Ballou joins ABC News as producer
ABC News has hired Jeff Ballou as a producer to produce daily packages and live shots. Recently, he was a news editor, the Americas at Al Jazeera. Previously, Ballou was a planning editor at WTTG-TV Ch. 5, in Washington, D.C., which serves as the area’s Fox outlet, and was an assignment editor at C-SPAN. He […]
ABC News gets hit by Disney layoffs
Disney CEO Bob Iger had announced a chunk of layoffs beginning this week. The second round is expected in April, followed by another round before summer begins. The 50 cuts at the ABC are to be spread across the layoff rounds. The Hollywood Reporter shared a memo by ABC News president Kim Godwin, which reads as […]
Baichwal becomes weekdays anchor at ABC News
Ravi Baichwal, a weekend evening anchor at ABC News, has been appointed weekdays anchor. He has been with ABC News for more than 16 years. Baichwal was an anchor, host and reporter at CTV National News. He hosted the Sunday night news talk radio program, “The Ravi Baichwal Show” on CFRB 1010 AM, a Toronto […]
Lee joins ABC News as a multi-platform reporter
ABC News has tapped Jaclyn Lee to serve as a multi-platform reporter. Recently, she was a reporter and anchor at ABC-owned station WPVI-TV, Ch. 6, based in Philadelphia. Lee was a general assignment reporter and weekend evening anchor at WVEC-TV Ch. 13, an ABC affiliate in Hampton, Va. Lee has a bachelor’s degree in broadcast […]
O’Brien joins ABC News as full-time reporter
Jay O’Brien, a freelancer at ABC News, has joined the staff full time as a multi-platform reporter. Previously, O’Brien was a reporter at WPEC-TV Ch. 12, a CBS affiliate in West Palm Beach, Fla. He interned at MSNBC and NBC News. O’Brien has a B.S. from Ithaca College, Park School of Communications. Be sure to […]
ABC News appoints Presha to correspondent post
ABC News has tapped Alex Presha to serve as a correspondent, based in Columbus, Ohio. He joined ABC News in 2020 as a multiplatform reporter. Previously, Presha was a reporter at NBCUniversal and a digital producer at MSNBC. He was a digital producer at “NBC Nightly News” and an anchor/producer at NowThis News. Presha has […]
Vega swaps ABC News for CBS
The following excerpt was sent out: Cecilia Vega, a White House correspondent and weekend anchor for ABC News, is joining the CBS news magazine “60 Minutes.” CBS News announced Thursday that Vega will be a correspondent on the venerable franchise, the most watched news program on television. Openings for full-time roles on “60 Minutes” are […]
McMurry to join The Atlantic as senior editor
The Atlantic has hired Evan McMurry as a senior editor to lead audience strategy and oversee the magazine’s audience team. He begins later this month. As per The Atlantic: “McMurry will guide The Atlantic’s audience and social strategy under the leadership of managing editor Bhumika Tharoor, working to bring The Atlantic’s journalism to the largest possible audience […]
Next Solutions Group hires ABC’s Pearle as senior VP, content and issues management
Lauren Pearle has joined The Next Solutions Group as senior VP of content and issues management, based in New York. Recently, she was a senior producer at LIVE Prime, ABC News’ flagship streaming newscast. Previously, Pearle was a producer with the network’s investigations unit, where she covered the White House, government agencies, Congress, the Justice […]
Peller joins ABC News to cover Congress
Lauren Peller has joined ABC News as a digital journalist to cover Congress. Recently, Peller was an anchor assistant/broadcast associate at CBS News’ “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” Before that, she served as a broadcast associate for “CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell.” She also interned at CNN, CBS News and Newsday Media Group. […]
