Erika Josephson Named Executive Producer of ‘NBC News Daily’

Kate Snow and Zinhle Essamuah anchor NBC News Daily
Kate Snow (l.) and Zinhle Essamuah anchor NBC News Daily (Image credit: NBC News)

Erika Josephson has been named executive producer of daytime newscast NBC News Daily. She comes from Andrea Mitchell Reports on MSNBC, where she was a senior producer. She spent six years on that show, and previously was a line and segment producer at MSNBC. 

Kate Snow and Zinhle Essamuah anchor the 2-4 p.m. block of the Daily newscast, which Josephson will produce. NBC News Daily airs on NBC News’s streaming platforms, including NBC News Now, and on owned stations and affiliates. The newscast launched as a one-hour program in September 2022, replacing Days of Our Lives, which shifted to Peacock. 

Josephson’s career began on the NBC News assignment desk, which led to roles as a producer at Weekend Today and Later Today. She also spent seven years at CBS News. 

Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.