Preston Named Executive Editor, CNN Politics

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Mark Preston, political director at CNN, has been named executive editor, CNN Politics.

He will oversee political events including debates, as well as continue to cover the campaigns and polling and be an on-air analyst on primary and election coverage.

Preston has been political director since 2011. He joined the network as political editor in 2005. Before that he was a senior staff writer at Roll Call and a correspondent for States News Service.

“Mark’s relationships in the political world are among the strongest in journalism and we look forward to Mark leveraging these connections as he organizes events and reports on the upcoming campaign," said Sam Feist, senior VP and Washington Bureau Chief.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.