Austin American-Statesman hires McCarthy as city hall/city government reporter

Ella McCarthy has joined the Austin American-Statesman as a city hall and city government reporter. Recently, she was a David Kaplan Fellow at ABC News, based in the Washington bureau. Previously, McCarthy worked as an assistant city editor at Columbia Missourian, where she also served as a general assignment reporter and equity reporter. She interned […]

ABC News promotes McLean to director, Los Angeles bureau chief

ABC News has tapped Bonnie McLean to serve as director, Los Angeles bureau chief. Recently, she held the post of director, deputy bureau chief Los Angeles. McLean worked as a production associate for ABC World News Tonight and has served as a producer. McLean graduated from Vassar College. Be sure to congratulate McLean on Twitter.

ABC News promotes Ganss to multiplatform reporter

ABC News has tapped Will Ganss to serve as a multiplatform reporter. Recently, he served as a reporter. Ganss has been with ABC News for more than 10 years, joining in September 2012 as an intern on “Good Morning America.” Later, he held the posts of anchor producer, writer, “Good Morning America” segment producer, freelance […]

ABC News taps Demissie to serve as campaign reporter

ABC News has promoted Hannah Demissie to campaign reporter. Recently, she served as a digital journalist. Demissie joined ABC News in July 2020 as a desk assistant/production assistant. She has also held the posts of midterm campaign reporter and digital journalist. She interned at CBS News and the U.S. Department of Justice. Demissie has a […]

ABC News announces 2024 campaign trail producers and reporters

The following excerpt announcement was sent out from ABC News president Kim Godwin: Good morning ABC News – With the 2024 election season underway, I’m excited to share our team of campaign producers/reporters who will embark on the campaign trail, contributing to all of our political coverage in the months ahead. Our 2024 embed class […]

ABC News hires Farrow as campaign producer/reporter

Fritz Farrow has joined ABC News as a campaign producer and reporter. He joined from CBS News, where he worked for three years, recently as a broadcast associate with CBS Evening News. Farrow joined CBS as an intern and later held the post of news associate with CBS evening news. Farrow graduated from the University […]

Walsh to cover 2024 campaign trail for ABC News

Kelsey Walsh, an associate producer at ABC News, has been tapped to cover the 2024 campaign trail. She joined ABC News in January 2018 as a production assistant and later held the post of political news associate. Walsh was executive assistant to the CEO at women-owned small business Cogent Strategies in Washington D.C., a post […]

ABC News hires Morris from The Economist

ABC News is hiring The Economist’s G. Elliott Morris to be the editorial director of data analytics for the news division, reports Ted Johnson of Deadline. Johnson reports, “Morris has been senior data journalist and U.S. correspondent for The Economist and was the lead developer of election forecasting models for U.S. and foreign elections. “In an interview with Deadline, […]

Wiersema swaps politics producer post at ABC News for CBS News

CBS News has hired Alisa Wiersema as a political producer. Recently, she served as a politics producer at ABC News. Wiersema has been with ABC News for more than 10 years, joining as a digital news intern. She then held the posts of assignment desk assistant, production assistant, segment producer, digital journalist and producer. Wiersema […]

ABC News taps Bruce to serve as a White House correspondent

ABC News has promoted Mary Bruce to White House correspondent. Recently, she served as a senior congressional correspondent. Bruce has been with ABC News since 2006, joining as a desk assistant. Since then, she has held the posts of “This Week” researcher/segment producer, general assignment producer and White House producer. She also served as a […]