the day.

CBS News will air a special report at 9 a.m. to cover the Biden and Harris remarks.

It will be anchored by Tony Dokoupil from the Capitol, joined by Nancy Cordes, Kris Van Cleave, and Jeff Pegues, and will also stream live on CBSN.

Norah O'Donnell will anchor the Washington-based Evening News from the Capitol.

Eman Varoqua has been named executive producer at Nightline on ABC. She joined ABC News in 2018 as a senior producer on Nightline. A year later she was promoted to senior broadcast producer. 

“She has been a creative team leader behind some of the program’s most enterprising stories and special projects, such as the continuing coverage at the U.S. border and the Emmy-nominated full-shows on the Uighurs,” said Kim Godwin, ABC News president, in a memo to staff. “She also executive produced the breaking news special on the January 6th riot at the Capitol on Nightline, and was a senior producer on the program’s documentary short, Asylum, which was accepted into the St. Louis International Film Festival, AmDocs and the Sarasota Film Festival.”

Before joining ABC News, Varoqua spent nine years at Channel One News, which was a youth-targeting newscast. Before that, she was a producer and assignment editor at NBC News. She began her career as a reporter for The Record, covering politics, courts and crime in New Jersey.

Nightline airs weeknights from 12:35 a.m. to 1:05 a.m. on ABC. Juju Chang and Byron Pitts anchor. 

“Eman is a proven leader with a track record full of success,” concluded Godwin. ■

Mireya Villareal, west coast correspondent at CBS News, has moved to ABC News. She’ll be a correspondent based out of Dallas. 

Villareal spent four years at CBS News, where she covered last winter’s weather crisis in Texas, COVID vaccination efforts across the South and immigration along the border, among other issues. 

Prior to joining CBS News, Villareal was the lead investigative reporter at KTVT Dallas. She began her career as an associate producer, and was the sports anchor at KGNS Laredo. 

“Mireya is a smart and skilled journalist with roots grounded in powerful storytelling of diverse issues that impact communities of color,” said Kim Goodwin, ABC News president and former executive VP of news at CBS News. “She will add instrumental value to ABC News’ coverage of this region in America, joining Marcus Moore and the team in Texas along with colleagues across the news division.” ■

Tamron Hall has been renewed on the ABC Owned Television Stations through its fifth season, taking the daytime talker through the 2023-24 TV season, said ABC News President Kim Godwin on Monday. Oversight of Tamron Hall moved under Godwin in August.

The ABC Owned TV Stations include WABC New York, KABC Los Angeles, WLS Chicago, WPVI Philadelphia, KGO San Francisco, KTRK Houston, WTVD Raleigh-Durham and KFSN Fresno.

“ABC’s decision to give our show a two-season renewal is beyond my wildest dreams,” said Hall in a statement. “I am so lucky to have such great partners, from ABC to all of our stations across the country, and an amazing team who all support the spirit of the show.  We wouldn’t have our success without our loyal audience. TamFam, your dedication to the show has lifted us all up so let’s keep talking, inspiring, and dreaming big!”

Tamron Hall recently changed executive producers for the third time after launching under the purview of The View creator and executive producer Bill Geddie, who left during the show’s first season. Candi Carter, formerly executive producer of The View, departed in October and Good Morning America weekend executive producer Quiana Burns stepped in. Hall is also an executive producer. 

Hall also just added a new show to her roster: Weekly true crime series Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall will premiere on Court TV in January.

In the week ended Oct. 24, Tamron Hall declined 14% for the week to a 0.6 live plus same day national household rating, according to Nielsen Media Research, tying Sony Pictures Television’s Dr. Oz.

Tamron Hall is produced by ABC News from New York City and is distributed in national syndication by Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution.  

Martha Raddatz, the chief global affairs correspondent for ABC News and co-anchor of This Week with George Stephanopoulos, will be honored as a Woman of Influence at the March 24, 2022, Wonder Women of New York luncheon. 

Raddatz, whose Iraq War nonfiction book The Long Road Home — a Story of War and Family was adapted into a 2017 miniseries on National Geographic Channel, is the latest high-profile woman in media saluted by Multichannel News as a Woman of Influence. Previous honorees include Deborah Norville, Connie Chung, Debra L. Lee, Hannah Storm and Lesley Stahl.

In addition to her extensive work overseas, starting in Bosnia in the late 1990s and most prominently in Iraq and Afghanistan, Raddatz has moderated vice presidential and presidential election debates and on Jan. 6, 2021, she reported from the Capitol grounds during the insurrection, when supporters of President Donald Trump attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Her many accolades include the First Amendment Award from the Radio Television Digital News Foundation (RTDNF) for excellence in journalism and the prestigious Fred Friendly First Amendment Award. She has received four Emmy Awards, including an Emmy for being on the team covering the inauguration of Barack Obama and the killing of Osama Bin Laden.

Multichannel News has been saluting the leadership and excellence of women in media as Wonder Women since 1999. Wonder Women of New York is returning as a live, in-person event at the Ziegfeld Ballroom on Thursday, March 24. More about the Wonder Women event and honorees is available at mcnwonderwomen.com. ■

Quiana Burns, executive producer of Good Morning America’s weekend edition, is taking over from Candi Carter as interim EP on Disney’s daytime syndicated talk show, Tamron Hall. 

Carter is returning to ABC Entertainment to focus on her first-look development deal with her production company, New Chapter Entertainment. Burns will only stay at Tamron Hall until a permanent replacement can be found. Burns and Hall previously worked together at MSNBC. 

Prior to the start of this season, the show’s third, Tamron Hall moved from under the auspices of ABC Entertainment to ABC News under ABC News President Kim Godwin and her team, who also oversee GMA.

Carter came to Tamron Hall from ABC’s The View in March 2020, just as the country was locking down because of the coming pandemic. The Daily Mail and other sites have reported that Carter requested to be taken off the show because she could no longer work with Hall. Carter took over after founding executive producer Bill Geddie departed in March 2020, a little more than one year after being hired. At that time, Talia Parkinson-Jones, who was initially hired as Geddie’s co-executive producer, also left the program.

Hall left NBC News and MSNBC in 2017 after the network canceled the third hour of Today, which Hall co-hosted with Al Roker, and replaced it with the ultimately short-lived Megyn Kelly.

In the week ended September 19, Tamron Hall averaged a 0.7 live plus same day national household rating, according to Nielsen Media Research. That’s down 13% compared to the same week one year ago, although up 17% in households and 7% in total viewers compared to the prior week when the show was in end-of-season repeats.

Michael Corn, president of news at Nexstar's NewsNation cable network, was accused in a lawsuit filed Wednesday of sexually assaulting an ABC News staffer when Corn was senior executive producer at ABC's Good Morning America, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Corn denied the allegations in a statement, the newspaper said.

Corn left ABC in April and joined NewsNation in May.

"We have no comment on anything that may or may not have happened prior to Mr. Corn's employment with Nexstar," a Nexstar spokesman said.

The suit, which also names ABC parent The Walt Disney Co., was filed by Kirstyn Crawford, a producer at GMA. She alleges that Corn assaulted her during a business trip in 2015. The suit also alleges Corn sexually assaulted former ABC News producer Jill McClain when McClain and Corn worked together at ABC's World News Tonight. 

According to the WSJ, ABC officials were informed about Crawford's complaints in 2017. An investigation into Corn was started this year after Crawford and McClain filed formal complaints to the network. 

Crawford is seeking unspecified damages.

In the suit, she alleges that she and Corn were covering the Academy Awards in Los Angeles. On the way back to their hotel after a party, she says Corn was intoxicated and forcibly touched her, kissing her head and rubbing her legs and telling her he wanted to help her with her career, the paper said.

When they got to the hotel, Crawford went to Corn’s room because he asked for Advil. He asked her to sit on his bed. When she did, he grabbed her arm and began kissing the top of her head, the paper said, citing the suit.

In the statement sent to the paper, Corn cited emails Crawford sent to him he claims prove the alleged incident didn't occur.

Kimberly Godwin has been named president of ABC News. She will oversee editorial and business operations for broadcast, digital, streaming and audio news across the organization, which includes Good Morning America and World News Tonight. She will report to Peter Rice, chairman of Disney General Entertainment Content. 

Godwin was executive VP of news at CBS News. She starts in early May. 

“Kim is an instinctive and admired executive whose unique experiences, strengths and strategic vision made her the ideal choice to lead the outstanding team at ABC News and build on their incredible success,” said Rice. “Throughout Kim’s career in global news organizations and local newsrooms, she has distinguished herself as a fierce advocate for excellence, collaboration, inclusion and the vital role of accurate and transparent news reporting.”

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Godwin previously was VP of news at CBS News, executive director for development and diversity, and senior broadcast producer of CBS Evening News. She succeeds James Goldston atop ABC News.

“I have immense respect and admiration for ABC News,” said Godwin. “As the most trusted brand in news, they are to be commended for the extraordinary work and dedication of the journalists, producers, executives and their teams across the organization. I am honored to take on this stewardship and excited for what we will achieve together.”  

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Before joining CBS News, Godwin worked in local TV, including stints as acting news director at WCBS New York and VP/news director at KNBC Los Angeles, and VP of news operations, NBC Television Stations.