NBC News taps Madani as senior breaking news reporter
NBC News has promoted Doha Madani to senior breaking news reporter. Previously, she was at HuffPost, where she has worked as a trends writer and breaking news reporter. She was also an intern at The Daily Star and The Tampa Tribune. Madani has a B.A. in journalism from the University of Tampa and a master’s […]
NBC News seeks a senior business and tech editor
The Business, Technology, and Innovation Unit at NBC News is looking for a senior editor who has extensive experience editing business reporters and a keen eye for what makes a good business story. As the senior business editor, this person will be tasked with helping to shape the digital editorial voice for business/innovation news for […]
NBC News hires Insider’s Bendix
Aria Bendix is a senior reporter at Insider, has been hired by NBC News to cover health news. She started on Tuesday. She writes predominantly about the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2020, she broke the news that the CDC had unnecessarily delayed coronavirus testing for more than two weeks by failing to communicate with state labs. Then […]
Senior biz reporter Popken departs NBC News
Ben Popken, a senior business reporter for NBC News, has left the news organization. He had been with NBC since September 2012. “The Business and Tech unit is pivoting in new directions and I wish all the inspiring and hardworking writers, on-air reporters and producers in it the best,” he wrote on Twitter. Popken appeared […]
NBC taps BuzzFeed News’ Namako as executive editor
Ahead of the job cuts at BuzzFeed News, deputy editor-in-chief Tom Namako is also resigning and joining NBC News Digital as executive editor. Namako joined BuzzFeed in 2014 as a news assignment editor. He was then promoted to deputy news director. He has also served as head of breaking news and news director. Prior to […]
Politico names Linzer executive editor
Dafna Linzer will be joining Politico as executive editor. In her new role, Linzer will be steering the daily report across the newsroom and overseeing the news, Washington and politics, states and enterprise teams. She will also be helping with recruitment. She will be based in Washington and begins her new role on April 25 […]
NBC taps Davis and Dean as producers
Tanya Davis and Sarah Dean have joined NBC News as producers, “Meet the Press.” Prior to NBC, Davis was a segment producer at MSNBC. She has also worked as a producer at C-SPAN. She has also worked for Reuters and Fox News Channel. Davis is a Georgetown University graduate. Dean was previously an associate producer, […]
NBC’s “Meet the Press” promotes two staff members
NBC’s “Meet the Press” has appointed Matt Rivera editorial director of content strategy and Justice Gilpin-Green as producer on the content strategy team. Rivera was recently a senior digital producer, “Meet the Press.” He has previously also led NBC News Digital’s original video coverage. He was also a multimedia producer and reporter at The Wall […]
NBC News hires Bishara as senior producer
NBC News digital video productions has tapped Yara Bishara as senior producer, features and specials. She joins from The New Yorker, where she was a supervising producer, documentaries. She was also a content development manager at Quibi and previously worked as a producer and then as a senior producer at The New Yorker from December […]
Richards joins NBC News as a political reporter
Zoë Richards is now a political reporter at NBC News. She was previously a breaking news reporter at The Daily Beast. She was also a news writer at TPM Media LLC and an assistant producer at PRETTYBIRD, both in New York. She was also a production intern at MSNBC. She has previously also interned at […]
