EXCLUSIVE: Adrienne Roark and Jennifer Mitchell will tackle expanded roles as a part of a brand new management construction at CBS Information and Stations, the most recent modifications on the division.
Roark will function president of editorial and newsgathering for CBS Information and Stations, assuming the tasks of Ingrid Ciprián-Matthews, who stepped down as president of CBS Information and can function senior editorial adviser by means of the election. Roark will lead discipline and newsroom and newsgathering groups in addition to CBS Information Radio.
Roark, who had been president of content material growth and integration, additionally will proceed to steer the CBS Native Information Innovation Lab in Dallas-Fort Value; the Facilities of Excellence she has constructed round knowledge journalism, climate and specialised beats/items; and WCBS and WLNY in New York, in addition to WBZ and WSBK in Boston.
Mitchell will turn out to be president of stations and digital for CBS Information and Stations, with major duty for CBS Stations, in addition to the division’s native and nationwide digital properties. She is going to oversee 23 of the 27 CBS-owned stations. That expands her portfolio to now embrace seven stations within the East that had been led by Roark, together with KYW and WPSG in Philadelphia, KDKA and WPKD in Pittsburgh, WFOR and WBFS in Miami, and WJZ in Baltimore, the community stated. Mitchell had been president of CBS Stations (West Coast and Midwest).
Roark and Mitchell will proceed to report back to Wendy McMahon, president and CEO of CBS Information and Stations and CBS Media Ventures. Roark and Mitchell additionally will share duty for overseeing the content material for the division’s native and nationwide streaming channels, the community stated.
McMahon will oversee all CBS Information community broadcasts, working with the chief producers of the reveals “to proceed maximizing our manufacturers to their fullest potential on broadcast and past.”
Additionally introduced had been new roles for different information executives. Alvin Patrick will increase his tasks to incorporate specials and documentaries for platforms throughout CBS Information, Stations and Media Ventures. He’ll proceed to function govt producer of the CBS Information Race and Tradition Unit, in addition to overseeing longform programming for CBS Information and digital streaming properties. He’ll report back to McMahon.
Terri Stewart will turn out to be senior vp of newsgathering, main day-to-day editorial newsgathering throughout the CBS Information and Stations division. Wendy Fisher has been named senior vp of editorial, guiding information gathering efforts and operating neighborhood journalism information hubs. She is going to deal with the event of a CBS Information and Stations protection desk, working throughout newsroom and bureaus. She additionally will proceed to supervise climate protection for the division. Stewart and Fisher will report back to Roark.
David Reiter has been named senior vp, CBS Information 24/7, particular occasions and particular tasks. The position consists of tasks for particular protection on tv and main the division’s streaming initiatives. He’ll report back to Roark.
Final week, the community unveiled a revamp of CBS Night Information, with John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois anchoring the printed from New York after Norah O’Donnell steps down after the election. Invoice Owens, the chief producer of 60 Minutes, is also taking up a brand new position as supervising producer of the night broadcast. Margaret Brennan will likely be a daily presence on the night information, main political protection from Washington, D.C.
In a memo to staffers, McMahon wrote that Roark “will work throughout the group to assist additional develop our information gathering processes whereas managing all editorial elements throughout CBS Information. Whereas Adrienne’s focus will likely be on community information, she is going to proceed to prioritize the combination of our native, world and nationwide groups. McMahon famous that Roark has spearheaded a number of cross-divisional initiatives, together with Eye on America and the Nationwide Group Journalism Motion, and in current months “has had a higher presence within the management room, offering management and assist to our breaking information protection.” That included the assassination try on the lifetime of former President Donald Trump and the Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore.
“By leveraging the Tremendous Desk to attach our groups, she is going to assist be certain that our day by day information protection is distinctive, complete and aligns with our mission to uphold our legacy whereas creating our future,” McMahon wrote.
McMahon cited Mitchell’s key position in CBS Information 24/7, the flagship present of the streaming community that was launch as a part of the channel’s rebrand earlier this 12 months. McMahon wrote that Mitchell “has performed an important position in rising our native streams as they’ve skyrocketed from fourth to first, collectively, towards our same-market aggressive over the course of simply two years.”
The modifications additionally come as CBS guardian Paramount International unveiled plans to trim $500 million in prices. That was adopted by the announcement of a deliberate merger of Paramount International with Skydance Media.
