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 […]
NBC News taps Sorkin to host series for streaming service
Business journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin will be producing and hosting a limited series for NBC News Now, the free streaming service of NBC News. The new series are expected to launch later this year. Sorkin co-anchors the CNBC morning show “Squawk Box” and serves as a business columnist for The New York Times. He also […]
Glisson departs PBS for NBC News
Fiona Glisson has joined NBC News as an associate producer. She previously produced segments for PBS’ “Washington Week” and reported for the show’s website. Before that, she worked at the CBS Evening News, producing the opening sequence of the broadcast for the network’s flagship nightly broadcast. She has also worked on the CBS Washington desk […]
Alemany joins MSNBC and NBC as contributor
Jacqueline Alemany is now a contributor at MSNBC and NBC News. She is co-anchor of The Early 202 newsletter at The Washington Post. Before that, she was a congressional correspondent at the Post. Alemany graduated from Harvard University.
NBC News taps Griffith for the politics team
Janelle Griffith has joined NBC News Digital’s politics team covering the 2022 midterm elections, the key intersection of politics and race, and much more. She has previously held the posts of national reporter and breaking news reporter at NBC. Before that, she was at Newsday, where she served as a features and entertainment reporter, and […]
Burns appointed NBC News correspondent
NBC News has tapped Dasha Burns as a correspondent. Before that, she has served as a reporter, producer for Weekend TODAY and associate producer for Weekend TODAY. Burns was also a writer/contributor at CNN. She was also a news reporter and senior news producer at CalTV, UC Berkeley’s s online television news organization. Burns graduated […]
CNN Business names Bayly senior economy editor
Lucy Bayly will be joining CNN Business as senior economy editor. She begins Feb. 14. In her new role, Bayly will help bolster coverage of economic policy, trends and data focusing on various factors, including the growing wealth gap, the labor market, the supply chain, inflation, monetary policy at the Federal Reserve and more. She […]
NBC News names Raffa Capitol Hill correspondent
NBC News has appointed Allie Raffa as Capitol Hill correspondent. Recently, she was a general assignment reporter at KNSD, NBC’s San Diego affiliate. She was also with Fox News for 6 years, where she served as an executive assistant, associate producer, multimedia reporter and campaign embed and political reporter. She has also done investigative reporting […]
NBC News executive editor Firestone announces retirement
NBC News Digital executive editor David Firestone will be retiring in mid-May after 45 years in journalism, the last five of them at NBC News. Firestone joined NBC in 2017, first serving as managing editor for NBC News Digital. He was then promoted to the post of executive editor. Before that, he served as managing […]
