MSNBC hires Bloomberg’s Gardner
MSNBC has hired Akayla Gardner from Bloomberg News to be a White House correspondent. At Bloomberg, she wrote a weekly newsletter, “Washington Edition: Inside the White House.” Gardner covered the historic 2024 presidential election for the wire service, traveling to every battleground state and reporting on campaign strategies, voter demographics and President Biden’s unprecedented withdrawal from the […]
MSNBC hires Politico’s Reddy to be DC bureau chief
MSNBC has hired Politico senior managing editor Sudeep Reddy to be its first Washington bureau chief, reports Michael Grynbaum of The New York Times. Reddy has been overseeing coverage and strategy for policy news across Politico. Reddy previously spent a decade in The Wall Street Journal’s Washington bureau, where he was an economics editor directing coverage of U.S. […]
MSNBC hires Beckwith as newsletter editor
MSNBC has hired Ryan Teague Beckwith to be a newsletter editor for its digital operation. He had been a Washington reporter for Bloomberg News for four years covering the 2020, 2022 and 2024 elections, U.S. politics, election denial and voting systems. He was also a regular guest on “Sound On” and “Balance of Power” on Bloomberg Radio and “Bloomberg Businessweek” […]
Cerullo takes on producer role at NBC News
Julie Cerullo has taken on the network producer role for NBC News’ chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell. Recently, Cerullo served as a segment producer for “The Beat with Ari Melber” on MSNBC. She held various roles at NBC News for more than six years, including researcher for the network desk and producer for NBC […]
MSNBC to launch live events brand, Luke Russert named host/creative director
MSNBC is set to debut a live events brand “MSNBC Live” next year. The brand will combine live interviews, panel discussions, forums and other events that will feature MSNBC anchors. Luke Russert has been selected to lead the effort in the capacity of host and creative director. Previously, Russert served as an anchor and correspondent […]
NBC News taps Sridhar to serve as Atlanta-based correspondent
NBCUniversal has appointed Priya Sridhar to the post of Atlanta-based correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC. She will begin in January, leaving her post as a political reporter and host of the weekly show “Politically Speaking” at San Diego’s NBC station KNSD-TV Ch. 39. Previously, Sridhar covered general assignments, breaking news and in-depth features around […]
Schwartz swaps Boston Globe for MSNBC
Deanna Schwartz will join MSNBC as an associate platforms producer in Washington, D.C. She will begin in November. Currently, Schwartz is social media editor of Opinion at the Boston Globe, where she joined in May 2021 as an audience engagement co-op. Later, she held the post of digital homepage producer. She worked briefly at Bethesda […]
Josephson becomes exec producer for NBC News Daily
Erika Josephson has joined NBC News Daily with Kate Snow and Zinhle Essamuah as an executive producer. Since September 2017, Josephson has been at MSNBC, where she served as senior producer and fill-in acting executive producer on “Andrea Mitchell Reports.” Before that, she was a line producer at NBCUniversal. From July 2011 to April 2016, […]
Noriega appointed correspondent for NBC/MSNBC
David Noriega will join NBC News and MSNBC as a national correspondent to report across both the networks’ platforms, based in Los Angeles. Recently at Vice News, Noriega covered criminal justice, organized extremism, labor issues and migration across the Americas, North Africa, and Europe. He also hosted and co-directed the award-winning digital series “Border to […]
Omaha CBS station hires Brown as reporter
John Brown has joined CBS station KMTV-TV Ch. 3 in Omaha as a reporter. Recently, he interned at MSNBC. Brown also interned at WMAQ-TV Ch. 5, NBC’s Chicago outlet, and at PBS NewsHour. He also worked as a Phoenix bureau reporter and as a Washington bureau reporter at Cronkite News. He was a production coordinator […]
