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 […]

NBC News taps Wong as senior congressional reporter

Scott Wong will be joining NBC News Digital next month as a senior congressional reporter. He was previously a senior staff writer at The Hill. Prior to that, Wong was a congressional/policy reporter at Politico and has also written for The Arizona Republic, covering state Capitol, Phoenix City Hall and regional business. He was also […]

Reilly departs HuffPost for NBC News

Ryan J. Reilly, a justice reporter at The Huffington Post, has left after 9 years to join NBC News, covering the Department of Justice and related matters. Reilly has also reported for Talking Points Memo in New York, a digital political news organization. He has also reported for Main Justice, which covers news about the […]