CBS News announced additions to its political unit today, including Nidia Cavazos, Shawna Mizelle, Allison Novelo, Olivia Rinaldi, Jake Rosen and Taurean Small as 2024 campaign reporters, while expanding roles for CBS News’ Camilo Montoya-Galvez, Aaron Navarro, Zak Hudak and Cristina Corujo as key members of its political and campaign newsgathering efforts.
Learn more about the CBS News class of 2024 campaign reporters:
Nidia Cavazos
Nidia Cavazos was previously a national correspondent for Univision based in Houston, Texas, where she produced, wrote and delivered daily stories for streaming and linear newscasts. She has previously worked for Univision as a network producer in Miami, local reporter in Houston and began her career as a border multimedia journalist for Univision and Fox in McAllen, Texas. Cavazos is the recipient of a national Edward R. Murrow Award and six regional Emmys and is fluent in Spanish, English and Mandarin.
Shawna Mizelle
Shawna Mizelle was most recently a breaking news writer at CNN covering politics for CNN.com. She was previously an associate producer with CNN Politics responsible for managing social accounts, cutting key on-air moments for CNN’s social channels and reporting and pitching political stories for CNN.com. Mizelle began her career at CNN as a Newsource intern. She also worked as a freelance digital content producer at WHUR 96.3, where she produced virtual streaming shows and conducted interviews with celebrity guests.
Allison Novelo
Allison Novelo was most recently a general assignment reporter with the Chicago Sun-Times covering daily breaking news and reporting enterprise stories on politics, crime, health, the courts and other key issues affecting Illinois. She also covered state politics in Colorado and Virginia for USA Today and was an investigative producer for Hearst Television based in Washington, D.C. Furthermore, Novelo served in the Illinois National Guard, which brought her to the U.S. Capitol following the Jan. 6, 2021 attack.
Olivia Rinaldi
Olivia Rinaldi was most recently an associate producer for the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH NORAH O’DONNELL based in Washington, D.C., where she worked directly with O’Donnell for three years on the broadcast as well as on 60 MINUTES, CBS NEWS SUNDAY MORNING and other breaking news stories led by O’Donnell. Rinaldi was also a producer for PERSON TO PERSON WITH NORAH O’DONNELL and helped launch the show on the CBS News Streaming Network. Rinaldi was previously a broadcast associate for FACE THE NATION WITH MARGARET BRENNAN.
Jacob Rosen
Jake Rosen has spent the last year-and-a-half as an associate producer for FACE THE NATION and the CBS News Political Unit, where he has reported on the 2024 GOP primary race, the fallout of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, research projects for the 2022 midterm elections and assisted in weekly anchor and show production. Before joining FACE THE NATION, Rosen reported on breaking political news coming out of Washington, D.C., with stories ranging from federal court cases to Capitol Hill. Rosen has been with CBS News in a full-time capacity since 2019 and previously worked as an associate producer for CBS News Radio assisting with White House coverage, radio production and editing and producing podcasts.
Taurean Small was previously a Washington correspondent for Spectrum News based out of its Washington, D.C., bureau. Previously, Small was a political reporter and multimedia journalist for ABC 57 News in South Bend, Ind., covering then-Mayor Pete Buttigieg and then-Governor Mike Pence’s bid for vice president in 2016. He began his career as a content producer for WTTW, Chicago’s PBS station.
